Personal Info
Birth date
1946-03-31 (79 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
Yann Pignot
Yves Pignot
Biography
Yves Pignot (born 31 March 1946) is a French actor. He appeared in more than one hundred films since 1969. Source: Article "Yves Pignot" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Murders in...
7.5
Overview:
Murders in... is a collection of French-Belgian police TV movies taking place each time in a different French city and region.Knock
6.374
Overview:
Doctor Knock is a former thug who has become a doctor and arrives in the small village of Saint-Maurice to make his fortune according to a particular method. It will make the villagers believe that they are not as healthy as they might think. It is thus that he will find in each one an imaginary symptom, or not, and thus will be able to exercise his profession lucratively. Under his seductive looks and after gaining the confidence of the village, Knock is on the verge of achieving his ends. But his past catches up with him and an old acquaintance disrupts the doctor's plans.En Famille
5.9
Overview:
The conflicts and the joys of each member of the Kervelec family reveal the complexities of inter generational relationships, from grandparents to grandchildren.Softly from Paris
5.143
Overview:
An anthology of erotic stories by famous writers like Guy de Maupassant, Nicolas Edme Restif de La Bretonne, Marquis de Sade, Giovanni Boccaccio, Marquis de Foudras, Daniel Defoe, Anton Tchekov, Jin Ping Mei, and Aristophanes.Ducoboo
4.943
Overview:
Ducoboo is a very inventive dunce and joker, he is very resourceful at finding new ways to copy from his neighbor, to cheat or to defy the teacher's authority.Ace of Aces
7.069
Overview:
In this action comedy the French boxer Jo Cavalier is charmed on the train to Berlin for the Olympics in Hitler's Germany by the little boy Simon Rosenblum who asks his autograph; when it turns out his adorable young fan is a Jewish orphan in danger of persecution, he risks his one shot at Olympic glory to save Simon and his family, helped only by a German officer-gentleman who became his friend in World War I, by an adventurous escape to Switzerland, Nazi troops on their heals and braving impossible odds in roller coaster-style.Clerambard
5.154
Overview:
When a cruel man is visited by Saint Francis and convinced to change his ways, his family believes him to be insane and locks him away in order to sell his beloved castleThe Professional
7.212
Overview:
French secret service agent Josselin Beaumont is dispatched to take down African warlord N'Jala. But when his assignment is canceled, he's shocked to learn that his government is surrendering him to local authorities. He is given a mock trial and sentenced to 20 years of hard labor. But Beaumont escapes from prison and vows not only to avenge himself against his betrayers but also to finish his original assignment.Bernie
6.831
Overview:
Bernie, a 30 years old orphan, decides to leave his orphanage and find his parents. After an investigation, he meets Marion, a young heroin addict and falls in love with her. He believes that his family was victim of a plot and this is why they deserted him.Cortex
6.473
Overview:
Trapped in an old folks home where people keep going missing, an ex-cop must overcome his Alzheimers to find out who is killing people in this jigsaw thriller.The Horde
6
Overview:
A bunch of crooked cops raid a ruined building located in an impoverished suburb of Paris, determined to furiously avenge the death of one of them, murdered by the ruthless criminal gang hidden on top of the dark labyrinth that will become a deathly trap when the living, unexpectedly turned into the undead by a mysterious plague, begin to devour the world.Braquage en famille
5
Overview:
Released for good behavior after five years in prison, Marcel Jacquin, a former robber, is welcomed by his granddaughter, Justine. His son, a police officer, has not shown him any sign of life since he was arrested. The grandfather will return to service, but this time, for a good cause, according to Justine. A medical student, a young man needs his grandfather's talents to break into the safe of a pharmaceutical laboratory that he suspects of culpable embezzlement. Justine wants to prove that the laboratory is testing, completely illegally, an experimental vaccine on the civilian populations of an African state at war. The evidence is kept in the safe, and whoever says forced safe necessarily says Marcel...A Day at the Museum
4.5
Overview:
Un conservateur terrorisé par les plantes vertes, une mère plastifiée pour être exposée, un ballet de Saintes Vierges, des gardiens épuisés par Rodin, un ministre perdu dans une exposition de sexes, une voiture disparue au parking Rembrandt, des provinciaux amoureux des Impressionnistes, touristes galopins galopant d'une salle à l'autre, passager clandestin dans l'art premier, Picasso, Gauguin, Warhol, ils sont tous là dans ce petit monde qui ressemble au grand, dans ce musée pas si imaginaire que ça, valsant la comédie humaine jusqu'au burlesque.Quand tu descendras du ciel
NYR
Overview:
A mayor wants to get rid of homeless people who blacken his Christmas.Chez Maupassant
7.5
Overview:
"Chez Maupassant" is a French anthology television series based on short stories by Guy de Maupassant. Created by Gérard Jourd'hui and Gaëlle Girre, it ran on France 2 in three seasons in 2007, 2008 and 2011. It consists of a total of 24 episodes of which half are 60 minutes long and half are 30 minutes.Bye Bye Morons
7.173
Overview:
When 43-year-old hairdresser Suze Trappet finds out that she's seriously ill, she decides to go looking for a child she was forced to abandon when she was only 15. On her madcap bureaucratic quest she crosses paths with JB, a 50-year-old man in the middle of a burnout, and Mr. Blin, a blind archivist prone to overenthusiasm. The unlikely trio set off on a hilarious and poignant helterskelter journey across the city in search of Suze's long-lost child.The Inquisitor
7.522
Overview:
Martinaud, an illustrious notary suspected of being the perpetrator of two horrendous crimes, voluntarily agrees to be questioned by Inspector Gallien on New Year's Eve. What initially is a routine procedure, soon becomes a harsh interrogation that seems to confirm the initial suspicions.Anaon
5.7
Overview:
After his wife's death, Max investigates a teen's disappearance. His daughter faces strange events hinting at supernatural forces tied to ancestral myths and her own powers. They must reunite to unravel the mystery.State of Grace
2.333
Overview:
She is Florence Vannier-Buchet. Married to Protestant banker Jean-Marc Buchet. Florence leads a major sporting goods company with happiness and firmness. He is Antoine Lombard, Professor, son of a teacher, he is Secretary of State at the Universities. He divides his time between his ministerial activity and his riding in the working class suburb of Chartres. An elected member of the "pink wave". They met during a stormy assembly of the CNPF. The action takes place in 1983. Florence is engaged in a daring industrial and financial operation, while Antoine is putting the finishing touches to a bill for the renovation of Higher Education. Everything separates them and yet they do not manage to live separated from each other ...Le créateur
6.721
Overview:
A playwright of note, Darius developed a drinking problem after his first major hit, and has taken time out from writing his follow-up to go to a clinic and dry out. After his release, Darius finds his producer has hired a leading lady for his next show, booked the theater and advertised the starting date -- all without Darius writing so much as a word of this new play. Darius desperately tries to come up with ideas, but nothing comes to mind, with an inflexible deadline staring him in the face. One day, Darius kills a neighbor's cat by accident; terribly depressed, he swallows some sedatives and falls asleep at his computer -- only to awake with the beginning of his play glowing on the screen. Darius is now convinced he must kill in order to create, and starts murdering an ever-expanding variety of creatures in order to satisfy his now bloodthirsty muse.Mystery at Sorbonne University
7.25
Overview:
Victoire, the first female law student admitted to the Sorbonne, is accused of murder. Helped by her professor, she's in a race against time to prove her innocence.Fan-Fan the Tulip
5.433
Overview:
In this 2003 remake of the classic 1952 French film, Fanfan la Tulipe is a swashbuckling lover who is tricked into joining the army of King Louis XV by Adeline La Franchise, who tells Fanfan that by doing so, he will eventually marry one of the king's daughtersSpin
6.3
Overview:
The President of the French Republic, visiting Saint-Etienne in the Loire, in a striking plant dies, victim of a bomb attack. The political world is agitated: early presidential elections to be held within the next thirty-five days. There is no doubt that Philip Deleuvre, the prime minister, will run for the Elysee. But what few people know is that the leader of the government knows more things he claimed. This state causes lie back to business Kapita Simon, a former communications adviser (spin doctor) of the late president. Anxious to preserve the honor of his deceased friend and some form of political ethics, the man of the shadows has now set a goal: to find a candidate who will be able to beat Deleuvre.Acting
2025En Famille : Des vacances bien corsées as Jacques
2025Anaon (6 Episodes) as Unknown
2023En Famille : Un Château En Héritage as Jacques
2022En Famille : Le Mariage de Marjorie as Jacques
2020Bye Bye Morons as Florist
2020En famille : Au bout de leurs rêves as Jacques
2019En famille : Un si joyeux Noël as Jacques
2019How Mom Turned to Armed Robbery as Ancien amant Ariane
2019En famille : Vacances en Bretagne as Jacques
2018Mystery at Sorbonne University as Doyen Charles Henri Rebatteux
2018Souviens-toi (6 Episodes) as Juge Bernard
2017Marry Me, Dude as Maire
2017Knock as Le maire
2016En famille : Le mariage de l'ex as Jacques
2016En famille : La zizanie as Jacques
2016En famille : La course des familles as Jacques
2013Murders in... (1 Episode) as Jean-Pierre Gance
2013Serial Teachers as M. Miranda, concierge
2012Le clown de Belleville as Jean François
2012En Famille (105 Episodes) as Jacques Le Kervelec
2012Spin (18 Episodes) as Robert Palissy
2011Ducoboo as le ministre de l'éducation
2011Mystery in Paris (1 Episode) as Doyen Charles Henri Rebatteux
2010L'homme sans nom as Francis
2010The Horde as René
2009La mort n'oublie personne as Camblain
2008A Day at the Museum as Cashier in the great hall
2008Braquage en famille as Le directeur de prison
2008Cortex as Loïc
2007Chez Maupassant (1 Episode) as Trouveau
2003L'Affaire Dominici as Président Bousquet
2003Fan-Fan the Tulip as Guillaume
2003Quand tu descendras du ciel as Le maire
2003The Flower of Evil as Pierre Vasseur
2000The Cane of My Father as Le maire
1999Le créateur as Le père
1998Deux mamans pour Noël as Maître Forget
1997Les jumeaux vénitiens as Unknown
1997Le Déménagement as L'automobiliste pressé
1996Bernie as Directeur de l'orphelinat
1994Des enfants dans les arbres as Bob Hustallion
1991Héloïse as Jean
1989The Blasphemers' Banquet as Self
1987Le Gerfaut (10 Episodes) as Le Comte de Rochambeau
1986State of Grace as Eric Buppon
1986Softly from Paris (1 Episode) as L'oncle
1985Victoires de la musique (1 Episode) as Self
1982Ace of Aces as Lucien
1982Les caprices de Marianne as Tibia
1981La Cruche as Laurianne
1981The Professional as Agent service secret 4
1981The Inquisitor as Policeman in Raincoat
1980Voulez-vous un bébé Nobel ? as Le bourgeois
1978Les femmes savantes as Le Notaire
1976La Grande Récré as L'instituteur
1974L'avare as Brindavoine
1972Le Grand Échiquier (1 Episode) as Self
1970The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun as Baptistin, le coéquipier camioneur de Jean
1969Clerambard as Chauvieux