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name: "Pierre Coffin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pierre-coffin"
fi1m_id: "pierre-coffin"
imdb_id: "nm1853544"
tmdb_id: 124747
wikidata_id: "Q3384479"
roles: ["Actor","Director"]
born: "16 March 1967"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 60
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T16:10:25.942113+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Pierre Coffin

## Identity

Pierre Coffin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pierre-coffin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pierre-coffin
- **IMDb ID:** nm1853544
- **TMDB ID:** 124747
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3384479
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Coffin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3384479, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1853544/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124747

Actor and director. Born 16 March 1967 in France.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor, Director
- **Born:** 16 March 1967, France
- **Active:** 2010–present
- **Also known as:** Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 7: 2 acting, 5 directing
- **Frequently works with:** [Chris Meledandri](https://film.one/person/chris-meledandri.md), [Janet Healy](https://film.one/person/janet-healy.md), [Steve Carell](https://film.one/person/steve-carell.md), [Chris Renaud](https://film.one/person/chris-renaud.md), [Ken Daurio](https://film.one/person/ken-daurio.md), [Cinco Paul](https://film.one/person/cinco-paul.md), [Kristen Wiig](https://film.one/person/kristen-wiig.md), [Kyle Balda](https://film.one/person/kyle-balda.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 60, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 65 (4), 2020s 64 (3)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_Coffin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3384479, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1853544/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/124747

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Minions: The Rise of Gru*](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md) (66), [*Minions*](https://film.one/film/minions.md) (61), [*Despicable Me 3*](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-3.md) (55)
- **Apple TV:** [*Despicable Me*](https://film.one/film/despicable-me.md) (74)
- **Peacock:** [*Despicable Me 2*](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-2.md) (71)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Despicable Me 4*](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-4.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Pierre Coffin

> Pierre Coffin makes the Minions’ gabble intelligible through rhythm and tone. We rate him as a comic performer, though the films too often ask him to keep us amused while their stories go nowhere.

The Minions build a pyramid upside down, and Pierre Coffin gives them a gabble whose meaning needs no translating. In *Minions* (2015), scraps of Spanish, Italian and English run together without losing the joke. We laughed at that pyramid, and the brisk cutting keeps the joke from becoming laboured. Editor Claire Dodgson cuts each disaster short; Coffin’s nonsense is funnier here than the proper dialogue.

The useful balance was there in *Despicable Me* (2010), which Coffin co-directed with Chris Renaud: Steve Carell’s Gru gave the Minions somebody to interrupt. Coffin could make a short burst of nonsense count without asking it to hold the whole film together. *Despicable Me 2* (2013), again co-directed with Renaud, gave them more room, and their jokes largely justified it. Even there, we were beginning to want fewer distractions and a stronger reason to care about Gru.

The move to leading roles exposed the limit of the act. Coffin and co-director Kyle Balda get roughly twenty delightful minutes out of *Minions* before the longer story becomes a strain. In their *Despicable Me 3* (2017), Coffin’s musical nonsense still has a pleasing rhythm, but each diversion makes an already crowded film harder to follow. His voice remains useful; giving it more time does not reliably make the film funnier.

In *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022), his vocal exertions give the kung-fu training a comic urgency: these fools sound committed to what they are doing. That helps a physical joke land without much help from the surrounding criminal complications. The superhero Minions in *Despicable Me 4* (2024) likewise make a rescue go wrong with the timing of a good silent comedy. Coffin voices every one, but cannot fix a film that keeps changing the subject.

His return to directing with *Minions & Monsters* (2026), co-written with Brian Lynch, finds a more suitable job for them in 1920s Hollywood. Their gestures and noises belong among silent-film cameras and sets, and for an hour the gags grow out of the work of making pictures. The later stretches are more familiar, though this remains the strongest standalone Minions film. Start with *Despicable Me*; come to this one for the first hour, when Coffin gives his creatures something better to do than merely be recognisable.

## Biography

Pierre Coffin is a French animator, director, writer and voice actor. Born Pierre-Louis Padang Coffin on 16 March 1967 in France, he trained at the Gobelins school in Paris and began his career at Amblimation in London, working on the 1993 film *We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story*. He later worked at Ex Machina and Mac Guff, created the television series *Pat & Stan*, and directed commercials and short films.

Coffin co-directed *Despicable Me* (2010) and *Despicable Me 2* (2013) with Chris Renaud, *Despicable Me 3* (2017) and *Minions* (2015) with Kyle Balda. He directed and co-wrote *Minions & Monsters* (2026) with Brian Lynch, his first solo feature in the franchise, and voices the Minions across the series, including *Despicable Me 4* (2024). He received an Academy Award nomination for Best Animated Feature for *Despicable Me 2*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, apnews.com, polygon.com, animationmagazine.net.*

## On Fi1m (7)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Despicable Me 4* (2024), Fi1m 55, as Minions (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-4.md)
- *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022), Fi1m 66, as The Minions (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md)

### Directed (5)

- *Minions & Monsters* (2026), Fi1m 70, as The Minions (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/minions-and-monsters.md)
- *Despicable Me 3* (2017), Fi1m 55, as Minions / Museum Director / Additional Voice (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-3.md)
- *Minions* (2015), Fi1m 61, as Minions (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/minions.md)
- *Despicable Me 2* (2013), Fi1m 71, as Kevin / Bob / Stuart / Additional Minions / Evil Minions (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-2.md)
- *Despicable Me* (2010), Fi1m 74, as Tim / Bob / Mark / Phil / Stuart (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me.md)

## Complete filmography (49)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Minions & Monsters* (2026), as The Minions (voice) · Director, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/minions-and-monsters.md)
- *Benny's Birthday* (2024), as Minions (voice)
- *Game Over and Over* (2024), as Minions (voice)
- *Paris 2024 Olympic Opening Ceremony* (2024), as Minions (voice)
- *The Minion Olympics* (2024), as Minions (voice) · Director
- *Despicable Me 4* (2024), as Minions (voice) — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-4.md)
- *Midnight Mission* (2024), as Minions (voice)
- *Mooned* (2023), as Minions (voice) · Producer, Writer
- *Who's Who?* (2023), series, as Minions (voice)
- *Minions & More 2* (2022), as Minions (voice)
- *Minions & More Volume 1* (2022), as Minions (voice)
- *Post Modern Minion* (2022), as Claude / Jeff (voice)
- *Minions: The Rise of Gru* (2022), as The Minions (voice) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/minions-the-rise-of-gru.md)
- *Minions & Monsters* (2021), as Minions (voice)
- *Minions: Holiday Special* (2020), as Minions / Kevin / Stuart / Bob (voice) · Writer
- *Minion Scouts* (2019), as Minions (voice)
- *Santa's Little Helpers* (2019), as Kevin / Stuart / Bob (voice)
- *Illumination Presents: 10 Minion Mini-Movies* (2019), as Minions (Voices) Tim, Bob, Mark, Phil, & Stuart
- *Yellow Is the New Black* (2018), as Minions (voice)
- *‎3 Mini Movie Collection from the Grinch* (2018), as Minions (Bob, Stuart, Kevin)
- *Minion Moments: Overkill* (2017), as Kevin the Minion / Bob the Minion (voice)
- *Minion Moments: Drenched* (2017), as Kevin the Minion / Bob the Minion (voice)
- *The Secret Life of Kyle* (2017), as Minions (voice)
- *Despicable Me 3* (2017), as Mel / Minions / Museum Director / Additional Voice (voice) · Director — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-3.md)
- *Mower Minions* (2016), as Minions (voice)
- *Cro Minion* (2015), as Minion (voice)
- *Competition* (2015), as Minion (voice)
- *Minions* (2015), as The Minions (voice) · Director — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/minions.md)
- *Tree Lighting Ceremony* (2014), as Minions
- *Despicable Me 2: 3 Mini-Movie Collection* (2014), as The minions
- *Illumination 7 Mini-Movie Collection* (2014), as Minions/Social Worker
- *Puppy* (2013), as Dave the Minion (voice) · Executive Producer
- *Training Wheels* (2013), as Minions (voice) · Executive Producer
- *Panic in the Mailroom* (2013), as Ken the Minion / Mike the Minion (voice) · Executive Producer
- *Despicable Me 2* (2013), as Kevin / Bob / Stuart / Additional Minions / Evil Minions (voice) · Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-2.md)
- *Minions Rush* (2013), as Minions (Voice)
- *Brad & Gary* (2011), as Brad (voice) · Director
- *Despicable Me Presents: Minion Madness* (2010), as Minions / Social Worker (voice) · Producer, Writer
- *Banana* (2010), as Minions (Various) (voice) · Writer
- *Orientation Day* (2010), as Minions (voice)
- *Home Makeover* (2010), as Minions / Social Worker (voice)
- *Despicable Me* (2010), as Tim / Bob / Mark / Phil / Stuart (voice) · Director — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me.md)
- *Pat & Stan - The Treasure of Pit and Mortimer* (2006), Director
- *Pat & Stan* (2004), series, Creator
- *Gary's Fall* (2003), Director
- *Caisse d'Épargne - La Banque des jeunes* (2001), Director
- *Pings 2* (1997), Director
- *Pings* (1997), Director
- *The Oscars* (1953), series, as Minions (voice)

## Gallery

- ![Pierre Coffin](https://film.one/media/person/6556/gallery-5ffa8509bd41.jpg) Pierre Coffin — Boungawa, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/21/Pierre_Coffin_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Pierre Coffin](https://film.one/media/person/6556/gallery-ef89747e6fc4.jpg) Pierre Coffin — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2014: Best Animated Feature (nominated), for *Despicable Me 2*

### Other awards — 1 won

- Seiyu Awards Kids/Family Award 2016: Seiyu Awards Kids/Family Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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