Antoine de Caunes
- Acting
- December 1, 1953 · Paris, France
Biography
Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953) is a French television presenter, comedian, actor, journalist, writer and film director. He is the son of two prominent French personalities, television journalist-reporter Georges de Caunes and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert. He is the father of the actress Emma de Caunes. He began his career writing theme songs for cartoons for Antenne 2 under the pseudonym of Paul Persavon, including Cobra and Space Sheriff Gavan (known in France as X-Or). His early TV appearances included Chorus (1975), the series Les Enfants du rock, again for A2, and then his breakthrough with Nulle part ailleurs for Canal+. In 1988, De Caunes started making an English-language version of his French music programme Rapido, for Janet Street-Porter's youth and entertainment programming strand DEF II, with new episodes of Rapido usually being broadcast as part of DEF II's Wednesday night schedule on BBC2. He then went on to create the long-running magazine programme Eurotrash for Channel 4, with this humorous post-pub entertainment show co-presented by Jean Paul Gaultier for the few series and featuring regular spots for European stars like Lolo Ferrari. He also presented a short-lived chat show on Channel 4 called Le Show. In addition, he appeared in an advertising campaign for Rowntree's Fruit Pastilles ice lollies. From 2013 until 2015, he hosted the daily evening show Le Grand Journal on Canal+. He provided voices in the Aardman Animation TV show Rex the Runt. De Caunes launched a new magazine Vieux, about issues faced by the elderly, in May 2024. He is a long-time AIDS awareness campaigner, fronting the organisation Solidarité sida (AIDS Solidarity). Source: Article "Antoine de Caunes" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Filmography
- Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II) · Dagonet
- Vieillir et jouir sans entraves · Self
- The Original+ · Self
- Antoine de Caunes : La vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock · Self
- Super Plan · Self
- Dictionnaire amoureux du Tour de France · Self
- La véritable histoire des hippies · Narrator (Self )
- L'affaire Swagg Man : Hip-hop, influence et bitcoin · Self
- En route pour le SNL · Self
- On the Road to SNL · Self
- 40 · Self
- Bruuuuuce By Antoine · Self
- Serge à Paris
- Décrypté (Ciné-Séries) · Self
- La Génération des Enfants du rock · Self
- L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène · Self
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma · Self
- Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix · Self : Narrator (voice over)
- Cannes · Self, Writer
- Le Figaro La Nuit
- Quelle époque ! · Self
- Mostra, Venise · Self, Writer
- Tell Me Iggy · Self : Interviewer, Thanks
- Hot Ones · Self
- Nine Men · Gustave
- Neuf Mecs · Gustave
- César Awards, de Caunes Era · Self
- Un monde, un regard
- Kaamelott: The First Chapter · Dagonet
- Canal+ Replay · Mr. Replay / Les Deschiens / La Minute Blond / Bref / Plateaux
- True Story with · Self
- La Boîte à secrets · Self
- Jean Paul Gaultier: Freak & Chic · Self
- Bonsoir ! · Self
- Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English? · Self
- La télé des années 80 - Les 10 ans qui ont tout changé · Self
- La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé · Self
- Crac Crac · Self
- La Gaule d'Antoine · Self
- Profession
- Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run · Self
- The Jews · Antoine de Caunes
- L'émission d'Antoine · Self
- CANAL+'s 30th anniversary · Self
- Maboul de Séoul · Self
- Dangereuses retrouvailles · Paul Aubras
- L'Homme à la tête de kraft · Antoine
- Le Débarquement
- En tatanes à Manhattan · Self
- Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West · Le Prince (Voice)
- Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder · Director
- Baba de Barcelone · Self
- Bref · Antoine de Caunes
- Illegal Love · Self
- Toqué de Tokyo · Self
- Chorus : La première émission Rock d'Antoine de Caunes · Self
- Mumu · Le Colonel
- He's My Girl · Simon Eskenazy
- En Berline à Berlin · Self
- C à vous · Self
- Coluche · Director, Writer
- Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980 · Director
- 48 Hours a Day · Bruno Tellier
- Can You Keep a Secret? · Julien
- Off Prime · Self
- Mr. Bean's Holiday · Anchorman
- Twice Upon a Time · Director, Producer
- Salut les Terriens ! · Self
- On n'est pas couché · Self
- A Perfect Friend · julien rossi
- De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle part ailleurs 2 ... suite et fin ! · Various characters
- The Dark Side of Porn: Death of a Porn Star · Self
- Kaamelott · Dagonet
- De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs · Various (archive footage)
- Les amants du bagne · Albert Londres
- The Car Keys · Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
- Monsieur N. · Director
- Blanche · Le capitaine KKK
- A Day in the Life of French Cinema · Self
- Eurotrash Unzipped · Self