
Antoine de Caunes
Born December 1, 1953 · Paris, France
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.
Notable Appearances
Movies

Mr. Bean's Holiday

The Jews

Amnesty International's Big 30

Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

Kaamelott: The First Chapter

The Car Keys

The Original+

Man Is a Woman

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

Mumu

The Color of Lies

Les amants du bagne

Return to Algiers

Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West

He's My Girl

Nine Men

Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle

Eurotrash Unzipped

Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix

Pentimento

Tell Me Iggy

Vieillir et jouir sans entraves

Never Twice

De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs

Maboul de Séoul

A Song for Eurotrash

Canal+ Replay

48 Hours a Day

Blanche

Can You Keep a Secret?

L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène

40

Two Dads and One Mom

Dangereuses retrouvailles

Toqué de Tokyo

La Génération des Enfants du rock

César Awards, de Caunes Era
TV Shows

Kaamelott

Eurotrash

Nulle part ailleurs

The Apartment

Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma

On n'est pas couché

Salut les Terriens !

Cérémonie des César

Quelle époque !

So Graham Norton

Téléthon

Bref

Lucky Luke

La Boîte à secrets

The New Adventures of Lucky Luke

Super Plan

Hot Ones

Rex the Runt

Le Débarquement

Mostra, Venise

Un monde, un regard

Profession

Aujourd'hui la vie

Off Prime

True Story with

Bonsoir !

Cannes

Serge à Paris

Crac Crac

Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?

Neuf Mecs

La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé

Antoine de Caunes : La vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock

On the Road to SNL

La Gaule d'Antoine

Décrypté (Ciné-Séries)

L'affaire Swagg Man : Hip-hop, influence et bitcoin

Les Enfants Du Rock

L'émission d'Antoine
More Movies

En route pour le SNL

The Dark Side of Porn: Death of a Porn Star

Illegal Love

Bruuuuuce By Antoine

La télé des années 80 - Les 10 ans qui ont tout changé

La véritable histoire des hippies

Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run

Chorus : La première émission Rock d'Antoine de Caunes

A Perfect Friend

Chili con carne

The Gods Must Be Daring

For a Good Cause

L'Homme à la tête de kraft

De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle part ailleurs 2 ... suite et fin !

The Ruts: Live from Le Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris

En tatanes à Manhattan

Bob le magnifique




