Antoine de Caunes
ActingAntoine 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
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Anchorman
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Dagonet
The Jews
Antoine de Caunes
The Color of Lies
Germain-Roland Desmot
Mumu
Le Colonel
Amnesty International's Big 30
Self
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self
The Car Keys
Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Blanche
Le capitaine KKK
40
Self
Filmography — Acting
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Anchorman
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Dagonet
The Jews
Antoine de Caunes
The Color of Lies
Germain-Roland Desmot
Mumu
Le Colonel
Amnesty International's Big 30
Self
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self
The Car Keys
Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Blanche
Le capitaine KKK
40
Self
Man Is a Woman
Simon Eskenazy
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
Self
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
Various (archive footage)
The Gods Must Be Daring
Alex
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
Dagonet
Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West
Le Prince (voice)
Tell Me Iggy
Self : Interviewer
Two Dads and One Mom
Jérôme
He's My Girl
Simon Eskenazy
Canal+ Replay
Mr. Replay / Les Deschiens / La Minute Blond / Bref / Plateaux
Antoine de Caunes : la vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock
Self
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle
Narrateur
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Self
Vieillir et jouir sans entraves
Self - Actor / Host / Writer / Director
A Perfect Friend
julien rossi
The Original+
Self - Presenter
Return to Algiers
Pierre Nivel
Illegal Love
Self (voice over)
48 Hours a Day
Bruno Tellier
Les amants du bagne
Albert Londres
Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix
Self : Narrator (voice over)
Nine Men
Gustave
Can You Keep a Secret?
Julien
L'Homme à la tête de kraft
Antoine
La Génération des Enfants du rock
Self (voice)
A Song for Eurotrash
Self - Presenter
Eurotrash Unzipped
Self - Presenter
Dangereuses retrouvailles
Paul Aubras
The Dark Side of Porn: Death of a Porn Star
Self
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle part ailleurs 2 ... suite et fin !
Various characters
L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène
Self
Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
Self
En route pour le SNL
Self - Guest
Never Twice
For a Good Cause
Daniel
En tatanes à Manhattan
Self - Host
Chili con carne
Claude
Bruuuuuce By Antoine
Self - Host
La télé des années 80 - Les 10 ans qui ont tout changé
Self
Pentimento
Charles
César Awards, de Caunes Era
Self
Bob le magnifique
François Morin / Bob St Clar
The Ruts: Live from Le Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris
Self - Presenter
Dictionnaire amoureux du Tour de France
Self
Chorus : La première émission Rock d'Antoine de Caunes
Self - Host
En Berline à Berlin
Self - Host
Baba de Barcelone
Self
Maboul de Séoul
Self - Host
Toqué de Tokyo
Self - Host
