Antoine de Caunes
Acting
Awards
Won 1 Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit Award
Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit 1 won
- 2012 Knight of the Order of Agricultural Merit Won
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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.
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Acting
53 credits
Kaamelott
Sacrée soirée
Champs-Elysées
Vivement dimanche
C à vous
Eurotrash
Nulle part ailleurs
Cérémonie des César
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
On n'est pas couché
Bref
The Apartment
Téléthon
So Graham Norton
Salut les Terriens !
Super Plan
Quelle époque !
The New Adventures of Lucky Luke
The Original+
Hot Ones
Aujourd'hui la vie
La Boîte à secrets
Bonsoir !
Off Prime
True Story with
Mostra, Venise
Rex the Runt
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Mumu
Cannes
Antoine de Caunes : La vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock
Neuf Mecs
Décrypté (Ciné-Séries)
The Jews
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
Crac Crac
Amnesty International's Big 30
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
La véritable histoire des hippies
Vieillir et jouir sans entraves
Pentimento
Eurotrash Unzipped
The Car Keys
Toqué de Tokyo
L'affaire Swagg Man : Hip-hop, influence et bitcoin
Tell Me Iggy
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
La Gaule d'Antoine
La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé
Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West
Les Enfants Du Rock
The Color of Lies
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