Antoine de Caunes

Acting • Born 1953-12-01

Acting1Paris, 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.

Filmography

101 credits

Never Twice

Movie • 1995

The Gods Must Be Daring

Movie • 1997

Alex

Can You Keep a Secret?

Movie • 2008

Julien

Blanche

Movie • 2002

Le capitaine KKK

Man Is a Woman

Movie • 1998

Simon Eskenazy

Toqué de Tokyo

Movie • 2010

Self - Host

The Color of Lies

Movie • 1999

Germain-Roland Desmot

48 Hours a Day

Movie • 2008

Bruno Tellier

Chili con carne

Movie • 1999

Claude

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

Movie • 2014

Self

He's My Girl

Movie • 2009

Simon Eskenazy

The Car Keys

Movie • 2003

Actor who refuses to film with Laurent

De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs

Movie • 2004

Various (archive footage)

A Perfect Friend

Movie • 2006

julien rossi

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

Movie • 2005

Various characters

Two Dads and One Mom

Movie • 1996

Jérôme

César Awards, de Caunes Era

Movie • 2022

Self

Mumu

Movie • 2010

Le Colonel

Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West

Movie • 2012

Le Prince (voice)

Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle

Movie • 2001

Narrateur

Nine Men

Movie • 2022

Gustave

Pentimento

Movie • 1989

Charles

A Song for Eurotrash

Movie • 1998

Self - Presenter

Tell Me Iggy

Movie • 2022

Self : Interviewer

Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix

Movie • 2023

Self - Host

Dangereuses retrouvailles

Movie • 2013

Paul Aubras

Les amants du bagne

Movie • 2004

Albert Londres

L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène

Movie • 2023

Self

Return to Algiers

Movie • 2000

Pierre Nivel

En tatanes à Manhattan

Movie • 2012

Self - Host

Amnesty International's Big 30

Movie • 1991

Self

Bob le magnifique

Movie • 1998

François Morin / Bob St Clar

La Génération des Enfants du rock

Movie • 2024

Self (voice)

Baba de Barcelone

Movie • 2011

Self

En Berline à Berlin

Movie • 2009

Self - Host

Maboul de Séoul

Movie • 2013

Self - Host

Eurotrash Unzipped

Movie • 2001

Self - Presenter

Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run

Movie • 2017

Self

Kaamelott: The First Chapter

Movie • 2021

Dagonet

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

Movie • 1980

Self - Presenter

For a Good Cause

Movie • 1997

Daniel

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

Movie • 2018

Self

Chorus : La première émission Rock d'Antoine de Caunes

Movie • 2010

Self - Host

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

Movie • 2018

Self

Mr. Bean's Holiday

Movie • 2007

Anchorman

Canal+ Replay

Movie • 2021

Mr. Replay / Les Deschiens / La Minute Blond / Bref / Plateaux

The Jews

Movie • 2016

Antoine de Caunes

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

Movie • 2002

Self

40

Movie • 2024

Self

The Dark Side of Porn: Death of a Porn Star

Movie • 2005

Self

Bruuuuuce By Antoine

Movie • 2024

Self - Host

L'Homme à la tête de kraft

Movie • 2013

Antoine

En route pour le SNL

Movie • 2025

Self - Guest