Antoine de Caunes
Biography
Antoine de Caunes is a French television presenter, actor, 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+.
De Caunes came to fame in the English-speaking world on the BBC2 television series Rapido, notable for his catchphrase, in the thickest of French accents, "Rap, Rap, Rap, Rapiiiidoo". He then went on to create the long-running adult entertainment programme Eurotrash with Jean-Paul Gaultier for Channel 4. 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.
He is a long-time AIDS awareness campaigner, fronting the organisation Solidarité sida (AIDS Solidarity).
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-12-01
Place of birth
Paris, France
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Cast
Never Twice
1995
0.00
The Gods Must Be Daring
1997
4.04
Can You Keep a Secret?
2008
6.50
Blanche
2002
4.10
Man Is a Woman
1998
5.60
Toqué de Tokyo
2010
6.00
The Color of Lies
1999
5.70
48 Hours a Day
2008
5.22
Chili con carne
1999
2.50
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
2014
0.00
He's My Girl
2009
4.80
The Car Keys
2003
5.16
A Perfect Friend
2006
3.60
Two Dads and One Mom
1996
2.71
César Awards, de Caunes Era
2022
0.00
Mumu
2010
5.78
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle
2001
5.96
Nine Men
2022
7.10
Pentimento
1989
0.00
A Song for Eurotrash
1998
0.00
Tell Me Iggy
2022
8.00
Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix
2023
8.20
Dangereuses retrouvailles
2013
4.20
Les amants du bagne
2004
7.50
L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène
2023
0.00
Return to Algiers
2000
6.50
En tatanes à Manhattan
2012
0.00
Amnesty International's Big 30
1991
4.00
Bob le magnifique
1998
0.00
Baba de Barcelone
2011
0.00
En Berline à Berlin
2009
0.00
Maboul de Séoul
2013
7.00
Eurotrash Unzipped
2001
0.00
Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
2017
8.00
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
2021
6.61
For a Good Cause
1997
5.50
Mr. Bean's Holiday
2007
6.37
Canal+ Replay
2021
6.00
The Jews
2016
4.30
40
2024
7.00
Bruuuuuce By Antoine
2024
0.00
L'Homme à la tête de kraft
2013
0.00
En route pour le SNL
2025
10.00
Illegal Love
2011
1.00