Antoine de Caunes


Antoine de Caunes 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.
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Career

He began his career writing theme songs for cartoons for Antenne 2 under the pseudonym of Paul Persavon, including Cobra and Space Sheriff Gavan.
His early TV appearances included Chorus, 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 .

Filmography

Film acting

Television acting

  • 1987: Objectif: Nul – Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff
  • 1988-1992: Rapido – series presenter
  • 1993–2007: Eurotrash – series presenter
  • 1998: Bob le magnifique by Marc Angelo – François Morin / Bob Saint Clar
  • 2002: Les Amants du bagne by Thierry Binisti – Albert Londres
  • 2006-2008: Kaamelott – Dagonet
  • 2007: Off Prime – as himself
  • 2010: Du hard ou du cochon! – Fluck
  • 2012: Bref by Kyan Khojandi et Bruno Muschio – as himself
  • 2013: L'homme à la tête de kraft by Thierry Dupety and Sandra Joubeaud
  • 2013: Dangereuses retrouvailles by Jérôme Debusschère – Paul Aubras
  • 2013: Hitchcock by Mocky, episode: "Le don d'Iris"

Directing

  • 1997: T'en as ?
  • 2001: aka Love Bites
  • 2002: Monsieur N.
  • 2006: Désaccord parfait
  • 2008: Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec
  • 2011: ''Yann Piat, chronique d'un assassinat''

Voice work

Discography

Two CD titles, Il a pas peur de personne, Film Music by BO from the animated show Lucky Luke televised on France 3 and sold in 2001 by Sony Music.
Songwriter
  • 1983: Tchaou et Grodo
  • 1984: Au pays des quat'z'amis
  • 1984: Y'en a qui
  • 1984: X-Or
  • 1985: Clémentine
  • 1985: Cobra
  • 1985: L'Empire des Cinq
  • 1986: Lady Oscar
  • 1986: ''''

Participation

  • 2009 - On n'est pas là pour se faire engueuler !, album in homage to Boris Vian. ''Cantate des boîtes''

Radio shows

Popopop, since August 2017, every weekday at 3pm UK time, on France Inter, National French radio station.