Antoine de Caunes
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.
Known For
All Movies (59)
- Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)2026 · as Dagonet
- Vieillir et jouir sans entraves2026 · as Self - Actor / Host / Writer / Director
- The Original+2025 · as Self - Presenter
- Dictionnaire amoureux du Tour de France2025 · as Self
- La véritable histoire des hippies2025 · as Narrator (Self )
- En route pour le SNL2025 · as Self - Guest
- 402024 · as Self
- Bruuuuuce By Antoine2024 · as Self - Host
- La Génération des Enfants du rock2024 · as Self (voice)
- L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène2023 · as Self
- Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix2023 · as Self : Narrator (voice over)
- Tell Me Iggy2022 · as Self : Interviewer
- Nine Men2022 · as Gustave
- César Awards, de Caunes Era2022 · as Self
- Kaamelott: The First Chapter2021 · as Dagonet
- Canal+ Replay2021 · as Mr. Replay / Les Deschiens / La Minute Blond / Bref / Plateaux
- Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic2018 · as Self
- La télé des années 80 - Les 10 ans qui ont tout changé2018 · as Self
- Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run2017 · as Self
- The Jews2016 · as Antoine de Caunes
- CANAL+'s 30th anniversary2014 · as Self
- Maboul de Séoul2013 · as Self - Host
- Dangereuses retrouvailles2013 · as Paul Aubras
- L'Homme à la tête de kraft2013 · as Antoine
- En tatanes à Manhattan2012 · as Self - Host
- Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West2012 · as Le Prince (voice)
- Baba de Barcelone2011 · as Self
- Illegal Love2011 · as Self (voice over)
- Toqué de Tokyo2010 · as Self - Host
- Chorus : La première émission Rock d'Antoine de Caunes2010 · as Self - Host
- Mumu2010 · as Le Colonel
- He's My Girl2009 · as Simon Eskenazy
- En Berline à Berlin2009 · as Self - Host
- 48 Hours a Day2008 · as Bruno Tellier
- Can You Keep a Secret?2008 · as Julien
- Mr. Bean's Holiday2007 · as Anchorman
- A Perfect Friend2006 · as julien rossi
- De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle part ailleurs 2 ... suite et fin !2005 · as Various characters
- The Dark Side of Porn: Death of a Porn Star2005 · as Self
- De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs2004 · as Various (archive footage)
- Les amants du bagne2004 · as Albert Londres
- The Car Keys2003 · as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
- Blanche2002 · as Le capitaine KKK
- A Day in the Life of French Cinema2002 · as Self
- Eurotrash Unzipped2001 · as Self - Presenter
- Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle2001 · as Narrateur
- Return to Algiers2000 · as Pierre Nivel
- Chili con carne1999 · as Claude
- The Color of Lies1999 · as Germain-Roland Desmot
- A Song for Eurotrash1998 · as Self - Presenter
- Man Is a Woman1998 · as Simon Eskenazy
- Bob le magnifique1998 · as François Morin / Bob St Clar
- The Gods Must Be Daring1997 · as Alex
- For a Good Cause1997 · as Daniel
- Two Dads and One Mom1996 · as Jérôme
- Never Twice1995
- Amnesty International's Big 301991 · as Self
- Pentimento1989 · as Charles
- The Ruts: Live from Le Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris1980 · as Self - Presenter
All TV Shows (42)
- Antoine de Caunes : La vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock2025 · as Self
- Super Plan2025 · as Self - Host
- L'affaire Swagg Man : Hip-hop, influence et bitcoin2025 · as Self
- On the Road to SNL2025 · as Self - Guest
- Serge à Paris2024
- Décrypté2024 · as Self - Guest
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma2023 · as Self - Host
- Cannes2023 · as Self - Host
- Quelle époque !2022 · as Self - Guest
- Mostra, Venise2022 · as Self - Host
- Hot Ones2022 · as Self - Guest
- Neuf Mecs2022 · as Gustave
- Un monde, un regard2021
- True Story with2020 · as Self
- La Boîte à secrets2019 · as Self
- Bonsoir !2018 · as Self - Guest
- Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?2018 · as Self
- La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé2018 · as Self
- Crac Crac2017 · as Self
- La Gaule d'Antoine2017 · as Self
- L'émission d'Antoine2016 · as Self - Host
- Le Débarquement2013
- Bref2011 · as Antoine de Caunes
- C à vous2009 · as Self - Guest
- Off Prime2007 · as Self
- Salut les Terriens !2006 · as Self - Guest
- On n'est pas couché2006 · as Self - Guest
- Kaamelott2005 · as Dagonet
- The New Adventures of Lucky Luke2001 · as Lucky Luke (voice)
- The Apartment2001 · as Self - Guest
- Rex the Runt1998 · as Euro MP (voice)
- Rex the Runt1998 · as Stinky Basil (voice)
- Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
- So Graham Norton1998 · as Self
- Eurotrash1993 · as Self - Presenter
- Lucky Luke1992
- Téléthon1987 · as Self
- Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
- Nulle part ailleurs1987 · as Self - Co-Host
- Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
- Les Enfants Du Rock1982 · as Self - Host
- Cérémonie des César1976 · as Self - Host