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Antoine de Caunes

Antoine de Caunes

Birthday: 1953-12-01 | Place of Birth: Paris, France

Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953) 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). Source: Article "Antoine de Caunes" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
En route pour le SNL

as    Self - Guest

2024
La Génération des Enfants du rock

as    Self (voice)

2024
Bruuuuuce By Antoine

as    Self - Host

2023
2023
Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix

as    Self - Host

2023
Cannes

as    Self - Host

2022
Neuf Mecs

as    Gustave

2022
Neuf mecs - Le film

as    Gustave

2022
Tell Me Iggy

as    Self

2022
César Awards, de Caunes Era

as    Self - Archive

2022
Mostra, Venise

as    Self - Host

2021
Kaamelott: The First Chapter

as    Dagonet

2021
Canal+ Replay

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

2018
2017
2014
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

as    Self

2013
L'Homme à la tête de kraft

as    Antoine

2013
Dangereuses retrouvailles

as    Paul Aubras

2012
Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West

as    Le Prince (voice)

2012
En tatanes à Manhattan

as    Self - Host

2009
He's My Girl

as    Simon Eskenazy

2008
Can You Keep a Secret?

as    Julien

2006
A Perfect Friend

as    julien rossi

2004
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs

as    Various (archive footage)