
Antoine de Caunes
Born: 1953-12-01
Place of Birth: Paris, France
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).
Known For

Les amants du bagne

The Jews

Mr. Bean's Holiday

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

En tatanes à Manhattan

La Génération des Enfants du rock

A Day in the Life of French Cinema

Mumu

Dictionnaire amoureux du Tour de France

César Awards, de Caunes Era

Blanche

Chili con carne

Kaamelott: The First Chapter

Canal+ Replay

Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle

Never Twice

Eurotrash Unzipped

Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run

Maboul de Séoul

Pentimento

Tell Me Iggy

Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West

Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic

Antoine de Caunes : la vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock

40

Amnesty International's Big 30

Man Is a Woman

A Perfect Friend

The Color of Lies

CANAL+'s 30th anniversary

Bruuuuuce By Antoine

Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)

The Car Keys

The Dark Side of Porn: Death of a Porn Star

Can You Keep a Secret?

Two Dads and One Mom

The Gods Must Be Daring

Return to Algiers

A Song for Eurotrash

He's My Girl

48 Hours a Day

Bob le magnifique

Dangereuses retrouvailles

Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix

Toqué de Tokyo

For a Good Cause

En route pour le SNL

Nine Men

Illegal Love

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

De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs

L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène

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

Chorus : La première émission Rock d'Antoine de Caunes
