Antoine de Caunes
Born: 1953-12-01 in Paris, France
Known For: Acting
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).
Filmography
2026
- Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II) as Dagonet
2025
- Antoine de Caunes : la vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock as Self
- Monsieur Poulpe : Nombril
- Dictionnaire amoureux du Tour de France as Self
- Super Plan as Self - Host
- On the Road to SNL as Self - Guest
- L'affaire Swagg Man : Hip-hop, influence et bitcoin as Self
- En route pour le SNL as Self - Guest
2024
- 40 as Self
- La Génération des Enfants du rock as Self (voice)
- Bruuuuuce By Antoine as Self - Host
- Serge à Paris
- Décrypté as Self - Guest
2023
- Faut Voir - L'hebdo cinéma as Self - Host
- L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène as Self
- Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix as Self - Host
- Cannes as Self - Host
2022
- Tell Me Iggy as Self : Interviewer
- Hot Ones as Self - Guest
- César Awards, de Caunes Era as Self - Archive
- Mostra, Venise as Self - Host
- Neuf Mecs as Gustave
- Nine Men as Gustave
2021
- Kaamelott: The First Chapter as Dagonet
- Canal+ Replay as Mr. Replay / Les Deschiens / La Minute Blond / Bref / Plateaux
2020
- True Story with as Self
2019
- La Boîte à secrets as Self
2018
- La télé des années 80 - Les 10 ans qui ont tout changé as Self
- Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic as Self
- Bonsoir ! as Self - Guest
- La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé as Self
- Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English? as Self
2017
- Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run as Self
- Crac Crac as Self
- La Gaule d'Antoine as Self
2016
- The Jews as Antoine de Caunes
- L'émission d'Antoine as Self - Host
2014
- CANAL+'s 30th anniversary as Self
2013
- Dangereuses retrouvailles as Paul Aubras
- Maboul de Séoul as Self - Host
- L'Homme à la tête de kraft as Antoine
- Le Débarquement
2012
- Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West as Le Prince (voice)
- Yann Piat: A Chronicle of Murder ... (Director)
- En tatanes à Manhattan as Self - Host
2011
- Illegal Love as Self (voice over)
- Bref as Antoine de Caunes
- Baba de Barcelone as Self
2010
- Mumu as Le Colonel
- Chorus : La première émission Rock d'Antoine de Caunes as Self - Host
- Toqué de Tokyo as Self - Host
2009
- C à vous as Self - Guest
- He's My Girl as Simon Eskenazy
- En Berline à Berlin as Self - Host
2008
- Coluche ... (Director)
- Can You Keep a Secret? as Julien
- 48 Hours a Day as Bruno Tellier
- Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980 ... (Director)
2007
- Mr. Bean's Holiday as Anchorman
- Off Prime
2006
- Twice Upon a Time ... (Director)
- Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
- A Perfect Friend as julien rossi
- On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest
2005
- Kaamelott as Dagonet
- De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle part ailleurs 2 ... suite et fin ! as Various characters
- The Dark Side of Porn: Death of a Porn Star as Self
2004
- De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs as Various (archive footage)
- Les amants du bagne as Albert Londres
2003
- Monsieur N. ... (Director)
- The Car Keys as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
2002
- Blanche as Le capitaine KKK
- A Day in the Life of French Cinema as Self
2001
- Love Bites ... (Director)
- The Apartment as Self - Guest
- Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle as Narrateur
- The New Adventures of Lucky Luke as Lucky Luke (voice)
- Eurotrash Unzipped as Self - Presenter
2000
- Return to Algiers as Pierre Nivel
1999
- The Color of Lies as Germain-Roland Desmot
- Chili con carne as Claude
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- So Graham Norton as Self
- Man Is a Woman as Simon Eskenazy
- Rex the Runt as Stinky Basil (voice)
- Bob le magnifique as François Morin / Bob St Clar
- A Song for Eurotrash as Self - Presenter
1997
- For a Good Cause as Daniel
- The Gods Must Be Daring as Alex
1996
- Two Dads and One Mom as Jérôme
1995
1993
- Eurotrash as Self - Presenter
1992
- Lucky Luke
- L'Émission Impossible ... (Producer)
1991
- Amnesty International's Big 30 as Self
1989
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
- Nulle part ailleurs as Self - Co-Host
- Téléthon as Self
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Les Enfants Du Rock
1980
- The Ruts: Live from Le Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris as Self - Presenter
1979
- The Stranglers: The Raven Tour live in Paris ... (Director)