Antoine de Caunes
Born: 1953-12-01 in Paris, France
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II) as Dagonet
- Vieillir et jouir sans entraves as Self - Actor / Host / Writer / Director
2025
- Super Plan as Self - Host
- The Original+ as Self - Presenter
- L'affaire Swagg Man : Hip-hop, influence et bitcoin as Self
- Antoine de Caunes : La vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock as Self
- On the Road to SNL as Self - Guest
- Dictionnaire amoureux du Tour de France as Self
- La véritable histoire des hippies as Narrator (Self )
- En route pour le SNL as Self - Guest
2024
- Décrypté as Self - Guest
- Serge à Paris
- 40 as Self
- Bruuuuuce By Antoine as Self - Host
- La Génération des Enfants du rock as Self (voice)
2023
- Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma as Self - Host
- Cannes as Self - Host
- Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix as Self : Narrator (voice over)
- L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène as Self
2022
- Quelle époque ! as Self - Guest
- Hot Ones as Self - Guest
- Mostra, Venise as Self - Host
- Neuf Mecs as Gustave
- Tell Me Iggy as Self : Interviewer
- César Awards, de Caunes Era as Self
- Nine Men as Gustave
2021
- Un monde, un regard
- 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
- Bonsoir ! as Self - Guest
- Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic as Self
- La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé as Self
- Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English? as Self
- La télé des années 80 - Les 10 ans qui ont tout changé as Self
2017
- La Gaule d'Antoine as Self
- Crac Crac as Self
- Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run as Self
2016
- The Jews as Antoine de Caunes
- L'émission d'Antoine as Self - Host
2014
- CANAL+'s 30th anniversary as Self
2013
- Le Débarquement
- Maboul de Séoul as Self - Host
- Dangereuses retrouvailles as Paul Aubras
- L'Homme à la tête de kraft as Antoine
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
- Bref as Antoine de Caunes
- Illegal Love as Self (voice over)
- Baba de Barcelone as Self
2010
- Mumu as Le Colonel
- Toqué de Tokyo as Self - Host
- Chorus : La première émission Rock d'Antoine de Caunes 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
- Frank Zappa - Live in Paris 1980 ... (Director)
- 48 Hours a Day as Bruno Tellier
2007
- Mr. Bean's Holiday as Anchorman
- Off Prime as Self
2006
- Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
- On n'est pas couché as Self - Guest
- Twice Upon a Time ... (Director)
- A Perfect Friend as julien rossi
2005
- Kaamelott as Dagonet
- The Dark Side of Porn: Death of a Porn Star as Self
- De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle part ailleurs 2 ... suite et fin ! as Various characters
2004
- Les amants du bagne as Albert Londres
- De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs as Various (archive footage)
2003
- The Car Keys as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
- Monsieur N. ... (Director)
2002
- A Day in the Life of French Cinema as Self
- Blanche as Le capitaine KKK
2001
- The Apartment as Self - Guest
- The New Adventures of Lucky Luke as Lucky Luke (voice)
- Eurotrash Unzipped as Self - Presenter
- Love Bites ... (Director)
- Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle as Narrateur
2000
- Return to Algiers as Pierre Nivel
1999
- Chili con carne as Claude
- The Color of Lies as Germain-Roland Desmot
1998
- Vivement dimanche as Self
- So Graham Norton as Self
- Rex the Runt as Stinky Basil (voice)
- Man Is a Woman as Simon Eskenazy
- A Song for Eurotrash as Self - Presenter
- Bob le magnifique as François Morin / Bob St Clar
1997
- The Gods Must Be Daring as Alex
- For a Good Cause as Daniel
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
- Pentimento as Charles
1987
- Sacrée soirée as Self
- Nulle part ailleurs as Self - Co-Host
- Téléthon as Self
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- Les Enfants Du Rock as Self - Host
1980
- The Ruts: Live from Le Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris as Self - Presenter
1979
- The Stranglers: The Raven Tour live in Paris ... (Director)
1976
- Cérémonie des César as Self - Host