Antoine de Caunes
Known for: Acting
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
Series
Kaamelott
Dagonet
2005
Series
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Series
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Series
Sacrée soirée
Self
1987
Series
C à vous
Self - Guest
2009
Series
The Apartment
Self - Guest
2001
Series
Cérémonie des César
Self - Host
1976
Series
Eurotrash
Self - Presenter
1993
Series
Faut Voir - L'Hebdo cinéma
Self - Host
2023
Film
Mr. Bean's Holiday
Anchorman
2007
Series
Nulle part ailleurs
Self - Co-Host
1987
Series
Bref
Antoine de Caunes
2011
Series
On n'est pas couché
Self - Guest
2006
Series
Quelle époque !
Self - Guest
2022
Series
Salut les Terriens !
Self - Guest
2006
Series
So Graham Norton
Self
1998
Series
The New Adventures of Lucky Luke
Lucky Luke (voice)
2001
Series
Super Plan
Self - Host
2025
Series
Téléthon
Self
1987
Series
Un monde, un regard
2021
Series
Lucky Luke
1992
Series
True Story with
Self
2020
Series
Hot Ones
Self - Guest
2022
Series
Cannes
Self - Host
2023
Series
La Boîte à secrets
Self
2019
Series
Off Prime
Self
2007
Series
Le Débarquement
2013
Series
Décrypté (Ciné-Séries)
Self - Guest
2024
Series
Rex the Runt
Euro MP (voice)
1998
Series
Rex the Runt
Stinky Basil (voice)
1998
Series
Aujourd'hui la vie
Self
1982
Series
Bonsoir !
Self - Guest
2018
Film
The Jews
Antoine de Caunes
2016
Series
Mostra, Venise
Self - Host
2022
Series
Serge à Paris
2024
Film
The Original+
Self - Presenter
2025
Film
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
Dagonet
2021
Film
Kaamelott: The Second Chapter (Part II)
Dagonet
2026
Film
Mumu
Le Colonel
2010
Series
Antoine de Caunes : La vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock
Self
2025
Series
Crac Crac
Self
2017
Film
Pentimento
Charles
1989
Series
La Gaule d'Antoine
Self
2017
Film
La véritable histoire des hippies
Narrator (Self )
2025
Series
Al Murray: Why Does Everyone Hate the English?
Self
2018
Film
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
Self
2002
Series
L'affaire Swagg Man : Hip-hop, influence et bitcoin
Self
2025
Series
Neuf Mecs
Gustave
2022
Film
Jean Paul Gaultier : Freak & Chic
Self
2018
Film
Amnesty International's Big 30
Self
1991
Film
Eurotrash Unzipped
Self - Presenter
2001
Film
The Car Keys
Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
2003
Film
Toqué de Tokyo
Self - Host
2010
Film
The Color of Lies
Germain-Roland Desmot
1999
Film
Tell Me Iggy
Self : Interviewer
2022
Film
Never Twice
1995
Series
Les Enfants Du Rock
Self - Host
1982
Film
Vieillir et jouir sans entraves
Self - Actor / Host / Writer / Director
2026
Film
Maboul de Séoul
Self - Host
2013
Series
La Télé des années 80 : Les Dix Ans qui ont tout changé
Self
2018
Series
L'émission d'Antoine
Self - Host
2016
Film
Blanche
Le capitaine KKK
2002
Film
Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West
Le Prince (voice)
2012
Film
40
Self
2024
Series
On the Road to SNL
Self - Guest
2025
Film
48 Hours a Day
Bruno Tellier
2008
Film
César Awards, de Caunes Era
Self
2022
Film
Uderzo, sur le divan d'Astérix
Self : Narrator (voice over)
2023
Film
He's My Girl
Simon Eskenazy
2009
Film
Dangereuses retrouvailles
Paul Aubras
2013
Film
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
Self
2014
Film
Canal+ Replay
Mr. Replay / Les Deschiens / La Minute Blond / Bref / Plateaux
2021
Film
Illegal Love
Self (voice over)
2011
Film
Man Is a Woman
Simon Eskenazy
1998
Film
The Gods Must Be Daring
Alex
1997
Film
A Perfect Friend
julien rossi
2006
Film
Bruuuuuce By Antoine
Self - Host
2024
Film
Can You Keep a Secret?
Julien
2008
Film
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle
Narrateur
2001
Film
La Génération des Enfants du rock
Self (voice)
2024
Film
Chili con carne
Claude
1999
Film
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
Various (archive footage)
2004
Film
Return to Algiers
Pierre Nivel
2000
Film
Nine Men
Gustave
2022
Film
Les amants du bagne
Albert Londres
2004
Film
En route pour le SNL
Self - Guest
2025
Film
L'Homme à la tête de kraft
Antoine
2013
Film
The Dark Side of Porn: Death of a Porn Star
Self
2005
Film
Bruce Springsteen: Born to Run
Self
2017
Film
Chorus : La première émission Rock d'Antoine de Caunes
Self - Host
2010
Film
For a Good Cause
Daniel
1997
Baba de Barcelone
Self
2011
Film
A Song for Eurotrash
Self - Presenter
1998
Film
La télé des années 80 - Les 10 ans qui ont tout changé
Self
2018
Film
L'Olympia, du rêve à la scène
Self
2023
Film
Bob le magnifique
François Morin / Bob St Clar
1998
Film
Dictionnaire amoureux du Tour de France
Self
2025
Film
Two Dads and One Mom
Jérôme
1996
Film
The Ruts: Live from Le Théâtre de l'Empire, Paris
Self - Presenter
1980
Film
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de Nulle part ailleurs 2 ... suite et fin !
Various characters
2005
Film
En tatanes à Manhattan
Self - Host
2012
En Berline à Berlin
Self - Host
2009