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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

2022
Neuf Mecs

as    Gustave

2022
Tell Me Iggy

as    Self

2022
César Awards, de Caunes Era

as    Self - Archive

2021
Kaamelott: The First Chapter

as    Dagonet

2021
Canal+ Replay

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

2018
2012
Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West

as    Le Prince (voice)

2009
He's My Girl

as    Simon Eskenazy

1999
The Color of Lies

as    Germain-Roland Desmot

1997
The Gods Must Be Daring

as    Alex