Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953) is a French television presenter, actor, writer and film director.[2][3][4][5] 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.
Antoine de Caunes | |
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 Antoine de Caunes at 2013 César Awards | |
| Born | 1 December 1953[1] Paris, France[1] |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Television presenter, actor, director |
| Spouse |
Daphné Roulier (m. 2007) |
| Children | 3, including Emma de Caunes |
| Parent(s) | Georges de Caunes Jacqueline Joubert |
Career
editHe 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+.[6]
In 1988, De Caunes started making an English-language version of his French music programme Rapido, for Janet Street-Porter's youth and entertainment[7] programming strand DEF II, with new episodes of Rapido usually being broadcast as part of DEF II's Wednesday night schedule[8][9][10] on BBC2.[11][12] He then went on to create the long-running magazine programme Eurotrash for Channel 4, with this humorous post-pub entertainment show[7] co-presented by Jean Paul Gaultier for the few series and featuring regular spots for European stars like Lolo Ferrari.[13] 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.[14]
De Caunes launched a new magazine Vieux, about issues faced by the elderly, in May 2024.[15]
He is a long-time AIDS awareness campaigner, fronting the organisation Solidarité sida (AIDS Solidarity).[16]
Filmography
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Film acting
edit- 1989: Pentimento – Charles
- 1996: Les Deux papas et la Maman – Jérôme
- 1997: C'est pour la bonne cause – Antoine
- 1997: La Divine Poursuite – Alex
- 1998: L'homme est une femme comme les autres – Simon Eskenazy
- 1999: Au cœur du mensonge – Germain-Roland Desmot
- 1999: Chili con carne – Claude
- 2000: Là-bas... mon pays – Pierre Nivel
- 2001: Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert – The narrator
- 2002: Blanche – The captain of the KKK
- 2002: Les Clefs de bagnole – an actor refusing to play in a Baffie film
- 2006: Un ami parfait – Julien Rossi
- 2007: Mr. Bean's Holiday – Television presenter[17]
- 2008: Tu peux garder un secret? – Julien
- 2008: 48 heures par jour – Bruno
- 2009: La Folle histoire d'amour de Simon Eskenazy – Simon Eskenazy
- 2010: Mumu – The Colonel[18]
- 2021: Kaamelott: The First Chapter – Dagonet
Television acting
edit- 1987: Objectif: Nul – Igor and Grichka Bogdanoff
- 1988-1992: Rapido - series presenter[19]
- 1993–2007: Eurotrash – series presenter
- 1998: Bob le magnifique (made-for-television movie) by Marc Angelo - François Morin / Bob Saint Clar
- 2002: Les Amants du bagne (made-for-television movie) by Thierry Binisti - Albert Londres
- 2006-2008: Kaamelott (television series) – Dagonet
- 2007: Off Prime (television series, season 1, episode 2) – as himself
- 2010: Du hard ou du cochon! (television series, episode 3) – Fluck
- 2012: Bref (television series, episode 53) by Kyan Khojandi et Bruno Muschio – as himself
- 2013: L'homme à la tête de kraft (short film) by Thierry Dupety and Sandra Joubeaud
- 2013: Dangereuses retrouvailles (made-for-television movie) by Jérôme Debusschère - Paul Aubras
- 2013: Hitchcock by Mocky, episode: "Le don d'Iris"
Directing
edit- 1997: T'en as ?[20]
- 2001: Les Morsures de l'aube aka Love Bites[21]
- 2002: Monsieur N.[22]
- 2006: Désaccord parfait[23]
- 2008: Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec[24]
- 2011: Yann Piat, chronique d'un assassinat[25] (made-for-television movie)
Voice work
edit- 1999: Stuart Little by Rob Minkoff - Stuart Little
- 2001: La Route d'Eldorado by Don Paul and Eric Bergeron - Miguel
- 2001: Le Vélo De Ghislain Lambert by Philippe Harel – The Narrator
- 2001-2002: The New Adventures of Lucky Luke (series) - Lucky Luke
- 2002: Stuart Little 2 by Rob Minkoff - Stuart Little
- 2004: Voyage autour du soleil (made-for-television movie), docu-fiction on the space conquest
- 2007: La France made in USA (made-for-television movie) – The Narrator
- 2011: Illegal Love by Julie Gali, documentaire - Mark Leno
- 2012: Cendrillon au Far West by Pascal Hérold – The Prince
Discography
editTwo CD titles, Il a pas peur de personne, Film Music by BO from the animated show Lucky Luke televised on France 3 and sold in 2001 by Sony Music.
- 1983: Tchaou et Grodo
- 1984: Au pays des quat'z'amis
- 1984: Y'en a qui (Marie Dauphin)
- 1984: X-Or
- 1985: Clémentine
- 1985: Cobra
- 1985: L'Empire des Cinq
- 1986: Lady Oscar
- 1986: L'Île au trésor
Participation
edit- 2009 - On n'est pas là pour se faire engueuler !, album in homage to Boris Vian. Cantate des boîtes
Bibliography
editAntoine de Caunes wrote his first book published with Éditions Albin Michel in the collection Rock & Folk in the Magma groupe:
- Magma, 187p., 1978. ISBN 978-2226005632
He wrote two novels about the conquests of the New York private detective, Sam Murchinson:
- C'est bon, mais c'est chaud (1990)
- C'est beau mais c'est triste (1998)
Several collections of his speeches Nulle part ailleurs were published; texts written with Albert Algoud:
- Vous permettez que je vous appelle Raymond ?, 1990.
- Pas mal pour un lundi, 1990.
- J'aime beaucoup ce que vous faites, 1991
- Une ambulance peut en cacher une autre, 1992.
- Bien entendu, je plaisante, 1993. ISBN 2226063293
- Le Petit Gildas illustré, 1993. ISBN 2226063811
He also wrote a dictionary:
- Dictionnaire Amoureux du Rock, Plon, 2010 ISBN 978-2259205757
Radio shows
edit- Popopop, since August 2017, every weekday at 3pm UK time, on France Inter, National French radio station.[28]
References
edit- ^ a b "Profile: Antoine de Caunes". The Observer. London. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ "Steeckler for accuracy". The Daily Telegraph. London. 12 April 2004. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ Rose, Toby (25 June 2008). "France laps up De Caunes' tears of a clown". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ "Antoine de Caunes". Metro.co.uk. 27 October 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ Weinberg, Kate (2 March 2009). "Culture Clinic: Antoine de Caunes". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ Les Morsures de L'Aube[permanent dead link], filmfestivals.com
- ^ a b "How we made Eurotrash: 'We'd look at all these strange kinks. It traumatised a generation'". TheGuardian.com. 19 September 2022.
- ^ "BBC Programme Index". 22 March 1989.
- ^ "Search - BBC Programme Index".
- ^ "BBC Programme Index". 9 May 1990.
- ^ James Rampton (17 February 1996). "Contentious? Moi?". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ Serena Mackesy (3 May 1997). "Sads, mads and le lad - Arts & Entertainment". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ "Le dude". The Guardian. London. 8 May 1999. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
- ^ "IMDB page for Rex the Runt". IMDb.com. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
- ^ Allen, Peter (3 June 2024). "French enfant terrible starts magazine for OAP angst". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Le mot d'Antoine et Luc". Solidarité sida (in French). Retrieved 8 March 2020.
- ^ "Mr. Bean's Holiday". Nndb.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Mumu (2010) - Joël Séria | Cast and Crew". Allmovie.com. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Antoine de Caunes". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "T'en as (2000)". En.unifrance.org. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Média, Prisma. "Antoine de Caunes - La biographie de Antoine de Caunes avec Gala.fr". Gala.fr (in French). Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Holden, Stephen (21 January 2005). "Embroidering the Fate of the First Man Who Thought He Was Napoleon". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Désaccord parfait (2005)". En.unifrance.org. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec (in French), retrieved 26 July 2021
- ^ "Yann Piat, chronique d'un assassinat (2011) - STUDIOCANAL". Studio Canal. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
- ^ "Recherche: Paul Persavon". Bide-et-musique.com.
- ^ "Disque Séries TV et Dessins Animés Paul Persavon". Mange-Disque TV.
- ^ Inter, France (12 July 2017). "Antoine de Caunes présente une quotidienne à la rentrée sur France Inter". Franceinter.fr.