Antoine de Caunes

Antoine de Caunes

Antoine de Caunes at 2013 César Awards
Born (1953-12-01) 1 December 1953[1]
Paris[1]
Occupation Television presenter and film actor and director
Children
Parent(s) Georges de Caunes and Jacqueline Joubert

Antoine de Caunes (born 1 December 1953 in Paris) 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.

Career

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+.[6]

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".[7][8] He then went on to create the long-running adult entertainment programme Eurotrash with Jean-Paul Gaultier for Channel 4.[9][10] 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, which he claimed to be "a French lollipop, on a very British stick".

Since September 2013, he hosts Canal + daily evening show Le Grand Journal.

He provided voices in the Aardman Animation TV show Rex the Runt.

He has been a long-time AIDS awareness campaigner, fronting the organisation Soirées de l'humour — Solidarité sida.

Filmography

As an Actor

As an Actor on Television

As Director

Doublage

Discography

2 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.

Song writer [11] · :[12]

Participation

Bibliography

Antoine de Caunes wrote his first book published with Éditions Albin Michel in the collection Rock & Folk in the Magma groupe:

He wrote two novels about the conquests of the New York private detective, Sam Murchinson:

Several collections of his speeches Nulle part ailleurs were published; texts written with Albert Algoud:

He also wrote a dictionary:

References

  1. 1 2 "The Observer Profile: Antoine de Caunes | Interviews | guardian.co.uk Film". London: Film.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  2. ↑ Film (2004-04-12). "Steeckler for accuracy". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  3. ↑ Rose, Toby (2008-06-25). "France laps up De Caunes' tears of a clown | Film | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  4. ↑ "Antoine de Caunes". Metro.co.uk. 2009-10-27. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  5. ↑ Weinberg, Kate (2009-03-02). "Culture Clinic: Antoine de Caunes". London: Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  6. ↑ Les Morsures de L’Aube, filmfestivals.com
  7. ↑ James Rampton (1996-02-17). "Contentious? Moi? - Life & Style". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  8. ↑ Serena Mackesy (1997-05-03). "Sads, mads and le lad - Arts & Entertainment". London: The Independent. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  9. ↑ "Le dude | From the Guardian | guardian.co.uk". London: Guardian. 1999-05-08. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  10. ↑ Conway, Susannah (2002-04-23). "Jean Paul Gaultier turns fifty | Mail Online". London: Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-09-22.
  11. ↑ http://www.bide-et-musique.com/recherche.html?st=4&kw=Paul+Persavon
  12. ↑ http://www.mange-disque.tv/artiste-5-paul-persavon

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