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

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and television announcer Jacqueline Joubert. He is the father of the actress

Emma de Caunes Emma de Caunes (born 9 September 1976) is a French actress. Life and career De Caunes was born in Paris on 9 September 1976 as the daughter of actor and director Antoine de Caunes and director and graphic designer Gaëlle Royer. Her paternal gra ...

Career

He began his career writing theme songs for cartoons for

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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

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. 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

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, with new episodes of ''Rapido'' usually being broadcast as part of DEF II's Wednesday night schedule on

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. He then went on to create the long-running magazine programme '' Eurotrash'' with for

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, with this humorous post-pub entertainment show co-presented by

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for the few few series and featuring regular spots for European stars like

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. He also presented a short-lived chat show on Channel 4 called ''Le Show''. In addition, he appeared in an advertising campaign for

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ice lollies. From 2013 until 2015, he hosted the daily evening show '' Le Grand Journal'' on Canal+. He provided voices in the

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TV show ''

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''. He is a long-time

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awareness campaigner, fronting the organisation (AIDS Solidarity).

Filmography

Film acting

* 1989: ''

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'' – Charles * 1996: ' – Jérôme * 1997: ' – Antoine * 1997: ' – Alex * 1998: '' L'homme est une femme comme les autres'' – Simon Eskenazy * 1999: ''

Au cœur du mensonge ''The Color of Lies'' (French: ''Au cœur du mensonge)'' is a 1999 psychological mystery film co-written and directed by Claude Chabrol. The film was entered into the 49th Berlin International Film Festival. Plot In a small town in Brittany, a ...

'' – Germain-Roland Desmot * 1999: ' – Claude * 2000: ' – Pierre Nivel * 2001: ''

Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert Le Vélo de Ghislain Lambert is a 2001 French-Belgian comedy film directed by Philippe Harel. Plot In the early 1970s Ghislain Lambert, a Belgian cyclist who is born on the same day as Eddy Merckx, wants to become a cycling champion after seeing ...

'' – The narrator * 2002: ' – The captain of the KKK * 2002: ''

Les Clefs de bagnole ''The Car Keys'' (french: Les Clefs de bagnole) is a 2003 French mockumentary film written, produced, directed by, and starring Laurent Baffie. Plot It's hard to make a good movie. Laurent Baffie understands this and takes Daniel Russo on a qu ...

'' – an actor refusing to play in a Baffie film * 2006: ' – Julien Rossi * 2007: ''

Mr. Bean's Holiday ''Mr. Bean's Holiday'' is a 2007 comedy film directed by Steve Bendelack and written by Hamish McColl and Robin Driscoll, from a story penned by Simon McBurney. Based on the British sitcom series '' Mr. Bean'' created by Rowan Atkinson and R ...

'' – Television presenter * 2008: ' – Julien * 2008: ''

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'' – Bruno * 2009: ' – Simon Eskenazy * 2010: '' Mumu'' – The Colonel *2021: '' Kaamelott: The First Chapter'' – Dagonet

Television acting

* 1987: ''Objectif: Nul'' –

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* 1988-1992: '' Rapido'' - series presenter * 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 -

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* 2006-2008: ''

Kaamelott ''Kaamelott'' is a French comedy medieval fantasy television series created, directed, written, scored, and edited by Alexandre Astier, who also starred as the main character. Based on the Arthurian legends, it followed the daily lives of King Arth ...

'' (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: ''

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'' (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

* 1997: '' T'en as ?'' * 2001: ' * 2002: ''

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'' * 2006: '' Désaccord parfait'' * 2008: '' Coluche, l'histoire d'un mec'' * 2011: '' Yann Piat, chronique d'un assassinat'' (made-for-television movie)

Voice work

* 1999: ''

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'' by

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* 2001: '' La Route d'Eldorado'' by Don Paul and Eric Bergeron - Miguel * 2001: ''

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'' by

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– The Narrator * 2001-2002: ''

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* 2002: ''

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'' by

- Stuart Little * 2004: '' Voyage autour du soleil'' (made-for-television movie),

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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: ''

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'' by Pascal Hérold – The Prince

Discography

Two CD titles, ''Il a pas peur de personne'', Film Music by BO from the animated show ''

'' televised on

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and sold in 2001 by Sony Music. Songwriter * 1983: '' Tchaou et Grodo'' * 1984: ''Au pays des quat'z'amis'' * 1984: ''Y'en a qui'' ( Marie Dauphin) * 1984: '' X-Or'' * 1985: ''

Clémentine ''Clémentine'' (pronounced ) was a 1985 French animated television series (in co-production with Japan). The series consisted of 39 episodes which featured the fantastic adventures of a 10-year-old girl (Clémentine Dumat) who uses a wheelchair ...

'' * 1985: '' Cobra'' * 1985: '' L'Empire des Cinq'' * 1986: ''

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'' * 1986: '

Participation

* 2009 - '' On n'est pas là pour se faire engueuler !'', album in homage to

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. ''Cantate des boîtes''

Bibliography

Antoine de Caunes wrote his first book published with Éditions Albin Michel in the collection Rock & Folk in the Magma groupe: * ''Magma'', 187p., 1978. 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. * ''Le Petit Gildas illustré,'' 1993. He also wrote a dictionary: * ''Dictionnaire Amoureux du Rock,'' Plon, 2010

Radio shows

* ''Popopop'', since August 2017, every weekday at 3pm UK time, on France Inter, National French radio station.

References

External links

*
Eurotrash at Channel 4
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