Antoine De Caunes

Antoine De Caunes Born 1 December 1953 In Paris France Is A 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 X-Or. He First Appeared In Front Of The Camera With The Series Les Enfants Du Rock Again For A2 Before Making A Breakthrough With Nulle Part Ailleurs For Canal . De Caunes Came To Fame In The English-Speaking World On The BBC2 Television Series Rapido Before Starting 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. He Also 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." He Provided Voices In 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. read less