Antoine de Caunes

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 journalistreporter 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 XOr 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 Englishspeaking 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 longrunning adult entertainment programme Eurotrash with JeanPaul Gaultier for Channel 4 He also presented a shortlived chat show on Channel 4 called Le Show In addition he appeared in an advertising campaign for Rowntrees 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 longtime AIDS awareness campaigner fronting the organisation Solidarité sida AIDS Solidarity Source Article Antoine de Caunes from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30