Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
12/1/1953
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Also Known As
Paul Persavon
Antoine de Caunes
Biography
Antoine de Caunes is a French 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 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 ...
Known For
Illegal Love
as Self (voice over)
Blanche
as Le capitaine KKK
Antoine de Caunes : la vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock
as Self
Mr. Bean's Holiday
as Anchorman
Dangereuses retrouvailles
as Paul Aubras
The Color of Lies
as Germain-Roland Desmot
The Jews
as Antoine de Caunes
Mumu
as Le Colonel
Cinderella: Once Upon a Time in the West
as Le Prince (voice)
A Day in the Life of French Cinema
as Self
Kaamelott: The First Chapter
as Dagonet
The Car Keys
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
He's My Girl
as Simon Eskenazy
40
as Self
Ghislain Lambert's Bicycle
as Narrateur
CANAL+'s 30th anniversary
as Self
Amnesty International's Big 30
as Self
La Génération des Enfants du rock
as Self (voice)
Return to Algiers
as Pierre Nivel
Pentimento
Unknown Role
Career Timeline
2025
Antoine de Caunes : la vie rêvée d'un enfant du rock
as Self
Super Plan
as Self - Host
Dictionnaire amoureux du Tour de France
as Self
Monsieur Poulpe : Nombril
Role unknown
L'affaire Swagg Man : Hip-hop, influence et bitcoin
as Self
En route pour le SNL
as Self - Guest
On the Road to SNL
as Self - Guest