Name
Éric Cantona
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1966-05-24 (60 years old)
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Biography
Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (born 24 May 1966) is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in five years and two League and FA Cup Doubles.
Cantona is often regarded as having played a key role in the revival of Manchester United as a footballing force and he enjoys iconic status at the club. He wore the number 7 shirt at United, which was previously worn by George Best and Bryan Robson, and subsequently worn by David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo. Cantona is affectionately nicknamed by Manchester United fans "King Eric", and was voted as Manchester United's greatest ever player by Inside United magazine. Set against his footballing achievements was a poor disciplinary record throughout his career, including a conviction for assault on a fan in 1995.
Following his retirement from football, he took up a career in cinema and had a role in the 1998 film Elizabeth, starring Cate Blanchett, and the 2009 film Looking for Eric.
In 2010, he debuted as a stage actor in Face au paradis, a French play directed by his wife, Rachida Brakni.
On 19 January 2011, Cantona joined the revived New York Cosmos as Director of Soccer.
Known For
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3 childhood friends who have never left their hometown in the suburb try to get into porn ...
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A look at the life and legend of Sir Alex Ferguson, from his working-class roots in Glasgo...
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- 1998 Elizabeth as Monsieur de Foix
- 2008 Jack Says as Man At Bar
- 2016 When Football Changed Forever - The Story of the 1991/1992 Football Division One Season as Self
- 2021 Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story as Self
- 2023 AKA as Victor Pastore
- 1999 The Children of the Marshland as Joseph "Jo" Sardi
- 1998 Mookie as Antoine Capella
- 1995 Happiness Is in the Field as Lionel
- 2014 Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
- 2009 Death List as Michaël Lombardi
- 2008 French Film as Thierry Grimandi
- 2009 Looking for Eric as Éric Cantona
- 2011 Switch as Damien Forgeat
- 2010 Together Is Too Much as Gérard
- 2003 The Car Keys as Actor Refusing to Film with Laurent
- 2023 Manchester United : début de règne
- 2005 La vie est à nous ! as Pierre "L'oiseau bleu"
- 2007 The Second Wind as Alban
- 2011 Force as Manuel Makarov
- 2008 Black Butterfly as Jack
- 2012 Football Rebels as Self
- 2012 Hip Moves as Michel
- 2018 The Modern Game as Self
- 2001 The High Life as Joueur de pétanque 2
- 2013 You and the Night as The Stallion
- 2022 Liam Gallagher: 48 Hours at Rockfield as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 The Class of ‘92 as Self
- 2023 L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 Sir Bobby Charlton: The First Gentleman Of Football as Himself
- 2026 Marvelous Mornings as Titou
- 2010 Eric Cantona: Looking For Manchester as Self
- 2003 The Overeater as Le commissaire Séléna
- 2022 The Fragile Colossus as Sébastien
- 2014 The Salvation as Corsican
- 2012 Porn in the Hood as L'entraineur de foot
- 2022 Guy Roux, une histoire de France
- 2004 De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs as Self (archive footage)
- 1992 När bollen var rund as Self
- 2018 Soprano : le documentaire événement as Self
- 2015 The Mad Kings as Jacky
- 2014 Football And Immigration, 100 Years Of Common History as Self
- 2013 Looking for Athènes as Self - Host
- 2014 Looking for Rio as Self - Host
- 2012 Looking for Barcelona as Self
- 2012 Looking for Buenos Aires as Self - Host
- 2012 Looking for Istanbul as Self - Host
- 2010 Looking for Manchester as Self
- 2011 Looking for Milano as Self - Host
- 2015 Looking for Alger as Self
- 2016 Marie and the Misfits as Antoine
- 1999 Andy Goram: The Goalie as Self (archive footage)
- 1999 Rangers FC: Battle of Britain - Rule Britannia
- 2024 The Killer as Gobert
- 2001 Blue Steel: The Hard Men of Ibrox
- 2002 Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2002 as Self (Forward 1992-97)
- 2017 Anka as Brazilian
- 2016 The Blues: Another Story of France as Self
- 2013 The Stone Roses: Made of Stone as Self (uncredited)
- 2018 Ulysse & Mona as Ulysse
- 2013 Délit de fuite as Paul
- 2006 Lisa et le pilote d'avion as Fando
- 1997 Manchester United Season Review 1996-1997 - Champions Again! as Self (archive footage)
- 1994 Eric the King as Self
- 1998 Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
- 1998 The Alex Ferguson Story as Self
- 2019 Busby as Self
- 2023 Magic 7 as Eric
- 2008 Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2008 as Self
- 2021 The United Way as Self
- 2021 Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In as Self
- 2005 Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
- Soon Eric Cantona: Tout Va Bien
- 2026 La Nirvana
- 2025 Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés as Self (archive footage)
- 2025 Together for Palestine as Self
- 2026 The Sentinel
- 1998 Big Ron Bites Back
- 2026 Cantona as Self
- 1993 Glasgow Rangers 5 in A Row
- Soon Judgement as Ted Moreau
- 1996 Cantona's Cup - 'Its Just a Game Not a War' as Himself
- 1999 Manchester United F.C. - Greatest Games Vol 2 as Himself
- 1993 Ooh Aah - The Eric Cantona Phenomenom as Himself
- 2002 The Football Years ( 6 episodes ) as Self
- 2024 Murder Club ( 4 episodes ) as Daniel Hansen
- 2023 Beckham ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2021 Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2016 Michael McIntyre's Big Show ( 1 episode ) as Self - Music
- 2014 Un soir à la tour Eiffel ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2013 Looking for ( 8 episodes )
- 1982 Champs-Elysées ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2024 Brigade anonyme ( 4 episodes ) as Julien Castaneda
- 2019 The Traveller ( 21 episodes ) as Thomas Bareski
- 2020 Inhuman Resources ( 6 episodes ) as Alain Delambre
- 2020 Sykora Gisler – Der Fussball-Talk ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2009 C à vous ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2025 Schmeichel ( 2 episodes ) as self
- 1987 Sacrée soirée ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2026 Alter Ego ( 6 episodes ) as Joseph Batista
- 2026 Cannorama ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2013 Clique ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2001 The Apartment ( 1 episode )
