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.
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm0134642
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q170328
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Filmography (Movies)
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:15/11/2025
Together for Palestine
Character:Self
Release Date:17/09/2025
Schmeichel
Character:Self
Release Date:21/02/2025
The Killer
Character:Gobert
Release Date:22/08/2024
Manchester United : début de règne
Character:
Release Date:04/10/2023
Magic 7
Character:Eric
Release Date:17/06/2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/06/2023
AKA
Character:Victor Pastore
Release Date:28/04/2023
Sir Bobby Charlton: The First Gentleman Of Football
Character:Himself
Release Date:13/03/2023
The Fragile Colossus
Character:Sébastien
Release Date:28/09/2022
Guy Roux, une histoire de France
Character:
Release Date:01/09/2022
Liam Gallagher: 48 Hours at Rockfield
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/05/2022
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
Character:Self
Release Date:29/11/2021
Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/2021
The United Way
Character:Self
Release Date:10/05/2021
Busby
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/2019
The Modern Game
Character:Self
Release Date:20/12/2018
Soprano : le documentaire événement
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/2018
Ulysse & Mona
Character:Ulysse
Release Date:06/09/2018
Anka
Character:Brazilian
Release Date:23/02/2017
When Football Changed Forever - The Story of the 1991/1992 Football Division One Season
Character:Self
Release Date:06/10/2016
The Blues: Another Story of France
Character:Self
Release Date:04/09/2016
Marie and the Misfits
Character:Antoine
Release Date:13/04/2016
Looking for Alger
Character:Self
Release Date:11/11/2015
The Mad Kings
Character:Jacky
Release Date:23/09/2015
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Character:
Release Date:13/12/2014
The Salvation
Character:Corsican
Release Date:22/05/2014
Looking for Rio
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:14/04/2014
Football And Immigration, 100 Years Of Common History
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2014
Looking for Athènes
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:09/12/2013
The Class of ‘92
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/2013
Délit de fuite
Character:Paul
Release Date:14/09/2013
You and the Night
Character:The Stallion
Release Date:08/09/2013
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
Character:Self (uncredited)
Release Date:28/05/2013
Looking for Buenos Aires
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:25/12/2012
Hip Moves
Character:Michel
Release Date:26/09/2012
Football Rebels
Character:Self
Release Date:14/07/2012
Porn in the Hood
Character:L'entraineur de foot
Release Date:11/07/2012
Looking for Barcelona
Character:Self
Release Date:25/05/2012
Looking for Istanbul
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:18/02/2012
Force
Character:Manuel Makarov
Release Date:26/10/2011
Switch
Character:Damien Forgeat
Release Date:06/06/2011
Looking for Milano
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:22/05/2011
Eric Cantona: Looking For Manchester
Character:Self
Release Date:08/11/2010
Looking for Manchester
Character:Self
Release Date:23/05/2010
Together Is Too Much
Character:Gérard
Release Date:17/02/2010
Death List
Character:Michaël Lombardi
Release Date:20/08/2009
Looking for Eric
Character:Self
Release Date:27/05/2009
French Film
Character:Thierry Grimandi
Release Date:05/12/2008
Jack Says
Character:Man At Bar
Release Date:22/09/2008
Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2008
Character:Self
Release Date:07/06/2008
Black Butterfly
Character:Jack
Release Date:28/04/2008
The Second Wind
Character:Alban
Release Date:24/10/2007
Lisa et le pilote d'avion
Character:Fando
Release Date:01/01/2006
La vie est à nous !
Character:Pierre "L'oiseau bleu"
Release Date:07/12/2005
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
Character:
Release Date:25/11/2005
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/09/2004
The Car Keys
Character:Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
Release Date:10/12/2003
The Overeater
Character:Le commissaire Séléna
Release Date:16/07/2003
Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2002
Character:Self (Forward 1992-97)
Release Date:21/10/2002
The High Life
Character:Joueur de pétanque 2
Release Date:28/11/2001
Blue Steel: The Hard Men of Ibrox
Character:
Release Date:20/08/2001
Rangers FC: Battle of Britain - Rule Britannia
Character:
Release Date:10/09/1999
The Children of the Marshland
Character:Joseph "Jo" Sardi
Release Date:03/03/1999
Andy Goram: The Goalie
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/1999
Mookie
Character:Antoine Capella
Release Date:09/12/1998
The Alex Ferguson Story
Character:Self
Release Date:01/11/1998
Elizabeth
Character:Monsieur de Foix
Release Date:13/09/1998
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
Character:
Release Date:07/02/1998
Manchester United - Official Review 1996/97 - Champions Again!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:19/05/1997
Happiness Is in the Field
Character:Lionel
Release Date:06/12/1995
Eric the King
Character:Self
Release Date:21/11/1994
När bollen var rund
Character:Self
Release Date:09/11/1992
Television Appearances
Schmeichel
Character:self
Murder Club
Character:Daniel Hansen
Brigade anonyme
Character:Julien Castaneda
Beckham
Character:Self
Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League
Character:Self
Sykora Gisler – Der Fussball-Talk
Character:Self
Inhuman Resources
Character:Alain Delambre
The Traveller
Character:Thomas Bareski
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
Character:Self - Music
Un soir à la tour Eiffel
Character:Self
Looking for
Character:
C à vous
Character:Self - Guest
The Football Years
Character:Self
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
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