From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eric Cantona, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Series | Serial Hunter | Daniel Hansen | 2025 |
Series | Le Meilleur de nulle part ailleurs | Self | 2025 |
Series | Beckham | Self | 2023-10-04 |
Movie | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) | 2023-06-02 |
Movie | Magic 7 | Eric | 2023-06-17 |
Movie | AKA | Victor Pastore | 2023-04-28 |
Movie | The Fragile Colossus | Sébastien | 2022-09-28 |
Movie | Guy Roux, une histoire de France | 2022-09-01 | |
Movie | Liam Gallagher: 48 Hours at Rockfield | Himself (Archive Footage) | 2022-05-24 |
Movie | Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In | Self | 2021-05-27 |
Movie | Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story | Self | 2021-11-29 |
Movie | The United Way | Self | 2021-05-10 |
Movie | Busby | Self | 2019-11-11 |
Series | The Traveller | Thomas Bareski | 2019-05-28 |
Movie | Ulysse & Mona | Ulysse | 2018-09-06 |
Movie | The Modern Game | Self | 2018-12-20 |
Movie | Anka | Brazilian | 2017-02-23 |
Movie | The Blues: Another Story of France | Self | 2016-09-04 |
Movie | Marie and the Misfits | Antoine | 2016-04-13 |
Movie | When Football Changed Forever - The Story of the 1991/1992 Football Division One Season | Self | 2016-10-06 |
Movie | The Good Dinosaur | Additional Voices (voice) | 2015-11-14 |
Movie | Les Rois du monde | Jacky | 2015-09-23 |
Movie | Looking for Alger | Self | 2015-11-11 |
Movie | The Salvation | Corsican | 2014-05-22 |
Movie | Looking for Rio | Self - Host | 2014-04-14 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui | 2014-12-13 | |
Movie | You and the Night | The Stallion | 2013-05-13 |
Movie | The Class of ‘92 | Self | 2013-12-01 |
Movie | The Stone Roses: Made of Stone | Self (uncredited) | 2013-05-28 |
Movie | Délit de fuite | Paul | 2013-09-14 |
Movie | Looking for Athènes | Self - Host | 2013-12-09 |
Movie | Looking for Barcelona | Self | 2012-05-25 |
Movie | Looking for Istanbul | Self - Host | 2012-02-18 |
Movie | Porn in the Hood | L'entraineur de foot | 2012-07-11 |
Movie | Hip Moves | Michel | 2012-09-26 |
Movie | Les rebelles du foot | Self | 2012-07-14 |
Movie | Looking for Buenos Aires | Self - Host | 2012-12-25 |
Movie | Switch | Damien Forgeat | 2011-06-06 |
Movie | Force | Manuel Makarov | 2011-10-26 |
Movie | Looking for Milano | Self - Host | 2011-05-22 |
Movie | Eric Cantona: Looking For Manchester | Self | 2010-11-08 |
Movie | Looking for Manchester | Self | 2010-05-23 |
Movie | Together Is Too Much | Gérard | 2010-02-17 |
Movie | Death List | Michaël Lombardi | 2009-08-20 |
Movie | Looking for Eric | Self | 2009-05-27 |
Movie | French Film | Thierry Grimandi | 2008-12-05 |
Movie | Papillon noir | Jack | 2008-04-28 |
Movie | Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2008 | Self | 2008-06-07 |
Movie | Jack Says | Man At Bar | 2008-09-22 |
Movie | The Second Wind | Alban | 2007-10-24 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés | 2005-11-25 | |
Movie | La vie est à nous ! | Pierre "L'oiseau bleu" | 2005-12-07 |
Movie | De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs | Self (archive footage) | 2004-09-24 |
Movie | The Car Keys | Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent | 2003-12-10 |
Movie | The Overeater | Le commissaire Séléna | 2003-07-16 |
Movie | Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2002 | Self (Forward 1992-97) | 2002-10-21 |
Series | The Football Years | Self | 2002-10-16 |
Movie | The High Life | Joueur de pétanque 2 | 2001-11-28 |
Movie | The Children of the Marshland | Joseph "Jo" Sardi | 1999-03-03 |
Movie | Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur | 1998-02-07 | |
Movie | The Alex Ferguson Story | Self | 1998-11-01 |
Movie | Elizabeth | Monsieur de Foix | 1998-09-13 |
Movie | Mookie | Antoine Capella | 1998-12-09 |
Movie | Manchester United - Official Review 1996/97 - Champions Again! | Self (archive footage) | 1997-05-19 |
Movie | Happiness Is in the Field | Lionel | 1995-12-06 |
Movie | När bollen var rund | Self | 1992-11-09 |