Éric Cantona
Age: N/A | From: Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 56
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Killer
(2024) Gobert
Beckham
(2023) Self
AKA
(2023) Victor Pastore
The Traveller
(2019) Thomas Bareski
Elizabeth
(1998) Monsieur de Foix
The Salvation
(2014) Corsican
Inhuman Resources
(2020) Alain Delambre
Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League
(2021) SelfActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Gobert | |
| Julien Castaneda | ||
| 2023 | Self | |
| Eric | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Victor Pastore | ||
| Himself | ||
| 2022 | Sébastien | |
| N/A | ||
| Himself (Archive Footage) | ||
| 2021 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| Self | ||
| 2020 | Alain Delambre | |
| 2019 | Self | |
| Thomas Bareski | ||
| 2018 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Ulysse | ||
| 2017 | Brazilian | |
| 2016 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Self - Music | ||
| Antoine | ||
| 2015 | Self | |
| Jacky | ||
| 2014 | N/A | |
| Self | ||
| Corsican | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| Self | ||
| 2013 | Self - Host | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Paul | ||
| Self (uncredited) | ||
| The Stallion | ||
| 2012 | Self - Host | |
| Michel | ||
| Self | ||
| L'entraineur de foot | ||
| Self | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| 2011 | Manuel Makarov | |
| Damien Forgeat | ||
| Self - Host | ||
| 2010 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| Gérard | ||
| 2009 | Michaël Lombardi | |
| Self | ||
| 2008 | Thierry Grimandi | |
| Man At Bar | ||
| Self | ||
| Jack | ||
| 2007 | Alban | |
| 2006 | Fando | |
| 2005 | Pierre "L'oiseau bleu" | |
| N/A | ||
| 2004 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2003 | Un comédien qui refuse de tourner avec Laurent | |
| Le commissaire Séléna | ||
| 2002 | Self (Forward 1992-97) | |
| Self | ||
| 2001 | Joueur de pétanque 2 | |
| N/A | ||
| 1999 | N/A | |
| Joseph "Jo" Sardi | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1998 | Antoine Capella | |
| Self | ||
| Monsieur de Foix | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1997 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1996 | Éric Cantona | |
| 1995 | Lionel | |
| 1994 | Self | |
| 1992 | Self | |
| 1982 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| N/A | ||
| Daniel Hansen | ||
| N/A | ||
| Cantona | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Producer | |
| 2012 | Co-Producer | |
| Executive Producer | ||
| Producer | ||
| 2006 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |