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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 24, 1966
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Also Known As
- Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona
Éric Cantona
0.7 Popularity
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
7.0
Self (archive footage)
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
2025
7.5
Self
Schmeichel
2025
5.8
self
Schmeichel
2025
7.5
Daniel Hansen
Murder Club
2024
6.3
Gobert
The Killer
2024
6.8
Julien Castaneda
Brigade anonyme
2024
8.1
Self
Beckham
2023
0.0
Manchester United : début de règne
2023
0.0
Eric
Magic 7
2023
6.5
Self (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
Credits
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
as Self (archive footage)
2025
7.0
Schmeichel
as Self
2025
7.5
Schmeichel
as self
2025
5.8
Murder Club
as Daniel Hansen
2024
7.5
The Killer
as Gobert
2024
6.3
Brigade anonyme
as Julien Castaneda
2024
6.8
Beckham
as Self
2023
8.1
Manchester United : début de règne
2023
0.0
Magic 7
as Eric
2023
0.0
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.5
AKA
as Victor Pastore
2023
6.9
Sir Bobby Charlton: The First Gentleman Of Football
as Himself
2023
0.0
The Fragile Colossus
as Sébastien
2022
7.0
Guy Roux, une histoire de France
2022
7.2
Liam Gallagher: 48 Hours at Rockfield
as Self (archive footage)
2022
7.5
Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story
as Self
2021
6.4
Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League
as Self
2021
8.0
Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In
as Self
2021
7.6
The United Way
as Self
2021
6.8
🎬
Sykora Gisler – Der Fussball-Talk
as Self
2020
0.0
Inhuman Resources
as Alain Delambre
2020
6.5
Busby
as Self
2019
6.2
The Traveller
as Thomas Bareski
2019
6.9
The Modern Game
as Self
2018
0.0
Soprano : le documentaire événement
as Self
2018
10.0
Ulysse & Mona
as Ulysse
2018
4.4
Anka
as Brazilian
2017
6.0
When Football Changed Forever - The Story of the 1991/1992 Football Division One Season
as Self
2016
0.0
The Blues: Another Story of France
as Self
2016
6.7
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
as Self - Music
2016
7.4
Marie and the Misfits
as Antoine
2016
6.2
Looking for Alger
as Self
2015
6.0
The Mad Kings
as Jacky
2015
4.3
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
2014
8.0
Un soir à la tour Eiffel
as Self
2014
1.8
The Salvation
as Corsican
2014
6.5
Looking for Rio
as Self - Host
2014
6.0
Football And Immigration, 100 Years Of Common History
as Self
2014
10.0
Looking for Athènes
as Self - Host
2013
6.5
The Class of ‘92
as Self
2013
7.1
Looking for
2013
0.0
Délit de fuite
as Paul
2013
6.2
You and the Night
as The Stallion
2013
5.9
The Stone Roses: Made of Stone
as Self (uncredited)
2013
6.9
Looking for Buenos Aires
as Self - Host
2012
6.0
Hip Moves
as Michel
2012
2.8
Football Rebels
as Self
2012
7.1
Porn in the Hood
as L'entraineur de foot
2012
5.0
Looking for Barcelona
as Self
2012
6.5
Looking for Istanbul
as Self - Host
2012
6.0
Force
as Manuel Makarov
2011
4.6
Switch
as Damien Forgeat
2011
5.9
Looking for Milano
as Self - Host
2011
6.5
Eric Cantona: Looking For Manchester
as Self
2010
6.0
Looking for Manchester
as Self
2010
6.5
Together Is Too Much
as Gérard
2010
4.4
C à vous
as Self - Guest
2009
6.1
Death List
as Michaël Lombardi
2009
5.3
Looking for Eric
as Self
2009
6.5
French Film
as Thierry Grimandi
2008
5.9
Jack Says
as Man At Bar
2008
4.5
Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2008
as Self
2008
0.0
Black Butterfly
as Jack
2008
7.1
The Second Wind
as Alban
2007
6.0
🎬
Lisa et le pilote d'avion
as Fando
2006
0.0
La vie est à nous !
as Pierre "L'oiseau bleu"
2005
5.4
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
2005
7.8
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
as Self (archive footage)
2004
7.0
The Car Keys
as Actor who refuses to film with Laurent
2003
5.2
The Overeater
as Le commissaire Séléna
2003
6.1
Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2002
as Self (Forward 1992-97)
2002
7.0
🎬
The Football Years
as Self
2002
0.0
The High Life
as Joueur de pétanque 2
2001
5.4
Blue Steel: The Hard Men of Ibrox
2001
0.0
Rangers FC: Battle of Britain - Rule Britannia
1999
0.0
The Children of the Marshland
as Joseph "Jo" Sardi
1999
7.1
Andy Goram: The Goalie
as Self (archive footage)
1999
0.0
Mookie
as Antoine Capella
1998
5.4
The Alex Ferguson Story
as Self
1998
5.0
Elizabeth
as Monsieur de Foix
1998
7.2
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
1998
7.2
Manchester United - Official Review 1996/97 - Champions Again!
as Self (archive footage)
1997
8.0
Nike: Good vs. Evil
as Éric Cantona
1996
10.0
Happiness Is in the Field
as Lionel
1995
6.8
Eric the King
as Self
1994
0.0
När bollen var rund
as Self
1992
0.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self
1987
5.1
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
🎬
Les Matins merveilleux
N/A
0.0
🎬
Nirvana
N/A
0.0
🎬
Alter Ego
N/A
0.0
🎬
Eric Cantona: Tout Va Bien
N/A
10.0