Éric Cantona
Acting
Born 1966-05-24
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
98 credits
English Football Hall of Fame 1
Premier League Hall of Fame 1
UEFA President's Award 1
Awards
Won 1 English Football Hall of Fame Award
English Football Hall of Fame 1 won
- — English Football Hall of Fame Won
Premier League Hall of Fame 1 won
- 2021 Premier League Hall of Fame Won
UEFA President's Award 1 won
- 2019 UEFA President's Award Won
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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.
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Filmography
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Acting
53 credits
Sacrée soirée
Champs-Elysées
C à vous
The Killer
Clique
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
The Traveller
The Salvation
Alter Ego
Elizabeth
Beckham
AKA
Cantona
Murder Club
Porn in the Hood
Sykora Gisler – Der Fussball-Talk
Together for Palestine
Inhuman Resources
Vos 40 chansons préférées des Enfoirés
Cannorama
Brigade anonyme
Death List
Un soir à la tour Eiffel
Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In
You and the Night
The Children of the Marshland
Looking for Athènes
Looking for Eric
Switch
The Second Wind
Marvelous Mornings
Schmeichel
Black Butterfly
L'Âge d'or de la pub
The Car Keys
The Class of ‘92
Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League
När bollen var rund
Looking for Milano
Force
The United Way
Happiness Is in the Field
Manchester United Season Review 1996-1997 - Champions Again!
The Football Years
Ulysse & Mona
Looking for Istanbul
Looking for Buenos Aires
De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs
Lisa et le pilote d'avion
Liam Gallagher: 48 Hours at Rockfield
Mookie
Looking for Manchester
Soprano : le documentaire événement
Other credits
7 credits
La Nirvana
Judgement
The Sentinel
Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés
Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur
Looking for
Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui
Producing
4 credits
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