Éric Cantona

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.

Cast

Elizabeth

(Monsieur de Foix)

Jack Says

(Man At Bar)

When Football Changed Forever - The Story of the 1991/1992 Football Division One Season

(Self)

Robbo: The Bryan Robson Story

(Self)

AKA

(Victor Pastore)

The Children of the Marshland

(Joseph "Jo" Sardi)

Mookie

(Antoine Capella)

Happiness Is in the Field

(Lionel)

Les Enfoirés - Les Enfoirés en chœur de 1985 à aujourd'hui

Death List

(Michaël Lombardi)

French Film

(Thierry Grimandi)

Looking for Eric

(Self)

Switch

(Damien Forgeat)

Together Is Too Much

(Gérard)

The Car Keys

(Actor who refuses to film with Laurent)

Manchester United : début de règne

Nike: Good vs. Evil

(Éric Cantona)

La vie est à nous !

(Pierre "L'oiseau bleu")

The Second Wind

(Alban)

Force

(Manuel Makarov)

Black Butterfly

(Jack)

Football Rebels

(Self)

Hip Moves

(Michel)

The Modern Game

(Self)

The High Life

(Joueur de pétanque 2)

You and the Night

(The Stallion)

Liam Gallagher: 48 Hours at Rockfield

(Himself (Archive Footage))

The Class of ‘92

(Self)

L'Âge d'or de la pub

(Self (archive footage))

Sir Bobby Charlton: The First Gentleman Of Football

(Himself)

Les Matins merveilleux

Eric Cantona: Looking For Manchester

(Self)

The Overeater

(Le commissaire Séléna)

The Fragile Colossus

(Sébastien)

The Salvation

(Corsican)

Porn in the Hood

(L'entraineur de foot)

Guy Roux, une histoire de France

De Caunes-Garcia - Le meilleur de nulle part ailleurs

(Self (archive footage))

När bollen var rund

(Self)

Soprano : le documentaire événement

(Self)

The Mad Kings

(Jacky)

Football And Immigration, 100 Years Of Common History

(Self)

Looking for Athènes

(Self - Host)

Looking for Rio

(Self - Host)

Looking for Barcelona

(Self)

Looking for Buenos Aires

(Self - Host)

Looking for Istanbul

(Self - Host)

Looking for Manchester

(Self)

Looking for Milano

(Self - Host)

Looking for Alger

(Self)

Marie and the Misfits

(Antoine)

Andy Goram: The Goalie

(Self (archive footage))

Nike | The Wall

(Cantona)

Rangers FC: Battle of Britain - Rule Britannia

The Killer

(Gobert)

Blue Steel: The Hard Men of Ibrox

Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2002

(Self (Forward 1992-97))

Anka

(Brazilian)

The Blues: Another Story of France

(Self)

The Stone Roses: Made of Stone

(Self (uncredited))

Ulysse & Mona

(Ulysse)

Délit de fuite

(Paul)

Lisa et le pilote d'avion

(Fando)

Manchester United - Official Review 1996/97 - Champions Again!

(Self (archive footage))

Eric the King

(Self)

Les Enfoirés 1998 - Enfoirés en cœur

The Alex Ferguson Story

(Self)

Busby

(Self)

Magic 7

(Eric)

Manchester United: The Official History 1878-2008

(Self)

The United Way

(Self)

Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give In

(Self)

Les Enfoirés, 15 ans d'Enfoirés

Key of Gibraltar

(Self/Archival Footage)

The Football Years

(Self)

Murder Club

(Daniel Hansen)

Beckham

(Self)

Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League

(Self)

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

(Self - Music)

Un soir à la tour Eiffel

(Self)

Looking for

Champs-Elysées

(Self)

Le Meilleur de nulle part ailleurs

(Self)

Brigade anonyme

(Julien Castaneda)

The Traveller

(Thomas Bareski)

Inhuman Resources

(Alain Delambre)

Sykora Gisler – Der Fussball-Talk

(Self)