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Éric Cantona

Éric Cantona

Known For Acting
Birthday May 24, 1966 (59)
Birthplace Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Popularity 0.7 (history)
Updated Aug 10, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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 Lea ... gue 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

Filmography

The Killer

The Killer

2024

as Gobert

AKA

AKA

2023

as Victor Pastore

Together Is Too Much

Together Is Too Much

2010

as Gérard

French Film

French Film

2008

as Thierry Grimandi

Jack Says

Jack Says

2008

as Man At Bar

Elizabeth

Elizabeth

1998

as Monsieur de Foix

Nike: Good vs. Evil

Nike: Good vs. Evil

1996

as Éric Cantona

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

The Traveller

as Thomas Bareski

Episodes: 12

First Aired: May 28, 2019

Inhuman Resources

as Alain Delambre

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Apr 23, 2020

Murder Club

as Daniel Hansen

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 29, 2024

Brigade anonyme

as Julien Castaneda

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Mar 26, 2024

Looking for

Episodes: 8

First Aired: Oct 08, 2013

The Football Years

as Self

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Oct 16, 2002

Beckham

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Oct 04, 2023

Fever Pitch: The Rise of the Premier League

as Self

Episodes: 4

First Aired: Sep 06, 2021

Schmeichel

as self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Feb 09, 2025

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

as Self - Music

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Apr 16, 2016

Un soir à la tour Eiffel

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 01, 2014

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 16, 1982

Sykora Gisler – Der Fussball-Talk

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jun 11, 2020

C à vous

as Self - Guest

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 07, 2009

Le Meilleur de nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Episodes: 0

First Aired: Unknown

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