Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona (born 24 May 1966) is a French actor, director, producer and former professional football (soccer) player. During (and after) his career in sports he gave acting a shot, firstly in French cinema, with a role as a rugby player in Le bonheur est dans le pré, shot during his lengthy 1995 suspension from football. In the late 1990s, he accepted a role as a French ambassador in the English film Elizabeth (1998). In 2002, he directed a short film, Apporte-moi ton amour. In January 2020, Cantona played The King in the music video for Liam Gallagher's single 'Once'. Now, Eric Cantona is a singer and recording musician. June 2023 saw his début as a recording musician under his own name with the single, 'The Friends We Lost'. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Eric+Cantona">Read more on Last.fm</a>. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.