Eric Cantona as a mysterious barroom philosopher in independent British film "Jack Says", released to DVD in September 2008. He co-starred as director Thierry Grimandi in "French Film" (2009), and is co-producer and a lead actor in Ken Loach's Palme D'or nominated film "Looking for Eric" (2009). He stars as The Corsican in the Danish western "The Salvation", which premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2014. Cantona has frequently appeared in commercials for the sportswear company Nike. In 1996, he was the central figure in a Nike commercial titled "Good vs Evil" in a gladiatorial game set in
BET Award for Sportsman of the Year BET Award for Sportsman of the Year The BET Award for Sportsman of the Year is given to the best and most successful male athlete of the previous year. The award was originally titled Best Male Athlete, but was later changed to its current title in 2010. LeBron James holds the record for most wins in this category with six. Winners are listed first and highlighted in bold. Some of the nominations have brought up some controversy. Reggie Bush was nominated for the award twice, in 2007 and 2009, despite putting up average numbers for a player at his position