What footballers have made good actors?

[Missing Post Count]

Eric Cantona going into movies was well publicised, but did he make anything of note? I thought Vinnie Jones made a great actor.

[paul merson]

Eric Cantona going into movies was well publicised, but did he make anything of note? I thought Vinnie Jones made a great actor.

He was in Elizabeth the movie, does a good job. agreed with vinnie.

[paul merson]

many good actors in the serie a.


yes yes its a joke.

[swannsong]

Ally McCoist is in a movie with Robert Duval about a Scottish side that does well in the Cup.

Shot at Glory, A
Year: 2000
Director: Michael Corrente
Stars: Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Ally McCoist, Brian Cox, Kirsty Mitchell, Cole Hauser, Scott G. Anderson, Morag Hood, Libby Langdon
Genre: Drama, Action
Rating: 4 (from 1 vote)
Review: It's the start of the football season and Kilnockie F.C. have allowed the ashes of a recently deceased and lifelong fan of the team to be scattered on the pitch. In the office of manager Gordon McLeod (Robert Duvall), however, things are not quite as tranquil because he is arguing with the American owner Peter Cameron (Michael Keaton) about their new signing. He is former Celtic star Jackie McQuiillan (Ally McCoist), who just happens to be the son-in-law of McLeod and not his favourite person by any means. But more ominous than that, Cameron is planning to move the whole club to Dublin if they don't succeed this season...

I'll be honest, I know very little about football but I do like comedies and A Shot at Glory, also known as The Cup, provides a wealth of laughs. Just a pity it's supposed to be a serious drama, really, but much of the blame can be placed on producer and star Duvall, for whom this was a pet project. There's no doubting his sincerity, but there was a lot of doubt over his attempt at the Scottish accent which was nothing short of hilarious. It's very strange to hear him speaking lines like "It gives me the boak!" in a brogue that makes Scotty from Star Trek sound like Sean Connery.

Writer Denis O'Neill seems to have done his research, and there are plenty of Scottish actors in the film who must have striven for authenticity but the fact is that this looks more like an effort to amuse North Americans rather than anyone in Britain. According to this, the other Scottish national pasttime, other than football that is, is swearing: Duvall's first line is "He's a fuckin' headcase!" and even the little old lady who nearly gets run over by McQuillan in his sports car near the start lets rip with the expletives. Presumably this was intended to lend gritty authenticity, but like most of the film it comes across as hopelessly contrived.

And everyone in the film is incredibly aggressive, even when they're cooling down a fracas. McLeod is presented as a man in touch with nature due to his passion for fishing and riding his bicycle, which suggests a Local Hero approach to the village of Kilnockie that goes horribly wrong and feels incredibly patronising. There are yet more ridiculous aspects: real life Rangers star McCoist plays for Celtic in this, so in supposed footage from his career we see on television his Rangers shirt has been digitally painted green - would anyone in Scotland be the slightest bit fooled?

No, not even I was fooled. That's not to mention the man dressed as a fish... the mascot? Or a random nutter? As Kilnockie steadily makes its way to the final, we have to endure scenes of domestic drama between McLeod and his daughter Kate (Kirsty Mitchell) that make Take the High Road look like the very model of searing emotional intensity. Mark Knopfler's score always falls back on cliché - if there's bagpipes around then they will be heard - which at least suits the rest of the production and there's an American goalkeeper to contend with (Sylvester Stallone not available?). The film ends in a letdown if you happen to have been enjoying it, with a penalty shootout that will have you thinking, well, big deal. The fact that something similar to the plot of this happened in real life a few years later doesn't make it any more believable and the film is unlikely to replace Escape to Victory in the hearts of the world's football cinema fans. And saying "Aye, aye, aye" all the time doesn't make you sound Scottish, Mr Duvall. Oh dearie me.
Cristiano Ronaldo does a good job too.

[Missing Post Count]

I think david seaman has/had a role in Footballers Wives. Apt surname.

[Missing Post Count]

He is former Celtic star Jackie McQuiillan (Ally McCoist)

Ally McCoist a Celtic star
Even in the movies sounds hard to imagine.

[Ernie Cooksey]

now showing: cris ronaldo starring in "anything for a free kick".
making it in spanish next year i hear.

[THE DEFENDER]

vinnie jones is by far the best.....mean machine, the condemned, lock stock n 2 smoking barrels just to name a few....all great movies......even in gone in 60 seconds (even tho he didn't say much)....quality footballer and actor

[SILENT P]

Anthony Lapaglia

[Owusu_1]

None. Vinnie Jones can only pay one character, he was casted correctly though in Snatch and Lock Stock. The right role for the right personality.

Honestly it probably is Anthony Lapaglia, he has over the years done a variety of movies and produced all different kind of performances.

[Hawkesy]

None. Vinnie Jones can only pay one character, he was casted correctly though in Snatch and Lock Stock. The right role for the right personality.

Honestly it probably is Anthony Lapaglia, he has over the years done a variety of movies and produced all different kind of performances.

Agreed with Vinny Jones but then how many characters has De Niro, Nicholson and Pacino ever played.

As for Lapaglia, hardly what I would call a footballer who is a good actor, more like an actor who is a reasonable footballer.

[THE DEFENDER]

yea and look at the roles jones plays, always the hardened bloke....ive neva seen him in a comedy...i don't fink anyway

[Missing Post Count]

ive neva seen him in a comedy

I have

[THE DEFENDER]

serious, wot movie bodo i mite sus it out

[Barney Rubble]

Agree that Vinnie is typecast for his roles but if you compare him to Vin Deisel he is the same, was terrible in Daddy day care
(think that was the film)

What do you think 85you862kui85

[Dr. Wankenstein]

Robert Bajic was impersonating a footballer for years. His acting was shitthou

[PhilDunphy]

yea and look at the roles jones plays, always the hardened bloke....ive neva seen him in a comedy...i don't fink anyway

was in an episode of Extras with Ricky Gervais

[predator]

Eric Cantona going into movies was well publicised, but did he make anything of note? I thought Vinnie Jones made a great actor.

He was in Elizabeth the movie, does a good job. agreed with vinnie.

And not to long ago

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efaDh1_GeRc

[Stitch This]

Thought Cantona was in a flick on SBS recently playing an overweight cop or private investigator.

[Red-4-Life]

VINNIE JONES!!!

[bapa]

VINNIE JONES!!!

which movie??
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels Big Chris
Snatch Bullet Tooth Tony
Gone in 60 Seconds Sphinx
Swordfish Marco
Mean Machine Danny Meehan
Night at the Golden Eagle Rodan
The Big Bounce Lou Harris
Tooth The Extractor
EuroTrip Mad Maynard
Blast! Michael Kittredge
Survive Style 5+ Killer
Number One Girl Dragos Molnar
Hollywood Flies Sean (TV Movie)
Slipstream Winston Briggs
Submerged Henry
Mysterious Island Bob (TV Movie)
Johnny Was Johnny Doyle
She's the Man Coach Dinklage
Played Detective Brice
The Other Half Trainer
X-Men: The Last Stand Cain Marko/Juggernaut
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Rommel (voice)
7-10 Split Roddy
Strength and Honour Smasher O'Driscoll
The Riddle Mike Sullivan
The Condemned Ewan McStarley
Tooth & Nail Mongrel
Loaded Mr. Black
Hell Ride Billy Wings
Midnight Meat Train Mahogany
The Heavy Dunn
The Bleeding Cain
Piers Morgan's Life Stories Himself TV Interview Show
Assault of Darkness Mr. Hunter
Year One Sargon

Not Another Not Another Movie Nancy upcoming film
You May Not Kiss the Bride Brick upcoming film
Smokin' Aces 2: Assassins' Ball McTeague
Magic Boys Jack Varga in production
The Irishman Keith Ritson upcoming film

[PhilDunphy]

pretty sure emmanuel petit was on an episode of The Bill..............that's going back a few years

[pino]

I have had the mis pleasure of having seen Midnight Meat Train...hmmm words still fail me a year after subjecting myself to it.

[BlackBrian_7]

David Ginola has been in a few films.

[bapa]

I have had the mis pleasure of having seen Midnight Meat Train...hmmm words still fail me a year after subjecting myself to it.

that was a shocker

[maryusdemetry]

And the winner is Busquets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goV54T-8 ... ure=fvwrel

[nila11]

Eric Cantona and willoum is very brilliant player and also have good acting, but did they make anything of note? I thought Vinnie Jones made a great actress.

[Bomber]

Eric Cantona and willoum is very brilliant player and also have good acting, but did they make anything of note? I thought Vinnie Jones made a great actress.

Go tell that to Vinnie Jones!

[Old Redback]

The footballers in Escape to Victory were terrible actors.

[God is an Englishman]

The footballers in Escape to Victory were terrible actors.

I thought Kevin O'Callaghan acted very well as a goalkeeper.