Footballers who appeared in TV and film like David Beckham and Pele as Harry Kane makes his acting debut in porridge ad

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FOOTBALLERS continue to swap the pitch for a TV and film screen.

We’ve seen some who have wrapped up their careers and begun a new chapter in acting.

Grab from Harry Kane 3 Bears Porridge advert

a man in a red shirt is holding a bag of porridge

While others, during the pinnacle of their careers, have starred in TV ads. John Barnes, Lucozade springs immediately to mind.

The most recent to make the transition is England legend Harry Kane.

The 31-year-old striker recently agreed to become the face of 3Bear, a German-British porridge company based in Munich.

In his first campaign for the brand, which is shot like hit TV series The Office, he stars as the “new boy” at the firm.

The 90-second mockumentary advert features Kane as a confused colleague on his first day at the office.

He arrives at the 3Bears headquarters and introduces himself to co-owners Tim Nichols and Caroline Nichols.

The Bayern Munich star attempts to speak to baffled workers, but they do not respond.

Kane then puts a football-shaped mug on the table before asking: “So I guess breakfast is included?”

The ex-Tottenham striker joins a number of football luminaries who have channelled their Robert De Niro.

Join SunSport in going through them.

Vinnie Jones

It was British filmmaker Guy Ritchie who saw a future for the ex-Wimbledon hardman in films.

He cast Vinnie as ‘Big Chris’ in 90s flick Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels, in which he worked as a heavy for ‘Hatchet Harry’.

A role in Snatch as ‘Bullet Tooth Tony’ followed, and he has since appeared in 109 productions, according to IMDB.

He played Juggernaut in X-Men: The Last Stand in 2006 alongside Hugh Jackman and Patrick Stewart.

And he is gearing up to star in The Gentleman – another Guy Ritchie film – that’s been turned into a TV series.

Vinnie Jones first appeared on film in Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels[/caption]

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Vinnie Jones, right, later appeared in Guy Ritchie’s Snatch[/caption]

Eric Cantona

Man Utd legend Cantona is another 90s footballer who caught the acting bug.

He unexpectedly retired in his prime at the age of 30 in his prime to pursue his dream.

The Frenchman scored his first Hollywood role opposite Cate Blanchett in Elizabeth – playing an ambassador, unsurprisingly from France.

He went on to star in plenty of French films, but it was in his star turn in indie film Looking for Eric that he showed a penchant for humour.

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Eric Cantona appeared as a French ambassador in Elizabeth in 1998[/caption]

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Cantona’s comic turn in Looking for Eric was even better[/caption]

Zlatan Ibrahimovic

If ever there was a man built for action movies, it has to be Zlatan.

The Swedish legend has made his film debut in new Netflix film, Asterix & Obelix: The Middle Kingdom.

Of course he plays a Roman centurion and gets to show off his fighting skills in one scene – flicking up a helmet with his feet, before delivering a devastating uppercut blow to a villain and knocking his opponent off his feet.

Oscar-winner Marion Cotillard also appears, proving Zlatan is in great company.

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Zlatan Ibrahimovic stars as a Roman centurion in the new Asterix movie[/caption]

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Ronaldo

You know you’ve made it in life when you appear in The Simpsons.

Brazil legend Ronaldo played himself in a 2007 episode of the hit American cartoon.

Incredibly, he voiced himself in English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and Dutch.

Amusingly, he turns up at a football match Lisa is playing – labelling her “a flopper” after she goes down too easy following a sturdy challenge.

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Ronaldo appeared as himself in The Simpsons[/caption]

Ally McCoist

Unbeknownst to many, Rangers and talksSPORT legend McCoist was in a movie opposite Robert Duvall in A Shot at Glory in 2000.

He had to play a fictional legendary ex-Celtic player called Jackie McQuillan, which would have hurt.

However, McCoist confessed he wore a Rangers jersey underneath a Celtic one while filming.

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Ally McCoist opposite movie legend Robert Duvall in A Shot at Glory[/caption]

David Beckham

With his movie star looks, it’s no wonder Beckham made it in the movies.

Pal Guy Ritchie cast him in two of his films, as a projectionist in 2014’s The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and then as Trigger in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword in 2017.

In the latter, he starred with Charlie Hunnam.

Hunnam told Becks on set: “I said ‘listen pal, this is my movie and I want to be the most handsome man on screen!'”

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David Beckham appeared in King Arthur: Legend of the Sword in 2017[/caption]

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Beckham spotted on the set of the Guy Ritchie movie[/caption]

Frank Leboeuf

Ex-Chelsea defender Leboeuf made a bizarre cameo in Oscar-nominated movie The Theory of Everything, based on the life of Stephen Hawking.

The French World Cup winner popped up as a doctor in one scene, although it wasn’t his acting debut.

Previously he appearedin 2001’s Taking Sides, and has also acted in several theatres as well as World War II film Allies.

“Journalists have asked me what is the common point between football and theatre, but they are completely different. We are both live — that’s it,” he told The Times.

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Frank Leboeuf seen in The Theory of Everything[/caption]

Pele

With his status as the best footballer on the planet in the 1960s and 70s, it was no surprise Hollywood came calling.

The late Pele played the role of Corporal Luis Fernandez, a captured POW during the Second World War in the classic Escape to Victory – with Michael Caine and Sylvester Stallone in starring roles too.

The 1981 movie featured several footballers, including Bobby Moore and Ossie Ardiles – who are famously pitted against a German team in an exhibition match for their freedom.