To provide an electric razor that makes a tilting trajectory of a cutting blade unit 16 suitable regardless of an operation direction of the electric razor, and that can efficiently performs shaving making a fixed blade 14 adequately take along a skin surface.

A float structure that supports a cutting blade unit 16 to tilt back and forth and to move vertically is disposed between the cutting blade unit 16 including a fixed blade 14 and a movable blade 15, and unit holder 20. The float structure includes a movable float body 55, a guide 56, and a float spring 57. Tilting supporting points 58 of one pair of back and forth and a tilting restriction part 59 are disposed to one of the movable float body 55 and the guide 56, and a restriction hole 60 that permits tilting back and forth of the tilting supporting points 58 and the tilting restriction part 59 is disposed to the other of the movable float body 55 and the guide 56. The cutting blade unit 16 is made to tilt back and forth making either of the tilting supporting point 58 of a front side and the tilting supporting point 58 of a rear side a tilting center.