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Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden

Acting1941Bredenbek, Germany

Biography

Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941) is a German-born film and television actor. The internationally-acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning and People’s Choice Award-winning film and television actor ERIC BRAEDEN is a television icon and arguably the most popular character in daytime history. For over 37 plus years, he has portrayed “Victor Newman” on the #1 rated daytime drama series The Young and the Restless, which has over 120,000,000 daily viewers around the world. The show is syndicated in over 30 foreign countries including Australia, Belgium, Canada, France, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, the Middle East, New Zealand, Romania, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland and Turkey.

Braeden recently wrote his critically acclaimed autobiography I’ll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to America’s #1 Daytime Drama from HarperCollins, which appeared on the Publishers Weekly and Canadian bestseller list. Additionally, according to A.C. Nielsen, Braeden has one of the highest TVQ’s on television, and is one of the most recognized actors in the world. On July 20 2007, he was the recipient of a star on The Hollywood Walk Of Fame and become the first German born actor since Marlene Dietrich to receive such an honor.

Acting History

2018
Den of Thieves
as Ziggy Zerhusen
2008
How I Met Your Mother
TVas Robin Scherbatsky Sr.1 eps
2004
Hope & Faith
TVas Lance Taylor2 eps
1998
Meet the Deedles
as Elton Deedle
1997
Titanic
as John Jacob Astor
1995
Diagnosis: Murder
TVas Eric Braeden1 eps
1994
The Nanny
TVas Frank Bradley1 eps
1990
The Ambulance
as The Doctor
1986
Murder, She Wrote
TVas Col. Gerhardt Brunner1 eps
1981
Charlie's Angels
TVas John Reardon1 eps
1979
The Power Within
as Stephens
Vega$
TVas Arthur Rollins1 eps
1978
Piranha
as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
How the West Was Won
TVas Francis Britten3 eps
The Six Million Dollar Man
TVas Victor Cheraskin1 eps
1977
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
as Bruno Von Stickle
Kojak
TVas Kenneth Krug1 eps
Switch
TVas Franz Hausner1 eps
1976
1975
Matt Helm
TVas Forbes1 eps
Wonder Woman
TVas Captain Drangel / Donalsen1 eps
1974
The Ultimate Thrill
as Roland Parlay
Banacek
TVas Paul Bolitho1 eps
The F.B.I.
TVas Becker1 eps
Marcus Welby, M.D.
TVas Pastor Goodleigh1 eps
Gunsmoke
TVas William E. Talley1 eps
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
TVas Bernhardt Stieglitz1 eps
1973
Lady Ice
as Peter Brinker
Death Race
as Stoeffer
Barnaby Jones
TVas Steven Kingston1 eps
McCloud
TVas Ravik1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
TVas Klaus Marburg / Djebara / Dr. Paul Farrar1 eps
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
TVas Mike Benson1 eps
The Magician
TVas Nelson Paradine
The Young and the Restless
TVas Victor Newman
1970
1969
100 Rifles
as Lt. Franz Von Klemme
1966
12 O'Clock High
TVas Maj. Gerhard Bentz1 eps
Mission: Impossible
TVas Andrei Fetyakov / Col. Markus von Frank1 eps
The Rat Patrol
TVas Capt. Hans Dietrich58 eps
The Virginian
TVas Augustin1 eps
1965
Morituri
as Radio Officer (uncredited)
Kraft Suspense Theatre
TVas Gerd Hoffman1 eps
Run for Your Life
TVas Janos Takacs1 eps
1963
Combat!
TVas German Vehicle Commander1 eps
77 Sunset Strip
TVas German Soldier (uncredited)1 eps

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/3/1941(84 years old)
Place of Birth
Bredenbek, Germany