Eric Braeden
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieDen of Thieves
2018
Ziggy Zerhusen
tvThe Talk
2010
Self
movieThe Man Who Came Back
2008
Reese Paxton
tvHow I Met Your Mother
2005
Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
tvHope & Faith
2003
Lance Taylor
movieMeet the Deedles
1998
Elton Deedle
movieTitanic
1997
John Jacob Astor
moviePerry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993
David Morrison
tvThe Nanny
1993
Frank Bradley
tvDiagnosis: Murder
1993
Eric Braeden
tvLucky Chances
1990
Dimitri Stanislopolous
movieThe Ambulance
1990
The Doctor
tvMurder, She Wrote
1984
Col. Gerhardt Brunner
movieThe Aliens Are Coming
1980
Leonard Nero
movieThe Power Within
1979
Stephens
tvVega$
1978
Arthur Rollins
moviePiranha
1978
Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
movieHerbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1977
Bruno Von Stickle
movieCode Name: Diamond Head
1977
Ernest Graeber
tvHow the West Was Won
1977
Francis Britten
tvCharlie's Angels
1976
John Reardon
tvWonder Woman
1975
Donalsen / Captain Drangel
movieDeath Scream
1975
Kosinsky
tvMatt Helm
1975
Forbes
tvSwitch
1975
Mike Jenkins / Franz Hausner
tvBarbary Coast
1975
Bristol
movieThe Ultimate Thrill
1974
Roland Parlay
tvKolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
Bernhardt Stieglitz
tvThe Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Victor Cheraskin
movieDeath Race
1973
Stoeffer
tvKojak
1973
Kenneth Krug
movieThe Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973
Arlen Findletter
tvThe Magician
1973
Nelson Paradine
movieLady Ice
1973
Peter Brinker
moviePortrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
1973
Col. Gunter Kroll
tvThe Young and the Restless
1973
Victor Newman
movieIntertect
1973
Emhardt
tvBarnaby Jones
1973
Steven Kingston
movieThe Adulteress
1973
Hank Baron
movieThe Judge and Jake Wyler
1972
Anton Granicek
tvBanacek
1972
Paul Bolitho
tvOwen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
Mike Benson
movieEscape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
Dr. Otto Hasslein
movieColossus: The Forbin Project
1970
Dr Charles Forbin
movieThe Mask of Sheba
1970
Dr. Roan Morgan
tvMcCloud
1970
Ravik
movieHoneymoon with a Stranger
1969
Frederico Caprio
tvMarcus Welby, M.D.
1969
Pastor Goodleigh
movie100 Rifles
1969
Lt. Franz Von Klemme
movieDayton's Devils
1968
Max Eikhart
tvHawaii Five-O
1968
Dr. Paul Farrar / Klaus Marburg / Djebara
tvMission: Impossible
1966
Col. Markus von Frank / Andrei Fetyakov
tvThe Rat Patrol
1966
Capt. Hans Dietrich
tvThe F.B.I.
1965
Nicholas Blok / Becker
tvRun for Your Life
1965
Eric Horst / Janos Takacs
movieMorituri
1965
Radio Officer (uncredited)
tv12 O'Clock High
1964
Maj. Gerhard Bentz
tvKraft Suspense Theatre
1963
Gerd Hoffman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
Manfred Scharff / Kurt Krug
tvCombat!
1962
Drunken German soldier (uncredited) / Ecktmann / German Vehicle Commander / Hans Gruber
tvThe Virginian
1962
Augustin
tv77 Sunset Strip
1958
German Soldier (uncredited)
tvGunsmoke
1955
Carl Jaekel / Jack Sinclair / William E. Talley
Production1
movieThe Man Who Came Back
2008
Executive Producer