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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Den of Thieves
Character:Ziggy Zerhusen
Release Date:18/01/2018
And the Winner Isn't
Character:Self
Release Date:08/12/2017
The Man Who Came Back
Character:Reese Paxton
Release Date:08/02/2008
3055 Jean Leon
Character:Self
Release Date:27/04/2007
WWE Unforgiven 2002
Character:Self
Release Date:22/09/2002
The Titanic Chronicles
Character:(voice)
Release Date:01/01/1999
Meet the Deedles
Character:Elton Deedle
Release Date:27/03/1998
Titanic
Character:John Jacob Astor
Release Date:18/12/1997
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
Character:David Morrison
Release Date:17/12/1993
The Ambulance
Character:The Doctor
Release Date:22/03/1990
The Aliens Are Coming
Character:Leonard Nero
Release Date:02/03/1980
The Power Within
Character:Stephens
Release Date:11/05/1979
Happily Ever After
Character:Ross Ford
Release Date:05/09/1978
Piranha
Character:Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
Release Date:03/08/1978
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Character:Bruno Von Stickle
Release Date:24/06/1977
Code Name: Diamond Head
Character:Ernest Graeber
Release Date:03/05/1977
Death Scream
Character:Kosinsky
Release Date:26/09/1975
The Ultimate Thrill
Character:Roland Parlay
Release Date:01/10/1974
Death Race
Character:Stoeffer
Release Date:10/11/1973
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Character:Arlen Findletter
Release Date:20/10/1973
Lady Ice
Character:Peter Brinker
Release Date:13/07/1973
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Character:Col. Gunter Kroll
Release Date:21/04/1973
Intertect
Character:Emhardt
Release Date:11/03/1973
The Adulteress
Character:Hank Baron
Release Date:01/01/1973
The Judge and Jake Wyler
Character:Anton Granicek
Release Date:02/12/1972
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Character:Dr. Otto Hasslein
Release Date:20/05/1971
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Character:Dr Charles Forbin
Release Date:08/04/1970
The Mask of Sheba
Character:Dr. Roan Morgan
Release Date:09/03/1970
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Character:Frederico Caprio
Release Date:23/12/1969
100 Rifles
Character:Lt. Franz Von Klemme
Release Date:26/03/1969
Dayton's Devils
Character:Max Eikhart
Release Date:01/10/1968
Morituri
Character:Radio Officer (uncredited)
Release Date:24/08/1965
Operation Eichmann
Character:Klaus
Release Date:15/03/1961
Television Appearances
How I Met Your Mother
Character:Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
Hope & Faith
Character:Lance Taylor
E! True Hollywood Story
Character:
The Nanny
Character:Frank Bradley
Diagnosis: Murder
Character:Eric Braeden
Lucky Chances
Character:Dimitri Stanislopolous
Murder, She Wrote
Character:Col. Gerhardt Brunner
Vega$
Character:Arthur Rollins
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Character:
CHiPs
Character:
How the West Was Won
Character:Francis Britten
Charlie's Angels
Character:John Reardon
Wonder Woman
Character:Donalsen
Wonder Woman
Character:Captain Drangel
Matt Helm
Character:Forbes
Switch
Character:Mike Jenkins
Switch
Character:Franz Hausner
Barbary Coast
Character:Bristol
Bronk
Character:
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Character:Bernhardt Stieglitz
The Daytime Emmy Awards
Character:
The Six Million Dollar Man
Character:Victor Cheraskin
Kojak
Character:Kenneth Krug
The Magician
Character:Nelson Paradine
The Young and the Restless
Character:Victor Newman
Barnaby Jones
Character:Steven Kingston
Banacek
Character:Paul Bolitho
The Rookies
Character:
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Character:Mike Benson
Cannon
Character:
The Young Rebels
Character:
McCloud
Character:
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Character:Pastor Goodleigh
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Dr. Paul Farrar
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Klaus Marburg
Hawaii Five-O
Character:Djebara
Mannix
Character:
Garrison's Gorillas
Character:
Mission: Impossible
Character:Col. Markus von Frank
Mission: Impossible
Character:Andrei Fetyakov
Jericho
Character:
The Rat Patrol
Character:Capt. Hans Dietrich
Blue Light
Character:
The F.B.I.
Character:Nicholas Blok
The F.B.I.
Character:Becker
Run for Your Life
Character:Eric Horst
Run for Your Life
Character:Janos Takacs
12 O'Clock High
Character:Maj. Gerhard Bentz
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Character:Gerd Hoffman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:Manfred Scharff
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Character:Kurt Krug
The Gallant Men
Character:
Combat!
Character:Drunken German soldier (uncredited)
Combat!
Character:Ecktmann
Combat!
Character:German Vehicle Commander
Combat!
Character:Hans Gruber
The Virginian
Character:Augustin
77 Sunset Strip
Character:German Soldier (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
Character:Carl Jaekel
Gunsmoke
Character:Jack Sinclair
Gunsmoke
Character:William E. Talley
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