Eric Braeden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 3, 1941 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Bredenbek, Germany
- Credits
- 82
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
Titanic
1997Movie
John Jacob Astor
How I Met Your Mother
2005TV
Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
Den of Thieves
2018Movie
Ziggy Zerhusen
The Nanny
1993TV
Frank Bradley
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971Movie
Dr. Otto Hasslein
Piranha
1978Movie
Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
Filmography
Den of Thieves
2018Movie
Ziggy Zerhusen
And the Winner Isn't
2017Movie
Self
The Talk
2010TV
Self
The Man Who Came Back
2008Movie
Reese Paxton
3055 Jean Leon
2007Movie
Self
How I Met Your Mother
2005TV
Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
Hope & Faith
2003TV
Lance Taylor
WWE Unforgiven 2002
2002Movie
Self
The Titanic Chronicles
1999Movie
(voice)
Meet the Deedles
1998Movie
Elton Deedle
Titanic
1997Movie
John Jacob Astor
E! True Hollywood Story
1996TV
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993Movie
David Morrison
The Nanny
1993TV
Frank Bradley
Diagnosis: Murder
1993TV
Eric Braeden
Lucky Chances
1990TV
Dimitri Stanislopolous
The Ambulance
1990Movie
The Doctor
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Col. Gerhardt Brunner
The Aliens Are Coming
1980Movie
Leonard Nero
The Power Within
1979Movie
Stephens
Vega$
1978TV
Arthur Rollins
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978TV
Happily Ever After
1978Movie
Ross Ford
Piranha
1978Movie
Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
CHiPs
1977TV
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1977Movie
Bruno Von Stickle
Code Name: Diamond Head
1977Movie
Ernest Graeber
How the West Was Won
1977TV
Francis Britten
Charlie's Angels
1976TV
John Reardon
Wonder Woman
1975TV
Donalsen, Captain Drangel
Death Scream
1975Movie
Kosinsky
Matt Helm
1975TV
Forbes
Switch
1975TV
Mike Jenkins, Franz Hausner
Barbary Coast
1975TV
Bristol
Bronk
1975TV
The Ultimate Thrill
1974Movie
Roland Parlay
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974TV
Bernhardt Stieglitz
The Daytime Emmy Awards
1974TV
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974TV
Victor Cheraskin
Death Race
1973Movie
Stoeffer
Kojak
1973TV
Kenneth Krug
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973Movie
Arlen Findletter
The Magician
1973TV
Nelson Paradine
Lady Ice
1973Movie
Peter Brinker
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
1973Movie
Col. Gunter Kroll
The Young and the Restless
1973TV
Victor Newman
Intertect
1973Movie
Emhardt
Barnaby Jones
1973TV
Steven Kingston
The Adulteress
1973Movie
Hank Baron
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972Movie
Anton Granicek
Banacek
1972TV
Paul Bolitho
The Rookies
1972TV
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971TV
Mike Benson
Cannon
1971TV
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971Movie
Dr. Otto Hasslein
The Young Rebels
1970TV
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970Movie
Dr Charles Forbin
The Mask of Sheba
1970Movie
Dr. Roan Morgan
McCloud
1970TV
Ravik
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969Movie
Frederico Caprio
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969TV
Pastor Goodleigh
Hawaii Five-O
1969TV
Dr. Paul Farrar, Klaus Marburg, Djebara
100 Rifles
1969Movie
Lt. Franz Von Klemme
Dayton's Devils
1968Movie
Max Eikhart
Mannix
1967TV
Garrison's Gorillas
1967TV
Mission: Impossible
1966TV
Col. Markus von Frank, Andrei Fetyakov
Jericho
1966TV
The Rat Patrol
1966TV
Capt. Hans Dietrich
Blue Light
1966TV
The F.B.I.
1965TV
Nicholas Blok, Becker
Run for Your Life
1965TV
Eric Horst, Janos Takacs
Morituri
1965Movie
Radio Officer (uncredited)
12 O'Clock High
1964TV
Maj. Gerhard Bentz
Kraft Suspense Theatre
1963TV
Gerd Hoffman
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963TV
Manfred Scharff, Kurt Krug
The Gallant Men
1962TV
Combat!
1962TV
Drunken German soldier (uncredited), Ecktmann, German Vehicle Commander, Hans Gruber
The Virginian
1962TV
Augustin
Operation Eichmann
1961Movie
Klaus
77 Sunset Strip
1958TV
German Soldier (uncredited)
Gunsmoke
1955TV
Carl Jaekel, Jack Sinclair, William E. Talley