Eric Braeden
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 3 April 1941 · Bredenbek, Germany
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
Acting 33
- 2018Den of Thieves as Ziggy Zerhusen
- 2017And the Winner Isn't as Self
- 2008The Man Who Came Back as Reese Paxton
- 20073055 Jean Leon as Self
- 2002WWE Unforgiven 2002 as Self
- 1999The Titanic Chronicles as (voice)
- 1998Meet the Deedles as Elton Deedle
- 1997Titanic as John Jacob Astor
- 1993Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives as David Morrison
- 1990The Ambulance as The Doctor
- 1980The Aliens Are Coming as Leonard Nero
- 1979The Power Within as Stephens
- 1978Happily Ever After as Ross Ford
- 1978Piranha as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
- 1977Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo as Bruno Von Stickle
- 1977Code Name: Diamond Head as Ernest Graeber
- 1975Death Scream as Kosinsky
- 1974The Ultimate Thrill as Roland Parlay
- 1973Death Race as Stoeffer
- 1973The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War as Arlen Findletter
- 1973Lady Ice as Peter Brinker
- 1973Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John as Col. Gunter Kroll
- 1973Intertect as Emhardt
- 1973The Adulteress as Hank Baron
- 1972The Judge and Jake Wyler as Anton Granicek
- 1971Escape from the Planet of the Apes as Dr. Otto Hasslein
- 1970Colossus: The Forbin Project as Dr Charles Forbin
- 1970The Mask of Sheba as Dr. Roan Morgan
- 1969Honeymoon with a Stranger as Frederico Caprio
- 1969100 Rifles as Lt. Franz Von Klemme
- 1968Dayton's Devils as Max Eikhart
- 1965Morituri as Radio Officer (uncredited)
- 1961Operation Eichmann as Klaus
Production 1
- 2008The Man Who Came Back · executive producer