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