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