Eric Braeden

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

94

Gender

Male

Birthday

1941-04-03 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Bredenbek, Germany

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

  • How I Met Your Mother

    How I Met Your Mother

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Nanny

    The Nanny

  • Titanic

    Titanic

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Marcus Welby, M.D.

    Marcus Welby, M.D.

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

  • Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

    Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker

    Kolchak: The Night Stalker

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • Vega$

    Vega$

  • 12 O'Clock High

    12 O'Clock High

  • Den of Thieves

    Den of Thieves

  • Switch

    Switch

  • Switch

    Switch

  • The Rat Patrol

    The Rat Patrol

  • Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

  • Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • 100 Rifles

    100 Rifles

  • Lady Ice

    Lady Ice

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • Hope & Faith

    Hope & Faith

  • Matt Helm

    Matt Helm

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Morituri

    Morituri

  • Bronk

    Bronk

  • The Young and the Restless

    The Young and the Restless

  • Intertect

    Intertect

  • Garrison's Gorillas

    Garrison's Gorillas

  • Banacek

    Banacek

  • The Eddie Capra Mysteries

    The Eddie Capra Mysteries

  • The Magician

    The Magician

  • Honeymoon with a Stranger

    Honeymoon with a Stranger

  • Happily Ever After

    Happily Ever After

  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes

    Escape from the Planet of the Apes

  • The Daytime Emmy Awards

    The Daytime Emmy Awards

  • The Gallant Men

    The Gallant Men

  • Piranha

    Piranha

  • Jericho

    Jericho

  • Dayton's Devils

    Dayton's Devils

  • Lucky Chances

    Lucky Chances

  • Barbary Coast

    Barbary Coast

  • Colossus: The Forbin Project

    Colossus: The Forbin Project

  • Death Race

    Death Race

  • The Young Rebels

    The Young Rebels

  • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

    Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

  • The Adulteress

    The Adulteress

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • The Man Who Came Back

    The Man Who Came Back

  • Blue Light

    Blue Light

  • The Ultimate Thrill

    The Ultimate Thrill

  • Meet the Deedles

    Meet the Deedles

  • The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

    The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

  • The Ambulance

    The Ambulance

  • And the Winner Isn't

    And the Winner Isn't

  • The Judge and Jake Wyler

    The Judge and Jake Wyler

  • WWE Unforgiven 2002

    WWE Unforgiven 2002

  • The Power Within

    The Power Within

  • Death Scream

    Death Scream

  • Operation Eichmann

    Operation Eichmann

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

  • The Titanic Chronicles

    The Titanic Chronicles

  • The Mask of Sheba

    The Mask of Sheba

  • Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

    Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

  • Code Name: Diamond Head

    Code Name: Diamond Head

  • The Aliens Are Coming

    The Aliens Are Coming

  • 3055 Jean Leon

    3055 Jean Leon