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

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

  • The Nanny

    The Nanny

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Titanic

    Titanic

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

    Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • Marcus Welby, M.D.

    Marcus Welby, M.D.

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

  • Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Switch

    Switch

  • Switch

    Switch

  • Vega$

    Vega$

  • The Young and the Restless

    The Young and the Restless

  • Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

  • Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker

    Kolchak: The Night Stalker

  • 12 O'Clock High

    12 O'Clock High

  • Hope & Faith

    Hope & Faith

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Den of Thieves

    Den of Thieves

  • The Rat Patrol

    The Rat Patrol

  • Banacek

    Banacek

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • Garrison's Gorillas

    Garrison's Gorillas

  • The Magician

    The Magician

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

    The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

  • Bronk

    Bronk

  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes

    Escape from the Planet of the Apes

  • Matt Helm

    Matt Helm

  • Death Race

    Death Race

  • Code Name: Diamond Head

    Code Name: Diamond Head

  • The Gallant Men

    The Gallant Men

  • Colossus: The Forbin Project

    Colossus: The Forbin Project

  • The Young Rebels

    The Young Rebels

  • Barbary Coast

    Barbary Coast

  • WWE Unforgiven 2002

    WWE Unforgiven 2002

  • The Eddie Capra Mysteries

    The Eddie Capra Mysteries

  • And the Winner Isn't

    And the Winner Isn't

  • Morituri

    Morituri

  • The Ambulance

    The Ambulance

  • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

    Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

  • Jericho

    Jericho

  • Death Scream

    Death Scream

  • Piranha

    Piranha

  • 100 Rifles

    100 Rifles

  • The Daytime Emmy Awards

    The Daytime Emmy Awards

  • The Power Within

    The Power Within

  • Meet the Deedles

    Meet the Deedles

  • Blue Light

    Blue Light

  • The Ultimate Thrill

    The Ultimate Thrill

  • The Man Who Came Back

    The Man Who Came Back

  • Happily Ever After

    Happily Ever After

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

  • Lucky Chances

    Lucky Chances

  • Lady Ice

    Lady Ice

  • Operation Eichmann

    Operation Eichmann

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • The Mask of Sheba

    The Mask of Sheba

  • Intertect

    Intertect

  • Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

    Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

  • The Titanic Chronicles

    The Titanic Chronicles

  • Dayton's Devils

    Dayton's Devils

  • The Aliens Are Coming

    The Aliens Are Coming

  • The Adulteress

    The Adulteress

  • Honeymoon with a Stranger

    Honeymoon with a Stranger

  • 3055 Jean Leon

    3055 Jean Leon

  • The Judge and Jake Wyler

    The Judge and Jake Wyler