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

  • Mannix

    Mannix

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

  • Diagnosis: Murder

    Diagnosis: Murder

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • Combat!

    Combat!

  • The Virginian

    The Virginian

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

  • Cannon

    Cannon

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Gunsmoke

    Gunsmoke

  • Kojak

    Kojak

  • Switch

    Switch

  • Switch

    Switch

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

    The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

  • Barnaby Jones

    Barnaby Jones

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • The F.B.I.

    The F.B.I.

  • Vega$

    Vega$

  • Marcus Welby, M.D.

    Marcus Welby, M.D.

  • Hope & Faith

    Hope & Faith

  • The Rookies

    The Rookies

  • McCloud

    McCloud

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

  • Den of Thieves

    Den of Thieves

  • 77 Sunset Strip

    77 Sunset Strip

  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

    Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

  • 12 O'Clock High

    12 O'Clock High

  • Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

  • Run for Your Life

    Run for Your Life

  • How the West Was Won

    How the West Was Won

  • Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

  • Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

  • Kraft Suspense Theatre

    Kraft Suspense Theatre

  • CHiPs

    CHiPs

  • Kolchak: The Night Stalker

    Kolchak: The Night Stalker

  • Banacek

    Banacek

  • The Rat Patrol

    The Rat Patrol

  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes

    Escape from the Planet of the Apes

  • The Young and the Restless

    The Young and the Restless

  • Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

    Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

  • Morituri

    Morituri

  • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

    Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

  • 100 Rifles

    100 Rifles

  • Bronk

    Bronk

  • Intertect

    Intertect

  • Death Race

    Death Race

  • The Daytime Emmy Awards

    The Daytime Emmy Awards

  • Matt Helm

    Matt Helm

  • The Magician

    The Magician

  • Lady Ice

    Lady Ice

  • Garrison's Gorillas

    Garrison's Gorillas

  • Operation Eichmann

    Operation Eichmann

  • The Gallant Men

    The Gallant Men

  • The Eddie Capra Mysteries

    The Eddie Capra Mysteries

  • Barbary Coast

    Barbary Coast

  • Colossus: The Forbin Project

    Colossus: The Forbin Project

  • Piranha

    Piranha

  • Meet the Deedles

    Meet the Deedles

  • Jericho

    Jericho

  • The Man Who Came Back

    The Man Who Came Back

  • And the Winner Isn't

    And the Winner Isn't

  • The Ambulance

    The Ambulance

  • The Young Rebels

    The Young Rebels

  • The Power Within

    The Power Within

  • Code Name: Diamond Head

    Code Name: Diamond Head

  • Lucky Chances

    Lucky Chances

  • Blue Light

    Blue Light

  • Death Scream

    Death Scream

  • The Mask of Sheba

    The Mask of Sheba

  • The Ultimate Thrill

    The Ultimate Thrill

  • Happily Ever After

    Happily Ever After

  • Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

    Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

  • E! True Hollywood Story

    E! True Hollywood Story

  • Honeymoon with a Stranger

    Honeymoon with a Stranger

  • Dayton's Devils

    Dayton's Devils

  • The Judge and Jake Wyler

    The Judge and Jake Wyler

  • The Aliens Are Coming

    The Aliens Are Coming

  • The Titanic Chronicles

    The Titanic Chronicles

  • WWE Unforgiven 2002

    WWE Unforgiven 2002

  • The Adulteress

    The Adulteress

  • 3055 Jean Leon

    3055 Jean Leon