Eric Braeden
Known for: Acting
Born: April 3, 1941
Place of birth: Bredenbek, Germany
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.
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Filmography
33 movies · 49 TV shows, newest first
6.9
Den of Thieves
2018
6.3
And the Winner Isn't
2017
3.0
The Talk
2010
4.6
The Man Who Came Back
2008
7.4
3055 Jean Leon
2007
8.1
How I Met Your Mother
2005
5.4
Hope & Faith
2003
6.9
WWE Unforgiven 2002
2002
8.5
The Titanic Chronicles
1999
4.5
Meet the Deedles
1998
7.9
Titanic
1997
8.1
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
6.9
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993
8.1
The Nanny
1993
7.1
Diagnosis: Murder
1993
6.8
Lucky Chances
1990
5.8
The Ambulance
1990
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
4.4
The Aliens Are Coming
1980
8.0
The Power Within
1979
6.9
Vega$
1978
6.5
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
19788.0
Happily Ever After
1978
5.9
Piranha
1978
6.8
CHiPs
1977
5.9
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1977
3.1
Code Name: Diamond Head
1977
7.0
How the West Was Won
1977
6.7
Charlie's Angels
1976
7.0
Wonder Woman
1975
6.6
Death Scream
1975
7.8
Matt Helm
1975
6.6
Switch
1975
8.3
Barbary Coast
1975
6.8
Bronk
1975
5.3
The Ultimate Thrill
1974
7.7
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1974
10.0
The Daytime Emmy Awards
1974
7.3
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
5.1
Death Race
1973
7.2
Kojak
1973
6.7
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973
6.8
The Magician
1973
5.0
Lady Ice
1973
NR
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
1973
7.0
The Young and the Restless
1973
10.0
Intertect
1973
7.1
Barnaby Jones
1973
3.3
The Adulteress
1973
2.5
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972
8.4
Banacek
1972
6.9
The Rookies
1972
6.5
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
1971
6.7
Cannon
1971
6.4
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
5.7
The Young Rebels
1970
7.0
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
NR
The Mask of Sheba
1970
7.2
McCloud
1970
7.0
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969
6.6
Marcus Welby, M.D.
1969
5.9
100 Rifles
1969
4.0
Dayton's Devils
1968
7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
6.8
Mannix
1967
8.1
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
7.6
Mission: Impossible
1966
7.3
Jericho
1966
7.2
The Rat Patrol
1966
7.0
Blue Light
1966
5.6
The F.B.I.
1965
7.1
Run for Your Life
1965
6.8
Morituri
1965
7.2
12 O'Clock High
1964
6.5
Kraft Suspense Theatre
19635.9
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963
8.0
The Gallant Men
1962
7.9
Combat!
1962
6.5
The Virginian
1962
6.8
Operation Eichmann
1961
7.2
77 Sunset Strip
1958
6.7
Gunsmoke
1955