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