Eric Braeden
Acting
Born: April 3, 1941 (age 85) · Bredenbek, Germany
Highest Rated
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
Titanic
1997
How I Met Your Mother
2005
Den of Thieves
2018
The Nanny
1993
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
Piranha
1978
Wonder Woman
1975
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1977
Mission: Impossible
1966
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
Photos (2)
Movies (29)
Titanic
John Jacob Astor
Den of Thieves
Ziggy Zerhusen
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Dr. Otto Hasslein
Piranha
Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
Meet the Deedles
Elton Deedle
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Dr Charles Forbin
100 Rifles
Lt. Franz Von Klemme
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Bruno Von Stickle
The Ambulance
The Doctor
Morituri
Radio Officer (uncredited)
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Arlen Findletter
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Frederico Caprio
The Man Who Came Back
Reese Paxton
Lady Ice
Peter Brinker
Death Scream
Kosinsky
The Aliens Are Coming
Leonard Nero
The Judge and Jake Wyler
Anton Granicek
The Mask of Sheba
Dr. Roan Morgan
The Power Within
Stephens
The Ultimate Thrill
Roland Parlay
Death Race
Stoeffer
Intertect
Emhardt
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
David Morrison
Operation Eichmann
Klaus
Dayton's Devils
Max Eikhart
The Titanic Chronicles
(voice)
Code Name: Diamond Head
Ernest Graeber
The Adulteress
Hank Baron
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Col. Gunter Kroll
TV Shows (59)
How I Met Your Mother
Robin Scherbatsky Sr. · 1 eps
The Nanny
Frank Bradley · 1 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Col. Gerhardt Brunner · 1 eps
Diagnosis: Murder
Eric Braeden · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Dr. Paul Farrar · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Klaus Marburg · 1 eps
Hawaii Five-O
Djebara · 1 eps
Charlie's Angels
John Reardon · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
Col. Markus von Frank · 1 eps
Mission: Impossible
Andrei Fetyakov · 1 eps
Mannix
1 eps
The Virginian
Augustin · 1 eps
The Six Million Dollar Man
Victor Cheraskin · 1 eps
Combat!
Drunken German soldier (uncredited) · 1 eps
Combat!
Ecktmann · 1 eps
Combat!
German Vehicle Commander · 1 eps
Combat!
Hans Gruber · 1 eps
Barnaby Jones
Steven Kingston · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Carl Jaekel · 1 eps
Gunsmoke
Jack Sinclair · 3 eps
Gunsmoke
William E. Talley · 1 eps
Cannon
1 eps
Run for Your Life
Eric Horst · 2 eps
Run for Your Life
Janos Takacs · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Nicholas Blok · 1 eps
The F.B.I.
Becker · 1 eps
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Pastor Goodleigh · 1 eps
McCloud
Ravik · 1 eps
Kojak
Kenneth Krug · 1 eps
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Gerd Hoffman · 1 eps
12 O'Clock High
Maj. Gerhard Bentz · 1 eps
Hope & Faith
Lance Taylor · 2 eps
77 Sunset Strip
German Soldier (uncredited) · 1 eps
The Young and the Restless
Victor Newman · 257 eps
Vega$
Arthur Rollins · 1 eps
Switch
Mike Jenkins · 1 eps
Switch
Franz Hausner · 1 eps
The Rookies
1 eps
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Bernhardt Stieglitz · 1 eps
Wonder Woman
Donalsen · 1 eps
Wonder Woman
Captain Drangel · 1 eps
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Mike Benson · 1 eps
How the West Was Won
Francis Britten · 3 eps
CHiPs
1 eps
The Rat Patrol
Capt. Hans Dietrich · 58 eps
Banacek
Paul Bolitho · 1 eps
The Magician
Nelson Paradine · 1 eps
Bronk
1 eps
Garrison's Gorillas
1 eps
The Daytime Emmy Awards
1 eps
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1 eps
Matt Helm
Forbes · 1 eps
Barbary Coast
Bristol · 1 eps
The Gallant Men
1 eps
Jericho
2 eps
Lucky Chances
Dimitri Stanislopolous · 3 eps
Blue Light
1 eps
E! True Hollywood Story
1 eps
The Young Rebels
1 eps
