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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The Young and the Restless
as Victor Newman
Episodes: 257
First Aired: Mar 26, 1973
The Rat Patrol
as Capt. Hans Dietrich
Episodes: 58
First Aired: Sep 12, 1966
Lucky Chances
as Dimitri Stanislopolous
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Oct 07, 1990
Gunsmoke
as Jack Sinclair
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
How the West Was Won
as Francis Britten
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Feb 06, 1977
How I Met Your Mother
as Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 19, 2005
Hope & Faith
as Lance Taylor
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 23, 2003
Run for Your Life
as Eric Horst
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 13, 1965
Murder, She Wrote
as Col. Gerhardt Brunner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 30, 1984
Kraft Suspense Theatre
as Gerd Hoffman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1963
The F.B.I.
as Nicholas Blok
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
Hawaii Five-O
as Dr. Paul Farrar
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
The Nanny
as Frank Bradley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 03, 1993
Charlie's Angels
as John Reardon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 22, 1976
Kojak
as Kenneth Krug
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 24, 1973
Gunsmoke
as Carl Jaekel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Combat!
as Drunken German soldier (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1962
Wonder Woman
as Donalsen
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 1975
Mission: Impossible
as Col. Markus von Frank
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 05, 1968
Diagnosis: Murder
as Eric Braeden
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 29, 1993
Vega$
as Arthur Rollins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1978
Switch
as Mike Jenkins
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 1975
The Virginian
as Augustin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1962
Barbary Coast
as Bristol
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1975
77 Sunset Strip
as German Soldier (uncredited)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 10, 1958
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
as Bernhardt Stieglitz
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1974
Matt Helm
as Forbes
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1975
The Magician
as Nelson Paradine
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1973
The F.B.I.
as Becker
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 19, 1965
Combat!
as Hans Gruber
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1962
Combat!
as German Vehicle Commander
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1962
Combat!
as Ecktmann
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 02, 1962
Gunsmoke
as William E. Talley
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 10, 1955
Hawaii Five-O
as Klaus Marburg
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Hawaii Five-O
as Djebara
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1968
Run for Your Life
as Janos Takacs
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1965
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Victor Cheraskin
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 18, 1974
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Manfred Scharff
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1963
Mission: Impossible
as Andrei Fetyakov
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 05, 1968
Switch
as Franz Hausner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 09, 1975
Barnaby Jones
as Steven Kingston
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 28, 1973
Banacek
as Paul Bolitho
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 13, 1972
Wonder Woman
as Captain Drangel
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Nov 07, 1975
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Kurt Krug
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 04, 1963
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Pastor Goodleigh
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 23, 1969
Jericho
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Sep 15, 1966
Garrison's Gorillas
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 06, 1967
CHiPs
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 15, 1977
The Gallant Men
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 05, 1962
The Rookies
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 11, 1972
E! True Hollywood Story
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Aug 21, 1996
Mannix
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 16, 1967
Cannon
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 14, 1971
McCloud
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Feb 17, 1970
The Young Rebels
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 20, 1970
The Daytime Emmy Awards
Episodes: 1
First Aired: May 28, 1974
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Sep 08, 1978
Blue Light
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 12, 1966
Bronk
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Apr 17, 1975
Popularity History
Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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2024 | 6 | 15 | 27 | 7 |
2024 | 7 | 22 | 43 | 7 |
2024 | 8 | 17 | 64 | 5 |
2024 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 5 |
2024 | 10 | 11 | 40 | 4 |
2024 | 11 | 10 | 38 | 4 |
2024 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 3 |
2025 | 1 | 13 | 29 | 5 |
2025 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
2025 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 1 |
2025 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2025 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
2025 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
2025 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 0 |