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Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden

Known For Acting
Birthday Apr 03, 1941 (84)
Birthplace Bredenbek, Germany
Popularity 0.5 (history)
Updated Dec 19, 2024 (Update)
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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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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Den of Thieves

Den of Thieves

2018

as Ziggy Zerhusen

The Man Who Came Back

The Man Who Came Back

2008

as Reese Paxton

Meet the Deedles

Meet the Deedles

1998

as Elton Deedle

Titanic

Titanic

1997

as John Jacob Astor

The Ambulance

The Ambulance

1990

as The Doctor

The Aliens Are Coming

The Aliens Are Coming

1980

as Leonard Nero

The Power Within

The Power Within

1979

as Stephens

Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

1978

as Ross Ford

Piranha

Piranha

1978

as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

1977

as Bruno Von Stickle

Code Name: Diamond Head

Code Name: Diamond Head

1977

as Ernest Graeber

Death Scream

Death Scream

1975

as Kosinsky

The Ultimate Thrill

The Ultimate Thrill

1974

as Roland Parlay

The Adulteress

The Adulteress

1973

as Hank Baron

Death Race

Death Race

1973

as Stoeffer

Intertect

Intertect

1973

as Emhardt

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

1973

as Col. Gunter Kroll

Lady Ice

Lady Ice

1973

as Peter Brinker

The Judge and Jake Wyler

The Judge and Jake Wyler

1972

as Anton Granicek

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

1971

as Dr. Otto Hasslein

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Colossus: The Forbin Project

1970

as Dr Charles Forbin

Honeymoon with a Stranger

Honeymoon with a Stranger

1969

as Frederico Caprio

100 Rifles

100 Rifles

1969

as Lt. Franz Von Klemme

Dayton's Devils

Dayton's Devils

1968

as Max Eikhart

Morituri

Morituri

1965

as Radio Officer (uncredited)

Operation Eichmann

Operation Eichmann

1961

as Klaus

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The Man Who Came Back

The Man Who Came Back

2008

Executive Producer

Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

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

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2025 1 13 29 5
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2025 3 8 14 1
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