Eric Braeden
Acting
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.
TV Shows(48)
How I Met Your Mother
Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
2005
Hope & Faith
Lance Taylor
2003
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Nanny
Frank Bradley
1993
Diagnosis: Murder
Eric Braeden
1993
Lucky Chances
Dimitri Stanislopolous
1990
Murder, She Wrote
Col. Gerhardt Brunner
1984
Vega$
Arthur Rollins
1978
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
CHiPs
1977
How the West Was Won
Francis Britten
1977
Charlie's Angels
John Reardon
1976
Wonder Woman
Donalsen
1975
Matt Helm
Forbes
1975
Switch
Mike Jenkins
1975
Barbary Coast
Bristol
1975
Bronk
1975
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Bernhardt Stieglitz
1974
The Daytime Emmy Awards
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
Victor Cheraskin
1974
Kojak
Kenneth Krug
1973
The Magician
Nelson Paradine
1973
The Young and the Restless
Victor Newman
1973
Barnaby Jones
Steven Kingston
1973
Banacek
Paul Bolitho
1972
The Rookies
1972
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Mike Benson
1971
Cannon
1971
The Young Rebels
1970
McCloud
Ravik
1970
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Pastor Goodleigh
1969
Hawaii Five-O
Dr. Paul Farrar
1968
Mannix
1967
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Mission: Impossible
Col. Markus von Frank
1966
Jericho
1966
The Rat Patrol
Capt. Hans Dietrich
1966
Blue Light
1966
The F.B.I.
Nicholas Blok
1965
Run for Your Life
Eric Horst
1965
12 O'Clock High
Maj. Gerhard Bentz
1964
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Gerd Hoffman
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Manfred Scharff
1963
The Gallant Men
1962
Combat!
Drunken German soldier (uncredited)
1962
The Virginian
Augustin
1962
77 Sunset Strip
German Soldier (uncredited)
1958
Gunsmoke
Carl Jaekel
1955
Movies(33)
Den of Thieves
Ziggy Zerhusen
2018
And the Winner Isn't
Self
2017
The Man Who Came Back
Reese Paxton
2008
3055 Jean Leon
Self
2007
WWE Unforgiven 2002
Self
2002
The Titanic Chronicles
(voice)
1999
Meet the Deedles
Elton Deedle
1998
Titanic
John Jacob Astor
1997
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
David Morrison
1993
The Ambulance
The Doctor
1990
The Aliens Are Coming
Leonard Nero
1980
The Power Within
Stephens
1979
Happily Ever After
Ross Ford
1978
Piranha
Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
1978
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Bruno Von Stickle
1977
Code Name: Diamond Head
Ernest Graeber
1977
Death Scream
Kosinsky
1975
The Ultimate Thrill
Roland Parlay
1974
Death Race
Stoeffer
1973
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Arlen Findletter
1973
Lady Ice
Peter Brinker
1973
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Col. Gunter Kroll
1973
Intertect
Emhardt
1973
The Adulteress
Hank Baron
1973
The Judge and Jake Wyler
Anton Granicek
1972
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Dr. Otto Hasslein
1971
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Dr Charles Forbin
1970
The Mask of Sheba
Dr. Roan Morgan
1970
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Frederico Caprio
1969
100 Rifles
Lt. Franz Von Klemme
1969
Dayton's Devils
Max Eikhart
1968
Morituri
Radio Officer (uncredited)
1965
Operation Eichmann
Klaus
1961