Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
4/3/1941
Place of Birth
Bredenbek, Germany
Also Known As
Hans-Jörg Gudegast
Eric Braeden
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, Is...
Known For
Titanic
as John Jacob Astor
Den of Thieves
as Ziggy Zerhusen
Morituri
as Radio Officer (uncredited)
Death Scream
as Kosinsky
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
as Bruno Von Stickle
100 Rifles
as Lt. Franz Von Klemme
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Dr. Otto Hasslein
The Man Who Came Back
as Reese Paxton
Operation Eichmann
as Klaus
Colossus: The Forbin Project
as Dr Charles Forbin
Death Race
as Stoeffer
Lady Ice
as Peter Brinker
The Ambulance
as The Doctor
And the Winner Isn't
as Self
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
as Arlen Findletter
Piranha
as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
Honeymoon with a Stranger
as Frederico Caprio
The Power Within
as Stephens
Meet the Deedles
as Elton Deedle
The Mask of Sheba
as Dr. Roan Morgan
Career Timeline
1993
1978
1977
1975
1974
1973
Death Race
as Stoeffer
Kojak
as Kenneth Krug
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
as Arlen Findletter
The Magician
as Nelson Paradine
Lady Ice
as Peter Brinker
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
as Col. Gunter Kroll
The Young and the Restless
as Victor Newman
Intertect
as Emhardt
Barnaby Jones
as Steven Kingston
The Adulteress
as Hank Baron