Eric Braeden

Known For

Acting

Birthday

April 3, 1941 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Bredenbek, Germany

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, 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

    Titanic

    1997

  • How I Met Your Mother

    How I Met Your Mother

    2005

  • Den of Thieves

    Den of Thieves

    2018

  • The Nanny

    The Nanny

    1993

  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes

    Escape from the Planet of the Apes

    1971

  • Piranha

    Piranha

    1978

  • Wonder Woman

    Wonder Woman

    1975

  • The Six Million Dollar Man

    The Six Million Dollar Man

    1974

  • Murder, She Wrote

    Murder, She Wrote

    1984

  • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

    Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

    1977

  • Mission: Impossible

    Mission: Impossible

    1966

  • Colossus: The Forbin Project

    Colossus: The Forbin Project

    1970

  • Charlie's Angels

    Charlie's Angels

    1976

  • The Young and the Restless

    The Young and the Restless

    1973

  • Hawaii Five-O

    Hawaii Five-O

    1968