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Eric Braeden

Actor, Producer
Born April 3, 1941 (83 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
  • Piranha
  • Lady Ice
Known For
  • Colossus: The Forbin Project
  • Escape from the Planet of the Apes
  • Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
  • The Man Who Came Back
  • Meet the Deedles
  • The Ambulance
  • The Rat Patrol
  • The Young and the Restless
  • The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
  • The New Original Wonder Woman
  • Lady Ice
  • Code Name: Diamond Head
  • A Perry Mason Mystery: The Case of the Wicked Wives
  • The Adulteress
  • Jericho

Filmography

2018
Den of Thieves · as Ziggy Zerhusen
2008
The Man Who Came Back · as Reese Paxton
2005
In the Cutz (TV Series) · as Guest
2005
How I Met Your Mother (TV Series) · as Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
2003
Hope & Faith (TV Series) · as Lance Taylor
2002
The Wayne Brady Show (TV Series) · as Guest
1999
1998
Meet the Deedles · as Elton Deedle
1997
Titanic · as John Astor
1996
Early Edition (TV Series) · as Soap Opera Actor
1996
1993
1993
The Nanny (TV Series) · as Frank Bradley
1990
Lucky Chances (TV Series) · as Dimitri Stanislopolous
1990
The Ambulance · as The Doctor
1987
The Bold and the Beautiful (TV Series) · as Victor Newman
1984
Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Col. Gerhardt Brunner
1984
Jeopardy! (TV Series) · as Victor Newman
1984
Airwolf (TV Series) · as Nick Kincaid
1983
Mr. Mom · as Victor
1981
Strike Force (TV Series) · as Dr. Van Keuran
1980
The Aliens Are Coming · as Leonard Nero
1979
A Man Called Sloane (TV Series) · as Crane
1979
The Power Within · as Stephens
1978
1978
Piranha · as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming Double) (uncredited)
1978
Vega$ (TV Series) · as Arthur Rollins
1978
Project UFO (TV Series) · as Paul Gerard
1977
CHiPs (TV Series)
1977
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo · as Bruno Von Stickle
1977
Code Name: Diamond Head · as Ernest Graeber
1976
Charlie's Angels (TV Series) · as John Reardon
1976
Most Wanted (TV Series) · as Cain
1976
How the West Was Won (TV Series) · as Francis Britten
1975
Wonder Woman (TV Series) · as Captain Drangel
1975
The New Original Wonder Woman · as Captain Drangel
1975
Streetkill · as Kosinsky
1975
Matt Helm (TV Series) · as Forbes
1975
Barbary Coast (TV Series) · as Bristol
1975
Bronk (TV Series)
1975
Switch (TV Series) · as Mike Jenkins
1975
Caribe (TV Series) · as Captain Slater
1974
The Ultimate Thrill · as Roland Parlay
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker (TV Series) · as Bernhardt Stieglitz
1974
Get Christie Love (TV Series) · as Fred White
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man (TV Series) · as Victor Cheraskin
1973
Death Race · as Stoeffer
1973
Kojak (TV Series) · as Kenneth Krug
1973
1973
Lady Ice · as Peter Brinker
1973
Battle for the Planet of the Apes · as Dr. Otto Hasslein
1973
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John · as Col. Gunter Kroll
1973
The Young and the Restless (TV Series) · as Victor Newman
1973
The Magician (TV Series) · as Nelson Paradine
1973
Barnaby Jones (TV Series) · as Steven Kingston
1973
The Adulteress · as Hank Baron
1972
The Judge and Jake Wyler · as Anton Granicek
1972
Banacek (TV Series) · as Paul Bolitho
1972
The Rookies (TV Series)
1971
Cade's County (TV Series) · as Karl Verboeck
1971
Cannon (TV Series)
1971
Owen Marshall, Counselor At Law (TV Series) · as Mike Benson
1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes · as Dr. Otto Hasslein
1971
Bearcats (TV Series) · as Col. Gustav Reinert
1971
O'Hara, U.S. Treasury (TV Series) · as Leonard Gerber
1970
The Young Rebels (TV Series)
1970
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (TV Series) · as Karl Heller
1970
Colossus: The Forbin Project · as Dr Charles Forbin
1970
McCloud (TV Series)
1969
Honeymoon with a Stranger · as Frederico Caprio
1969
100 Rifles · as Lt. Franz Von Klemme
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D. (TV Series) · as Pastor Goodleigh
1968
Dayton's Devils · as Max Eikhart
1968
Hawaii Five-O (TV Series) · as Dr. Paul Farrar
1967
Mannix (TV Series)
1967
1966
Mission: Impossible (TV Series) · as Andrei Fetyakov
1966
Jericho (TV Series)
1966
The Rat Patrol (TV Series) · as Capt. Hans Dietrich
1966
Blue Light (TV Series)
1965
The Wackiest Ship in the Army (TV Series) · as Cast
1965
The F.B.I. (TV Series) · as Nicholas Blok
1965
Run for Your Life (TV Series) · as Eric Horst
1965
Morituri · as Radio Officer (uncredited)
1964
The Man From U.N.C.L.E. (TV Series) · as Mr. Oakes
1964
Twelve O'Clock High (TV Series) · as Captain Zoller
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre (TV Series) · as Gerd Hoffman
1963
Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre (TV Series) · as Kurt Krug
1963
Temple Houston (TV Series) · as Cast
1962
The Gallant Men (TV Series)
1962
Combat! (TV Series) · as German Vehicle Commander
1962
The Virginian (TV Series) · as Augustin
1961
Operation Eichmann · as Klaus
1958
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) · as German Soldier (uncredited)
1955
Gunsmoke (TV Series) · as Jack Sinclair

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