Eric Braeden
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
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.
Born
Apr 03, 1941
Bredenbek, Germany
Known For
Acting
Movies
33 acting
1 crew
Popularity
1.3
Known For
Titanic
1997
as John Jacob Astor
Den of Thieves
2018
as Ziggy Zerhusen
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
as Dr. Otto Hasslein
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
as Dr Charles Forbin
Piranha
1978
as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1977
as Bruno Von Stickle
100 Rifles
1969
as Lt. Franz Von Klemme
The Ambulance
1990
as The Doctor
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