Actor profile

Eric Braeden

3rd April 1941 Bredenbek, Germany 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.

32 Movies 60 TV Shows 95 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Den of Thieves poster

Den of Thieves 18th January 2018 as Ziggy Zerhusen

And the Winner Isn't poster

And the Winner Isn't 8th December 2017 as Self

The Man Who Came Back poster

The Man Who Came Back 8th February 2008 as Reese Paxton

3055 Jean Leon poster

3055 Jean Leon 27th April 2007 as Self

WWE Unforgiven 2002 poster

WWE Unforgiven 2002 22nd September 2002 as Self

The Titanic Chronicles poster

The Titanic Chronicles 1st January 1999 as (voice)

Meet the Deedles poster

Meet the Deedles 27th March 1998 as Elton Deedle

Titanic poster

Titanic 18th December 1997 as John Jacob Astor

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives poster

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives 17th December 1993 as David Morrison

The Ambulance poster

The Ambulance 22nd March 1990 as The Doctor

The Aliens Are Coming poster

The Aliens Are Coming 2nd March 1980 as Leonard Nero

The Power Within poster

The Power Within 11th May 1979 as Stephens

Piranha poster

Piranha 3rd August 1978 as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo poster

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo 24th June 1977 as Bruno Von Stickle

Code Name: Diamond Head poster

Code Name: Diamond Head 3rd May 1977 as Ernest Graeber

Death Scream poster

Death Scream 26th September 1975 as Kosinsky

The Ultimate Thrill poster

The Ultimate Thrill 1st October 1974 as Roland Parlay

Death Race poster

Death Race 10th November 1973 as Stoeffer

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War poster

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War 20th October 1973 as Arlen Findletter

Lady Ice poster

Lady Ice 13th July 1973 as Peter Brinker

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John poster

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John 21st April 1973 as Col. Gunter Kroll

Intertect poster

Intertect 11th March 1973 as Emhardt

The Adulteress poster

The Adulteress 1st January 1973 as Hank Baron

The Judge and Jake Wyler poster

The Judge and Jake Wyler 2nd December 1972 as Anton Granicek

Escape from the Planet of the Apes poster

Escape from the Planet of the Apes 20th May 1971 as Dr. Otto Hasslein

Colossus: The Forbin Project poster

Colossus: The Forbin Project 8th April 1970 as Dr Charles Forbin

The Mask of Sheba poster

The Mask of Sheba 9th March 1970 as Dr. Roan Morgan

Honeymoon with a Stranger poster

Honeymoon with a Stranger 23rd December 1969 as Frederico Caprio

100 Rifles poster

100 Rifles 26th March 1969 as Lt. Franz Von Klemme

Dayton's Devils poster

Dayton's Devils 1st October 1968 as Max Eikhart

Morituri poster

Morituri 24th August 1965 as Radio Officer (uncredited)

Operation Eichmann poster

Operation Eichmann 15th March 1961 as Klaus

The Talk poster

The Talk 18th October 2010 as Self

How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother 19th September 2005 as Robin Scherbatsky Sr.

Hope & Faith poster

Hope & Faith 23rd September 2003 as Lance Taylor

E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story 21st August 1996

The Nanny poster

The Nanny 3rd November 1993 as Frank Bradley

Diagnosis: Murder poster

Diagnosis: Murder 29th October 1993 as Eric Braeden

Lucky Chances poster

Lucky Chances 7th October 1990 as Dimitri Stanislopolous

Murder, She Wrote poster

Murder, She Wrote 30th September 1984 as Col. Gerhardt Brunner

Vega$ poster

Vega$ 20th September 1978 as Arthur Rollins

The Eddie Capra Mysteries poster

The Eddie Capra Mysteries 8th September 1978

CHiPs poster

CHiPs 15th September 1977

How the West Was Won poster

How the West Was Won 6th February 1977 as Francis Britten

Charlie's Angels poster

Charlie's Angels 22nd September 1976 as John Reardon

Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman 7th November 1975 as Donalsen

Wonder Woman poster

Wonder Woman 7th November 1975 as Captain Drangel

Matt Helm poster

Matt Helm 20th September 1975 as Forbes

Switch poster

Switch 9th September 1975 as Mike Jenkins

Switch poster

Switch 9th September 1975 as Franz Hausner

Barbary Coast poster

Barbary Coast 8th September 1975 as Bristol

Bronk poster

Bronk 17th April 1975

Kolchak: The Night Stalker poster

Kolchak: The Night Stalker 13th September 1974 as Bernhardt Stieglitz

The Daytime Emmy Awards poster

The Daytime Emmy Awards 28th May 1974

The Six Million Dollar Man poster

The Six Million Dollar Man 18th January 1974 as Victor Cheraskin

Kojak poster

Kojak 24th October 1973 as Kenneth Krug

The Magician poster

The Magician 2nd October 1973 as Nelson Paradine

The Young and the Restless poster

The Young and the Restless 26th March 1973 as Victor Newman

Barnaby Jones poster

Barnaby Jones 28th January 1973 as Steven Kingston

Banacek poster

Banacek 13th September 1972 as Paul Bolitho

The Rookies poster

The Rookies 11th September 1972

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law poster

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law 16th September 1971 as Mike Benson

Cannon poster

Cannon 14th September 1971

The Young Rebels poster

The Young Rebels 20th September 1970

McCloud poster

McCloud 17th February 1970 as Ravik

Marcus Welby, M.D. poster

Marcus Welby, M.D. 23rd September 1969 as Pastor Goodleigh

Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O 20th September 1968 as Dr. Paul Farrar

Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O 20th September 1968 as Klaus Marburg

Hawaii Five-O poster

Hawaii Five-O 20th September 1968 as Djebara

Mannix poster

Mannix 16th September 1967

Garrison's Gorillas poster

Garrison's Gorillas 6th September 1967

Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible 17th September 1966 as Col. Markus von Frank

Mission: Impossible poster

Mission: Impossible 17th September 1966 as Andrei Fetyakov

Jericho poster

Jericho 15th September 1966

The Rat Patrol poster

The Rat Patrol 12th September 1966 as Capt. Hans Dietrich

Blue Light poster

Blue Light 12th January 1966

The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I. 19th September 1965 as Nicholas Blok

The F.B.I. poster

The F.B.I. 19th September 1965 as Becker

Run for Your Life poster

Run for Your Life 13th September 1965 as Eric Horst

Run for Your Life poster

Run for Your Life 13th September 1965 as Janos Takacs

12 O'Clock High poster

12 O'Clock High 18th September 1964 as Maj. Gerhard Bentz

Kraft Suspense Theatre poster

Kraft Suspense Theatre 10th October 1963 as Gerd Hoffman

The Gallant Men poster

The Gallant Men 5th October 1962

Combat! poster

Combat! 2nd October 1962 as Drunken German soldier (uncredited)

Combat! poster

Combat! 2nd October 1962 as Ecktmann

Combat! poster

Combat! 2nd October 1962 as German Vehicle Commander

Combat! poster

Combat! 2nd October 1962 as Hans Gruber

The Virginian poster

The Virginian 19th September 1962 as Augustin

77 Sunset Strip poster

77 Sunset Strip 10th October 1958 as German Soldier (uncredited)

Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Carl Jaekel

Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as Jack Sinclair

Gunsmoke poster

Gunsmoke 10th September 1955 as William E. Talley