Acting
Eric Braeden
EN cinema · 33 credits
Born
3 April 1941 (age 85)
Birthplace
Bredenbek, Germany
Also known as Hans-Jörg Gudegast
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
Filmography
Den of Thieves
as Ziggy Zerhusen
The Man Who Came Back
as Reese Paxton, Executive Producer
3055 Jean Leon
as Self
The Titanic Chronicles
as (voice)
Meet the Deedles
as Elton Deedle
Titanic
as John Jacob Astor
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
as David Morrison
The Ambulance
as The Doctor
The Aliens Are Coming
as Leonard Nero
The Power Within
as Stephens
Piranha
as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
Happily Ever After
as Ross Ford
Code Name: Diamond Head
as Ernest Graeber
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
as Bruno Von Stickle
Death Scream
as Kosinsky
The Ultimate Thrill
as Roland Parlay
The Adulteress
as Hank Baron
Death Race
as Stoeffer
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
as Col. Gunter Kroll
Lady Ice
as Peter Brinker
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
as Arlen Findletter
Intertect
as Emhardt
The Judge and Jake Wyler
as Anton Granicek
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
as Dr. Otto Hasslein
Colossus: The Forbin Project
as Dr Charles Forbin
The Mask of Sheba
as Dr. Roan Morgan
100 Rifles
as Lt. Franz Von Klemme
Honeymoon with a Stranger
as Frederico Caprio
Dayton's Devils
as Max Eikhart
Morituri
as Radio Officer (uncredited)
Operation Eichmann
as Klaus