
Eric Braeden
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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
Credits

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

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

100 Rifles (1969)
as Lt. Franz Von Klemme

Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970)
as Dr Charles Forbin

The Ambulance (1990)
as The Doctor

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo (1977)
as Bruno Von Stickle

Meet the Deedles (1998)
as Elton Deedle

Morituri (1965)
as Radio Officer (uncredited)

And the Winner Isn't (2017)
as Self

The Man Who Came Back (2008)
as Reese Paxton

Lady Ice (1973)
as Peter Brinker

Death Scream (1975)
as Kosinsky

Death Race (1973)
as Stoeffer

The Judge and Jake Wyler (1972)
as Anton Granicek

The Aliens Are Coming (1980)
as Leonard Nero

Intertect (1973)
as Emhardt

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives (1993)
as David Morrison

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War (1973)
as Arlen Findletter

The Titanic Chronicles (1999)
as (voice)

WWE Unforgiven 2002 (2002)
as Self

Operation Eichmann (1961)
as Klaus

The Power Within (1979)
as Stephens

Code Name: Diamond Head (1977)
as Ernest Graeber

Honeymoon with a Stranger (1969)
as Frederico Caprio

The Mask of Sheba (1970)
as Dr. Roan Morgan
Dayton's Devils (1968)
as Max Eikhart
Happily Ever After (1978)
as Ross Ford

3055 Jean Leon (2007)
as Self

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John (1973)
as Col. Gunter Kroll

The Ultimate Thrill (1974)
as Roland Parlay

The Adulteress (1973)
as Hank Baron





