Eric Braeden
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1941-04-03 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Bredenbek, Germany
Also known As
Hans-Jörg Gudegast
Eric Braeden
Biography
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...
Acting
1997
as John Jacob Astor
1971
as Dr. Otto Hasslein
1978
as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
1998
as Elton Deedle
1961
as Klaus
1970
as Dr Charles Forbin
1969
as Lt. Franz Von Klemme
2008
as Reese Paxton
1968
as Max Eikhart
1990
as The Doctor
1973
as Hank Baron
1977
as Ernest Graeber
1980
as Leonard Nero
2007
as Self
1969
as Frederico Caprio
1973
as Stoeffer
1978
as Ross Ford
1970
as Dr. Roan Morgan
2002
as Self
1974
as Roland Parlay
1972
as Anton Granicek
1973
as Col. Gunter Kroll
2017
as Self
2018
as Ziggy Zerhusen
1977
as Bruno Von Stickle
1979
as Stephens
1973
as Peter Brinker
1973
as Arlen Findletter
1965
as Radio Officer (uncredited)
1975
as Kosinsky
1993
as David Morrison
1973
as Emhardt
1999
as (voice)
Production
2008
as Executive Producer
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