
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, 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.
Acting (31 movies)

Titanic
1997

Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971

Piranha
1978

Meet the Deedles
1998

Operation Eichmann
1961

Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970

100 Rifles
1969

The Man Who Came Back
2008

The Ambulance
1990

The Adulteress
1973

Code Name: Diamond Head
1977

The Aliens Are Coming
1980

3055 Jean Leon
2007

Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969

Death Race
1973

The Mask of Sheba
1970

WWE Unforgiven 2002
2002

The Ultimate Thrill
1974

The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
1973

And the Winner Isn't
2017

Den of Thieves
2018

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1977

The Power Within
1979

Lady Ice
1973

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973

Morituri
1965

Death Scream
1975

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993

Intertect
1973

The Titanic Chronicles
1999
| Title | Year | Job | 
|---|---|---|
| The Man Who Came Back | 2008 | Executive Producer |