Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1941-04-03 (Age: 85)
Place of Birth
Bredenbek, Germany
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.
Filmography (33)
Den of Thieves
2018
And the Winner Isn't
2017
The Man Who Came Back
2008
3055 Jean Leon
2007
WWE Unforgiven 2002
2002
The Titanic Chronicles
1999
Meet the Deedles
1998
Titanic
1997
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993
The Ambulance
1990
The Aliens Are Coming
1980
The Power Within
1979Happily Ever After
1978
Piranha
1978
