Acting
90
Man
3 Apr 1941 (83)
Bredenbek, Germany
Eric Braeden
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.
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Den of Thieves | Ziggy Zerhusen |
| 2017 | And the Winner Isn't | Self |
| 2008 | The Man Who Came Back | Reese Paxton |
| 2007 | 3055 Jean Leon | Self |
| 2005 | How I Met Your Mother | Robin Scherbatsky Sr. |
| 2003 | Hope & Faith | Lance Taylor |
| 2002 | WWE Unforgiven 2002 | Self |
| 1999 | The Titanic Chronicles | (voice) |
| 1998 | Meet the Deedles | Elton Deedle |
| 1997 | Titanic | John Astor |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1993 | The Nanny | Frank Bradley |
| 1993 | Diagnosis: Murder | Eric Braeden |
| 1993 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives | David Morrison |
| 1990 | The Ambulance | The Doctor |
| 1990 | Lucky Chances | Dimitri Stanislopolous |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Col. Gerhardt Brunner |
| 1980 | The Aliens Are Coming | Leonard Nero |
| 1979 | The Power Within | Stephens |
| 1978 | Piranha | Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited) |
| 1978 | Vega$ | Arthur Rollins |
| 1978 | The Eddie Capra Mysteries | |
| 1978 | Happily Ever After | Ross Ford |
| 1977 | Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo | Bruno Von Stickle |
| 1977 | CHiPs | |
| 1977 | Code Name: Diamond Head | Ernest Graeber |
| 1976 | Charlie's Angels | John Reardon |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman | Donalsen |
| 1975 | Wonder Woman | Captain Drangel |
| 1975 | Switch | Mike Jenkins |
| 1975 | Switch | Franz Hausner |
| 1975 | Death Scream | Kosinsky |
| 1975 | Matt Helm | Forbes |
| 1975 | Bronk | |
| 1975 | Barbary Coast | Bristol |
| 1974 | The Six Million Dollar Man | Victor Cheraskin |
| 1974 | Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Bernhardt Stieglitz |
| 1974 | The Ultimate Thrill | Roland Parlay |
| 1974 | The Daytime Emmy Awards | |
| 1973 | The Young and the Restless | Victor Newman |
| 1973 | Kojak | Kenneth Krug |
| 1973 | Barnaby Jones | Steven Kingston |
| 1973 | Lady Ice | Peter Brinker |
| 1973 | The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War | Arlen Findletter |
| 1973 | The Magician | Nelson Paradine |
| 1973 | Death Race | Stoeffer |
| 1973 | The Adulteress | Hank Baron |
| 1973 | Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John | Col. Gunter Kroll |
| 1973 | Intertect | Emhardt |
| 1972 | The Rookies | |
| 1972 | Banacek | Paul Bolitho |
| 1972 | The Judge and Jake Wyler | Anton Granicek |
| 1971 | Escape from the Planet of the Apes | Dr. Otto Hasslein |
| 1971 | Cannon | |
| 1970 | Colossus: The Forbin Project | Dr Charles Forbin |
| 1970 | McCloud | |
| 1970 | The Young Rebels | |
| 1970 | The Mask of Sheba | Dr. Roan Morgan |
| 1969 | 100 Rifles | Lt. Franz Von Klemme |
| 1969 | Honeymoon with a Stranger | Frederico Caprio |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Dr. Paul Farrar |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Klaus Marburg |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | Djebara |
| 1968 | Dayton's Devils | Max Eikhart |
| 1967 | Mannix | |
| 1967 | Garrison's Gorillas | |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Col. Markus von Frank |
| 1966 | Mission: Impossible | Andrei Fetyakov |
| 1966 | The Rat Patrol | Capt. Hans Dietrich |
| 1966 | Jericho | |
| 1966 | Blue Light | |
| 1965 | Morituri | Radio Officer (uncredited) |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Nicholas Blok |
| 1965 | The F.B.I. | Becker |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Eric Horst |
| 1965 | Run for Your Life | Janos Takacs |
| 1963 | Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Manfred Scharff |
| 1963 | Kraft Suspense Theatre | Gerd Hoffman |
| 1962 | Combat! | Drunken German soldier (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Combat! | Hans Gruber |
| 1962 | Combat! | German Vehicle Commander |
| 1962 | Combat! | Ecktmann |
| 1962 | The Virginian | Augustin |
| 1962 | The Gallant Men | |
| 1961 | Operation Eichmann | Klaus |
| 1958 | 77 Sunset Strip | German Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Carl Jaekel |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Jack Sinclair |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | William E. Talley |
| Year | Movie / TV show / Other | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | The Man Who Came Back | Executive Producer |