FMovies Logo
Eric Braeden
Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden

ActingBorn April 3, 1941 (age 85)Bredenbek, Germany

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

2018
Den of Thieves

as Ziggy Zerhusen

Movie
2017Movie
2010
The Talk

as Self

TV
2008
The Man Who Came Back

as Reese Paxton

Movie
2007Movie
2005
How I Met Your Mother

as Robin Scherbatsky Sr.

TV
2003
Hope & Faith

as Lance Taylor

TV
2002Movie
1999Movie
1998
Meet the Deedles

as Elton Deedle

Movie
1997
Titanic

as John Jacob Astor

Movie
1993
The Nanny

as Frank Bradley

TV
1993
Diagnosis: Murder

as Eric Braeden

TV
1990
Lucky Chances

as Dimitri Stanislopolous

TV
1990
The Ambulance

as The Doctor

Movie
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as Col. Gerhardt Brunner

TV
1980
The Aliens Are Coming

as Leonard Nero

Movie
1979
The Power Within

as Stephens

Movie
1978
Vega$

as Arthur Rollins

TV
1978
Happily Ever After

as Ross Ford

Movie
1978
Piranha

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

Movie
1977TV
1977
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

as Bruno Von Stickle

Movie
1977
Code Name: Diamond Head

as Ernest Graeber

Movie
1977
How the West Was Won

as Francis Britten

TV
1976
Charlie's Angels

as John Reardon

TV
1975
Wonder Woman

as Donalsen

TV
1975
Wonder Woman

as Captain Drangel

TV
1975
Death Scream

as Kosinsky

Movie
1975
Matt Helm

as Forbes

TV
1975
Switch

as Mike Jenkins

TV
1975
Switch

as Franz Hausner

TV
1975
Barbary Coast

as Bristol

TV
1975TV
1974
The Ultimate Thrill

as Roland Parlay

Movie
1974
Kolchak: The Night Stalker

as Bernhardt Stieglitz

TV
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man

as Victor Cheraskin

TV
1973
Death Race

as Stoeffer

Movie
1973
Kojak

as Kenneth Krug

TV
1973
The Magician

as Nelson Paradine

TV
1973
Lady Ice

as Peter Brinker

Movie
1973Movie
1973TV
1973
Intertect

as Emhardt

Movie
1973
Barnaby Jones

as Steven Kingston

TV
1973
The Adulteress

as Hank Baron

Movie
1972
The Judge and Jake Wyler

as Anton Granicek

Movie
1972
Banacek

as Paul Bolitho

TV
1971TV
1971Movie
1970
Colossus: The Forbin Project

as Dr Charles Forbin

Movie
1970
The Mask of Sheba

as Dr. Roan Morgan

Movie
1970
McCloud

as Ravik

TV
1969
Honeymoon with a Stranger

as Frederico Caprio

Movie
1969
Marcus Welby, M.D.

as Pastor Goodleigh

TV
1969
100 Rifles

as Lt. Franz Von Klemme

Movie
1968
Dayton's Devils

as Max Eikhart

Movie
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Dr. Paul Farrar

TV
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Klaus Marburg

TV
1968
Hawaii Five-O

as Djebara

TV
1967TV
1966
Mission: Impossible

as Col. Markus von Frank

TV
1966
Mission: Impossible

as Andrei Fetyakov

TV
1966TV
1966
The Rat Patrol

as Capt. Hans Dietrich

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Nicholas Blok

TV
1965
The F.B.I.

as Becker

TV
1965
Run for Your Life

as Eric Horst

TV
1965
Run for Your Life

as Janos Takacs

TV
1965
Morituri

as Radio Officer (uncredited)

Movie
1964
12 O'Clock High

as Maj. Gerhard Bentz

TV
1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Gerd Hoffman

TV
1962
Combat!

as Drunken German soldier (uncredited)

TV
1962
Combat!

as Hans Gruber

TV
1962
Combat!

as German Vehicle Commander

TV
1962
Combat!

as Ecktmann

TV
1962
The Virginian

as Augustin

TV
1961Movie
1958
77 Sunset Strip

as German Soldier (uncredited)

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Carl Jaekel

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as Jack Sinclair

TV
1955
Gunsmoke

as William E. Talley

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 3, 1941
Place of BirthBredenbek, Germany
Popularity0.8