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.

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Den of Thieves 2018Movie as Ziggy Zerhusen

100 Rifles 1969Movie as Lt. Franz Von Klemme

Escape from the Planet of the Apes 1971Movie as Dr. Otto Hasslein

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo 1977Movie as Bruno Von Stickle

The Ambulance 1990Movie as The Doctor

Colossus: The Forbin Project 1970Movie as Dr Charles Forbin

Meet the Deedles 1998Movie as Elton Deedle

Morituri 1965Movie as Radio Officer (uncredited)

The Man Who Came Back 2008Movie as Reese Paxton

Operation Eichmann 1961Movie as Klaus

Lady Ice 1973Movie as Peter Brinker

Code Name: Diamond Head 1977Movie as Ernest Graeber

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives 1993Movie as David Morrison