Eric Braeden
Known for: Acting
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
Series
How I Met Your Mother
Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
2005
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Col. Gerhardt Brunner
1984
Series
The Nanny
Frank Bradley
1993
Series
Diagnosis: Murder
Eric Braeden
1993
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Dr. Paul Farrar
1968
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Klaus Marburg
1968
Series
Hawaii Five-O
Djebara
1968
Film
Titanic
John Jacob Astor
1997
Series
The Talk
Self
2010
Series
Mannix
1967
Series
Charlie's Angels
John Reardon
1976
Series
Mission: Impossible
Col. Markus von Frank
1966
Series
Mission: Impossible
Andrei Fetyakov
1966
Series
The Virginian
Augustin
1962
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Manfred Scharff
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Kurt Krug
1963
Series
The Six Million Dollar Man
Victor Cheraskin
1974
Series
Cannon
1971
Series
Gunsmoke
Carl Jaekel
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
Jack Sinclair
1955
Series
Gunsmoke
William E. Talley
1955
Series
Combat!
Drunken German soldier (uncredited)
1962
Series
Combat!
Hans Gruber
1962
Series
Combat!
Ecktmann
1962
Series
Combat!
German Vehicle Commander
1962
Series
The F.B.I.
Nicholas Blok
1965
Series
The F.B.I.
Becker
1965
Series
Barnaby Jones
Steven Kingston
1973
Series
Run for Your Life
Eric Horst
1965
Series
Run for Your Life
Janos Takacs
1965
Series
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Gerd Hoffman
1963
Series
Marcus Welby, M.D.
Pastor Goodleigh
1969
Series
The Rookies
1972
Series
McCloud
Ravik
1970
Series
Kojak
Kenneth Krug
1973
Series
Vega$
Arthur Rollins
1978
Series
77 Sunset Strip
German Soldier (uncredited)
1958
Series
Hope & Faith
Lance Taylor
2003
Series
Switch
Mike Jenkins
1975
Series
Switch
Franz Hausner
1975
Film
Den of Thieves
Ziggy Zerhusen
2018
Series
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Bernhardt Stieglitz
1974
Series
12 O'Clock High
Maj. Gerhard Bentz
1964
Series
Wonder Woman
Donalsen
1975
Series
Wonder Woman
Captain Drangel
1975
Series
Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law
Mike Benson
1971
Series
The Young and the Restless
Victor Newman
1973
Series
CHiPs
1977
Series
How the West Was Won
Francis Britten
1977
Series
Banacek
Paul Bolitho
1972
Series
The Rat Patrol
Capt. Hans Dietrich
1966
Series
Garrison's Gorillas
1967
Series
The Magician
Nelson Paradine
1973
Series
Matt Helm
Forbes
1975
Film
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Dr. Otto Hasslein
1971
Series
Bronk
1975
Series
Jericho
1966
Series
The Gallant Men
1962
Series
Barbary Coast
Bristol
1975
Film
Piranha
Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
1978
Film
100 Rifles
Lt. Franz Von Klemme
1969
Series
The Young Rebels
1970
Series
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
1978
Film
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Bruno Von Stickle
1977
Film
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Dr Charles Forbin
1970
Film
The Ambulance
The Doctor
1990
Series
The Daytime Emmy Awards
1974
Series
Lucky Chances
Dimitri Stanislopolous
1990
Series
Blue Light
1966
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Film
Morituri
Radio Officer (uncredited)
1965
Film
The Man Who Came Back
Reese Paxton
2008
Film
Dayton's Devils
Max Eikhart
1968
Film
Lady Ice
Peter Brinker
1973
Film
Meet the Deedles
Elton Deedle
1998
Film
The Judge and Jake Wyler
Anton Granicek
1972
Film
Honeymoon with a Stranger
Frederico Caprio
1969
Film
Intertect
Emhardt
1973
Film
And the Winner Isn't
Self
2017
Film
The Titanic Chronicles
(voice)
1999
Film
The Ultimate Thrill
Roland Parlay
1974
Film
Death Scream
Kosinsky
1975
Film
Death Race
Stoeffer
1973
Film
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Arlen Findletter
1973
Film
The Aliens Are Coming
Leonard Nero
1980
Film
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
David Morrison
1993
Film
The Adulteress
Hank Baron
1973
Film
Code Name: Diamond Head
Ernest Graeber
1977
Film
The Mask of Sheba
Dr. Roan Morgan
1970
Happily Ever After
Ross Ford
1978
Film
WWE Unforgiven 2002
Self
2002
Film
3055 Jean Leon
Self
2007
Film
The Power Within
Stephens
1979
Film
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Col. Gunter Kroll
1973
Film
Operation Eichmann
Klaus
1961