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.
Known For

Den of Thieves
Ziggy Zerhusen
2018

And the Winner Isn't
Self
2017

The Man Who Came Back
Reese Paxton
2008

3055 Jean Leon
Self
2007

How I Met Your Mother
Robin Scherbatsky Sr. · (1 episode)
2005

Hope & Faith
Lance Taylor · (2 episodes)
2003

WWE Unforgiven 2002
Self
2002

The Titanic Chronicles
(voice)
1999

Meet the Deedles
Elton Deedle
1998

Titanic
John Jacob Astor
1997

E! True Hollywood Story
(1 episode)
1996

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

The Nanny
Frank Bradley · (1 episode)
1993

Diagnosis: Murder
Eric Braeden · (1 episode)
1993

Lucky Chances
Dimitri Stanislopolous · (3 episodes)
1990

The Ambulance
The Doctor
1990

Murder, She Wrote
Col. Gerhardt Brunner · (1 episode)
1984

The Aliens Are Coming
Leonard Nero
1980

The Power Within
Stephens
1979

Vega$
Arthur Rollins · (1 episode)
1978

The Eddie Capra Mysteries
(1 episode)
1978
Happily Ever After
Ross Ford
1978

Piranha
Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
1978

CHiPs
(1 episode)
1977

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Bruno Von Stickle
1977

Code Name: Diamond Head
Ernest Graeber
1977

How the West Was Won
Francis Britten · (3 episodes)
1977

Charlie's Angels
John Reardon · (1 episode)
1976

Wonder Woman
Donalsen · (1 episode)
1975

Wonder Woman
Captain Drangel · (1 episode)
1975

Death Scream
Kosinsky
1975

Matt Helm
Forbes · (1 episode)
1975

Switch
Mike Jenkins · (1 episode)
1975

Switch
Franz Hausner · (1 episode)
1975

Barbary Coast
Bristol · (1 episode)
1975

Bronk
(1 episode)
1975

The Ultimate Thrill
Roland Parlay
1974

Kolchak: The Night Stalker
Bernhardt Stieglitz · (1 episode)
1974

The Daytime Emmy Awards
(1 episode)
1974

The Six Million Dollar Man
Victor Cheraskin · (1 episode)
1974

Death Race
Stoeffer
1973

Kojak
Kenneth Krug · (1 episode)
1973

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
Arlen Findletter
1973

The Magician
Nelson Paradine · (1 episode)
1973

Lady Ice
Peter Brinker
1973

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
Col. Gunter Kroll
1973

The Young and the Restless
Victor Newman · (257 episodes)
1973

Intertect
Emhardt
1973

Barnaby Jones
Steven Kingston · (1 episode)
1973

The Adulteress
Hank Baron
1973

The Judge and Jake Wyler
Anton Granicek
1972

Banacek
Paul Bolitho · (1 episode)
1972

The Rookies
(1 episode)
1972

Cannon
(1 episode)
1971

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

The Young Rebels
(1 episode)
1970

Colossus: The Forbin Project
Dr Charles Forbin
1970

The Mask of Sheba
Dr. Roan Morgan
1970

McCloud
(1 episode)
1970

Honeymoon with a Stranger
Frederico Caprio
1969

Marcus Welby, M.D.
Pastor Goodleigh · (1 episode)
1969

100 Rifles
Lt. Franz Von Klemme
1969
Dayton's Devils
Max Eikhart
1968

Hawaii Five-O
Dr. Paul Farrar · (1 episode)
1968

Hawaii Five-O
Klaus Marburg · (1 episode)
1968

Hawaii Five-O
Djebara · (1 episode)
1968

Mannix
(1 episode)
1967

Garrison's Gorillas
(1 episode)
1967

Mission: Impossible
Col. Markus von Frank · (1 episode)
1966

Mission: Impossible
Andrei Fetyakov · (1 episode)
1966

Jericho
(2 episodes)
1966

The Rat Patrol
Capt. Hans Dietrich · (58 episodes)
1966
Blue Light
(1 episode)
1966

The F.B.I.
Nicholas Blok · (1 episode)
1965

The F.B.I.
Becker · (1 episode)
1965

Run for Your Life
Eric Horst · (2 episodes)
1965

Run for Your Life
Janos Takacs · (1 episode)
1965

Morituri
Radio Officer (uncredited)
1965

12 O'Clock High
Maj. Gerhard Bentz · (1 episode)
1964

Kraft Suspense Theatre
Gerd Hoffman · (1 episode)
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Manfred Scharff · (1 episode)
1963
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Kurt Krug · (1 episode)
1963

The Gallant Men
(1 episode)
1962

Combat!
Drunken German soldier (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1962

Combat!
Hans Gruber · (1 episode)
1962

Combat!
German Vehicle Commander · (1 episode)
1962

Combat!
Ecktmann · (1 episode)
1962

The Virginian
Augustin · (1 episode)
1962

Operation Eichmann
Klaus
1961

77 Sunset Strip
German Soldier (uncredited) · (1 episode)
1958

Gunsmoke
Carl Jaekel · (1 episode)
1955

Gunsmoke
Jack Sinclair · (3 episodes)
1955

Gunsmoke
William E. Talley · (1 episode)
1955