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Eric Braeden

Actor

Eric Braeden

Born April 3, 1941 in Bredenbek, Germany29 films

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.

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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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Titanic posterFirst watchTitanic19977.9as John Jacob Astor101-year-old Rose DeWitt Bukater tells the story of her life aboard the Titanic, 84 years later. A young Rose boards the ship with her mother and fiancé.View film

Essential films

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Den of Thieves poster6.9Den of Thieves2018Escape from the Planet of the Apes poster6.4Escape from the Planet of the Apes1971Piranha poster6.0Piranha1978Colossus: The Forbin Project poster6.9Colossus: The Forbin Project1970Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo poster5.9Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo1977Morituri poster6.7Morituri1965The Ambulance poster5.8The Ambulance1990100 Rifles poster5.9100 Rifles1969

Filmography

29 films as actor
  1. 2018Den of ThievesZiggy Zerhusen
  2. 2008The Man Who Came BackReese Paxton
  3. 1998Meet the DeedlesElton Deedle
  4. 1997TitanicJohn Jacob Astor
  5. 1993Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked WivesDavid Morrison
  6. 1990The AmbulanceThe Doctor
  7. 1980The Aliens Are ComingLeonard Nero
  8. 1979The Power WithinStephens
  9. 1978Happily Ever AfterRoss Ford
  10. 1978PiranhaDr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
  11. 1977Herbie Goes to Monte CarloBruno Von Stickle
  12. 1977Code Name: Diamond HeadErnest Graeber
  13. 1975Death ScreamKosinsky
  14. 1974The Ultimate ThrillRoland Parlay
  15. 1973Death RaceStoeffer
  16. 1973The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and WarArlen Findletter
  17. 1973Lady IcePeter Brinker
  18. 1973Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was JohnCol. Gunter Kroll
  19. 1973IntertectEmhardt
  20. 1973The AdulteressHank Baron
  21. 1972The Judge and Jake WylerAnton Granicek
  22. 1971Escape from the Planet of the ApesDr. Otto Hasslein
  23. 1970Colossus: The Forbin ProjectDr Charles Forbin
  24. 1970The Mask of ShebaDr. Roan Morgan
  25. 1969Honeymoon with a StrangerFrederico Caprio
  26. 1969100 RiflesLt. Franz Von Klemme
  27. 1968Dayton's DevilsMax Eikhart
  28. 1965MorituriRadio Officer (uncredited)
  29. 1961Operation EichmannKlaus