Eric Braeden
Born April 03, 1941 (Age: 85)
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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.
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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Filmography
Den of Thieves
2018
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as Ziggy Zerhusen
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Age: 76
The Titanic Chronicles
1999
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as (voice)
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Age: 57
Meet the Deedles
1998
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as Elton Deedle
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Age: 56
Titanic
1997
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as John Jacob Astor
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Age: 56
Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives
1993
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as David Morrison
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Age: 52
The Ambulance
1990
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as The Doctor
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Age: 48
The Aliens Are Coming
1980
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as Leonard Nero
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Age: 38
No Image
Happily Ever After
1978
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as Ross Ford
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Age: 37
Piranha
1978
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as Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
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Age: 37
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
1977
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as Bruno Von Stickle
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Age: 36
The Ultimate Thrill
1974
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as Roland Parlay
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Age: 33
Death Race
1973
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as Stoeffer
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Age: 32
The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War
1973
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as Arlen Findletter
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Age: 32
Lady Ice
1973
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as Peter Brinker
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Age: 32
Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John
1973
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as Col. Gunter Kroll
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Age: 32
Intertect
1973
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as Emhardt
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Age: 31
The Adulteress
1973
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as Hank Baron
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Age: 31
The Judge and Jake Wyler
1972
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as Anton Granicek
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Age: 31
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
1971
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as Dr. Otto Hasslein
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Age: 30
Colossus: The Forbin Project
1970
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as Dr Charles Forbin
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Age: 29
The Mask of Sheba
1970
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as Dr. Roan Morgan
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Age: 28
Honeymoon with a Stranger
1969
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as Frederico Caprio
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Age: 28
100 Rifles
1969
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as Lt. Franz Von Klemme
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Age: 27
Morituri
1965
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as Radio Officer (uncredited)
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Age: 24
Operation Eichmann
1961
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as Klaus
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Age: 19