Person Details

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Aliases: Hans-Jörg Gudegast

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Bredenbek, Germany

Homepage: https://www.ericbraeden.com/

Movie Involvements: 29

TV Involvements: 38


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

The F.B.I.
Average
5

The F.B.I.

(1965) Becker
77 Sunset Strip
Average
7

77 Sunset Strip

(1958) German Soldier (uncredited)
Hawaii Five-O
Average
7

Hawaii Five-O

(1968) Djebara
The Young and the Restless
Average
7

The Young and the Restless

(1973) Victor Newman
Run for Your Life
Average
7

Run for Your Life

(1965) Janos Takacs
Mission: Impossible
Average
8

Mission: Impossible

(1966) Andrei Fetyakov
Charlie's Angels
Average
7

Charlie's Angels

(1976) John Reardon
Murder, She Wrote
Average
8

Murder, She Wrote

(1984) Col. Gerhardt Brunner

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2018 Ziggy Zerhusen
2017 Self
2008 Reese Paxton
2007 Self
2005 Robin Scherbatsky Sr.
2003 Lance Taylor
2002 Self
1999 (voice)
1998 Elton Deedle
1997 John Astor
1996 N/A
1993 David Morrison
Frank Bradley
Eric Braeden
1990 Dimitri Stanislopolous
The Doctor
1984 Col. Gerhardt Brunner
1980 Leonard Nero
1979 Stephens
1978 Arthur Rollins
N/A
Ross Ford
Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)
1977 N/A
Bruno Von Stickle
Ernest Graeber
1976 John Reardon
1975 Donalsen
Captain Drangel
Kosinsky
Forbes
Mike Jenkins
Franz Hausner
Bristol
N/A
1974 Roland Parlay
Bernhardt Stieglitz
N/A
Victor Cheraskin
1973 Stoeffer
Kenneth Krug
Arlen Findletter
Nelson Paradine
Peter Brinker
Col. Gunter Kroll
Victor Newman
Emhardt
Steven Kingston
Hank Baron
1972 Anton Granicek
Paul Bolitho
N/A
1971 N/A
Dr. Otto Hasslein
1970 N/A
Dr Charles Forbin
Dr. Roan Morgan
N/A
1969 Frederico Caprio
Lt. Franz Von Klemme
1968 Max Eikhart
Dr. Paul Farrar
Klaus Marburg
Djebara
1967 N/A
N/A
1966 Col. Markus von Frank
Andrei Fetyakov
N/A
Capt. Hans Dietrich
N/A
1965 Nicholas Blok
Becker
Eric Horst
Janos Takacs
Radio Officer (uncredited)
1963 Gerd Hoffman
Manfred Scharff
1962 N/A
Drunken German soldier (uncredited)
Hans Gruber
Ecktmann
German Vehicle Commander
Augustin
1961 Klaus
1958 German Soldier (uncredited)
1955 Carl Jaekel
Jack Sinclair
William E. Talley
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2008 Executive Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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