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Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden

Birthday: 1941-04-03 | Place of Birth: Bredenbek, Germany

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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2017
And the Winner Isn't

as    Self

1998
Meet the Deedles

as    Elton Deedle

1993
1990
Lucky Chances

as    Dimitri Stanislopolous

1990
The Ambulance

as    The Doctor

1980
The Aliens Are Coming

as    Leonard Nero

1977
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

as    Bruno Von Stickle

1977
Code Name: Diamond Head

as    Ernest Graeber

1973
Lady Ice

as    Peter Brinker

1973
Death Race

as    Stoeffer

1971
Escape from the Planet of the Apes

as    Dr. Otto Hasslein

1970
Colossus: The Forbin Project

as    Dr Charles Forbin

1969
100 Rifles

as    Lt. Franz Von Klemme

1966
The Rat Patrol

as    Capt. Hans Dietrich