Eric Braeden
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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.
Known For
Gunsmoke
The Six Million Dollar Man
Diagnosis: Murder
Murder, She Wrote
Hawaii Five-O
The F.B.I.
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Mission: Impossible
E! True Hollywood Story
Wonder Woman
Charlie's Angels
CHiPs
Kojak
Cannon
McCloud
Banacek
Switch
Kraft Suspense Theatre
Mannix
How I Met Your Mother
The Magician
Bronk
Jericho
The Eddie Capra Mysteries
The Nanny
The Rookies
The Virginian
The Daytime Emmy Awards
Blue Light
Titanic
The Young and the Restless
Den of Thieves
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Meet the Deedles
Lucky Chances
The Rat Patrol
Run for Your Life
Colossus: The Forbin Project
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