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Eric Braeden

Cast & creator

Eric Braeden

1941-04-03 (age 85) Bredenbek, Germany Website IMDb

Best known for How I Met Your Mother, Diagnosis: Murder, Murder, She Wrote

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.

Also known as: Hans-Jörg Gudegast

Movies

34

film credits

Series

62

television credits

Career

95

1955–2018 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother

Robin Scherbatsky Sr. · 2005

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

Eric Braeden · 1993

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Col. Gerhardt Brunner · 1984

The Nanny

The Nanny

Frank Bradley · 1993

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Dr. Paul Farrar · 1969

Across film & television

Filmography (96)

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How I Met Your Mother

How I Met Your Mother

Robin Scherbatsky Sr.

Diagnosis: Murder

Diagnosis: Murder

Eric Braeden

Murder, She Wrote

Murder, She Wrote

Col. Gerhardt Brunner

The Nanny

The Nanny

Frank Bradley

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Dr. Paul Farrar

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Klaus Marburg

Hawaii Five-O

Hawaii Five-O

Djebara

The Talk

The Talk

Self

Mannix

Mannix

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Col. Markus von Frank

Mission: Impossible

Mission: Impossible

Andrei Fetyakov

Charlie's Angels

Charlie's Angels

John Reardon

Cannon

Cannon

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Six Million Dollar Man

Victor Cheraskin

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Manfred Scharff

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Kurt Krug

The Virginian

The Virginian

Augustin

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

Nicholas Blok

The F.B.I.

The F.B.I.

Becker

Combat!

Combat!

Drunken German soldier (uncredited)

Combat!

Combat!

Hans Gruber

Combat!

Combat!

Ecktmann

Combat!

Combat!

German Vehicle Commander

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Marcus Welby, M.D.

Pastor Goodleigh

Titanic

Titanic

John Jacob Astor

Barnaby Jones

Barnaby Jones

Steven Kingston

The Rookies

The Rookies

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Carl Jaekel

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

Jack Sinclair

Gunsmoke

Gunsmoke

William E. Talley

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

Eric Horst

Run for Your Life

Run for Your Life

Janos Takacs

The Young and the Restless

The Young and the Restless

Victor Newman

McCloud

McCloud

Ravik

77 Sunset Strip

77 Sunset Strip

German Soldier (uncredited)

Kojak

Kojak

Kenneth Krug

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Gerd Hoffman

Hope & Faith

Hope & Faith

Lance Taylor

Switch

Switch

Mike Jenkins

Switch

Switch

Franz Hausner

Vega$

Vega$

Arthur Rollins

12 O'Clock High

12 O'Clock High

Maj. Gerhard Bentz

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Kolchak: The Night Stalker

Bernhardt Stieglitz

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

Donalsen

Wonder Woman

Wonder Woman

Captain Drangel

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law

Mike Benson

CHiPs

CHiPs

How the West Was Won

How the West Was Won

Francis Britten

Banacek

Banacek

Paul Bolitho

The Magician

The Magician

Nelson Paradine

The Rat Patrol

The Rat Patrol

Capt. Hans Dietrich

Den of Thieves

Den of Thieves

Ziggy Zerhusen

Garrison's Gorillas

Garrison's Gorillas

Bronk

Bronk

The Gallant Men

The Gallant Men

Matt Helm

Matt Helm

Forbes

Jericho

Jericho

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Escape from the Planet of the Apes

Dr. Otto Hasslein

Barbary Coast

Barbary Coast

Bristol

The Daytime Emmy Awards

The Daytime Emmy Awards

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

The Eddie Capra Mysteries

The Young Rebels

The Young Rebels

Blue Light

Blue Light

100 Rifles

100 Rifles

Lt. Franz Von Klemme

E! True Hollywood Story

E! True Hollywood Story

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo

Bruno Von Stickle

Lucky Chances

Lucky Chances

Dimitri Stanislopolous

Piranha

Piranha

Dr. Robert Hoak (swimming double) (uncredited)

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Colossus: The Forbin Project

Dr Charles Forbin

The Ambulance

The Ambulance

The Doctor

Meet the Deedles

Meet the Deedles

Elton Deedle

WWE Unforgiven 2002

WWE Unforgiven 2002

Self

And the Winner Isn't

And the Winner Isn't

Self

The Man Who Came Back

The Man Who Came Back

Reese Paxton

The Man Who Came Back

The Man Who Came Back

Executive Producer

Morituri

Morituri

Radio Officer (uncredited)

The Aliens Are Coming

The Aliens Are Coming

Leonard Nero

The Judge and Jake Wyler

The Judge and Jake Wyler

Anton Granicek

The Mask of Sheba

The Mask of Sheba

Dr. Roan Morgan

Code Name: Diamond Head

Code Name: Diamond Head

Ernest Graeber

Lady Ice

Lady Ice

Peter Brinker

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

Perry Mason: The Case of the Wicked Wives

David Morrison

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

The Six Million Dollar Man: Wine, Women and War

Arlen Findletter

Honeymoon with a Stranger

Honeymoon with a Stranger

Frederico Caprio

Death Scream

Death Scream

Kosinsky

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

Portrait: A Man Whose Name Was John

Col. Gunter Kroll

Death Race

Death Race

Stoeffer

Dayton's Devils

Dayton's Devils

Max Eikhart

Intertect

Intertect

Emhardt

The Titanic Chronicles

The Titanic Chronicles

(voice)

Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

Ross Ford

Operation Eichmann

Operation Eichmann

Klaus

The Adulteress

The Adulteress

Hank Baron

The Ultimate Thrill

The Ultimate Thrill

Roland Parlay

The Power Within

The Power Within

Stephens

3055 Jean Leon

3055 Jean Leon

Self