As of July 2026, Eric Braeden is best known for Gunsmoke and The Young and the Restless. Find every show and movie Eric Braeden has starred in — and where to watch them — below.
Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden

Actor Born 1941 Bredenbek, Germany 5 TV Shows 8 Movies

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 has built a filmography of 13 credits over a career spanning from 1955 to 2018.

Eric Braeden's most notable role to date came in Titanic (1997), where he played John Jacob Astor. He also appeared in Den of Thieves (2018) as Ziggy Zerhusen. Most recently appeared in Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971) as Dr. Otto Hasslein.

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📺 Eric Braeden's TV Shows

Gunsmoke
Jack Sinclair
1955
The Young and the Restless
Victor Newman
1973
Hope & Faith
Lance Taylor
2003
How the West Was Won
Francis Britten
1977
The Rat Patrol
Capt. Hans Dietrich
1966

🎬 Eric Braeden's Movies

Titanic
John Jacob Astor
1997
Den of Thieves
Ziggy Zerhusen
2018
100 Rifles
Lt. Franz Von Klemme
1969
Colossus: The Forbin Project
Dr Charles Forbin
1970
Escape from the Planet of the Apes
Dr. Otto Hasslein
1971
The Ambulance
The Doctor
1990
Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo
Bruno Von Stickle
1977
Meet the Deedles
Elton Deedle
1998

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The Man Who Came Back
Executive Producer
2008

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