Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden has a kind of longevity I find genuinely remarkable. Born in Germany in 1941 as Hans-Jörg Gudegast, he reinvented himself in America and then spent decades as Victor Newman on The Young and the Restless. That's not just a role, it's a daily presence in millions of living rooms across generations. I admire the discipline that takes. The fact that he holds both a German order of merit and a Hollywood Walk of Fame star tells me he never fully left either world behind. There's something dignified about an actor who builds an empire on consistency rather than reinvention.

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Name (English)

Eric Braeden

Name (Japanese)

エリック・ブレーデン

Reading

えりっく・ぶれーでん

Born

April 3, 1941 (age 85)

Origin

Bredenbek, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Occupation

actor / film actor / film producer / television actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Snake

University

University of Montana

Awards & achievements

• Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
• star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

• Official sitehttps://www.ericbraeden.com/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Braeden
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%96%E3%83%AC%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q614851

Tags

• Schleswig-Holstein
• actor
• film actor
• film producer

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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