Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941) is a German-American film and television actor, known for his roles as Victor Newman on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, as Hans Dietrich in the 1960s TV series The Rat Patrol, Dr. Charles Forbin in Colossus: The Forbin Project, as Dr. Otto Hasslein in Escape from the Planet ...

As lead Victor Newman, Braeden brought a gravity and a strong center to the program. Amazingly handsome and athletic into his sixties, Braeden maintained the charisma that first brought him notice in "The Rat Patrol".

May 28, 2017 · Eric Braeden is known for his roles like Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless. He won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 for Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the role of Victor Newman.

Apr 18, 1994 · Braeden came to the daytime series after a successful acting career in films and in prime-time television, including a starring role in the 1966-68 action-adventure series “The Rat Patrol” under...

Landed roles as Germans in a number of World War II series and movies, including Captain Dietrich in ABC’s The Rat Patrol. Portrayed millionaire John Jacob Astor in James Cameron’s Titanic. Had multiple Daytime Emmy nominations for his work as Victor Newman on The Young and the Restless and won in 1998.

Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941) [1] is a German - American movie and television actor, best known for his role as Victor Newman on the soap opera The Young and the Restless, as Hans Dietrich in the 1960s TV series The Rat Patrol, and as John Jacob Astor IV in the 1997 film Titanic.

After so many years of walking in Victor Newman’s shoes, Braeden admits that there is much of himself in his alter ego. “If you watch Victor closely,” he notes, “you see a lot of Eric.” They have much in common. Both are complex, intellectually curious, and …

In his three-hour interview, Eric Braeden talks about growing up in Germany during World War II and immigrating to the United States. He describes his interest in acting and outlines his first major television role, on the series The Rat Patrol.

After finishing his work as Capt. Hans Dietrich on the World War II series The Rat Patrol from 1966-68 opposite Christopher George, where he added depth and dimension to a stereotypically-written German Afrika Korps officer, Braeden landed the starring role in Universal’s Colossus: The Forbin Project, with Susan Clark, making him the first ...

German-born actor Eric Braeden has played urbane tycoon Victor Newman on the daytime drama The Young and the Restless since 1980. As Hans Gudegast, he began his career in the 1960s playing Nazi soldiers on TV, most memorably in The Rat Patrol (1966-68).