Eric Braeden as Victor Newman

Eric Braeden (born Hans Jörg Gudegast on April 3, 1941) is a German film and television actor. He was born in Kiel, Germany and emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1960. He has been an American citizen for decades and considers himself a loyal citizen of both Germany and the United States.

He racked up many TV and film credits during his first two decades in America, most notably a role on the TV series The Rat Patrol (1966-1968), as well as a starring role in the movie Colossus: The Forbin Project (1969).

In 1980, he was offered the role of self-made magnate Victor Newman on the serial The Young and the Restless. He won a Daytime Emmy for his work in 1998.

In the late 1990s, he was offered the role of John Jacob Astor IV in the movie Titanic (1997) as well as a role in the movie Meet the Deedles (1998).

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