Eric Braeden

Eric Braeden born HansJörg Gudegast April 3 1941 is a Germanborn film and television actor The internationallyacclaimed Emmy Awardwinning and Peoples Choice Awardwinning 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 120000000 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 Ill Be Damned How My Young and Restless Life Led Me to Americas 1 Daytime Drama from HarperCollins which appeared on the Publishers Weekly and Canadian bestseller list Additionally according to AC Nielsen Braeden has one of the highest TVQs 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