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Eric Braeden (Hans Jörg Gudegast) was born on 3 April, 1941 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, is an actor,producer. Discover Eric Braeden's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?
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Hans Jörg Gudegast |
Occupation |
actor,producer |
Age |
83 years old |
Zodiac Sign |
Aries |
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3 April 1941 |
Birthday |
3 April |
Birthplace |
Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany |
Nationality |
Germany
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He is a member of famous Actor with the age 83 years old group.
Eric Braeden Height, Weight & Measurements
At 83 years old, Eric Braeden height is 6' 1" (1.85 m) .
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6' 1" (1.85 m) |
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Who Is Eric Braeden's Wife?
His wife is Dale Russell (8 October 1966 - present) ( 1 child)
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Wife |
Dale Russell (8 October 1966 - present) ( 1 child) |
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Eric Braeden Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Eric Braeden worth at the age of 83 years old? Eric Braeden’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Germany. We have estimated Eric Braeden's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
Salary in 2024 |
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Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
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Actor |
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Timeline
Eric Braeden is a German actor in America who began his career playing Nazis and eventually became a star of daytime soap operas. Born Hans Gudegast in Kiel, Germany, during the Second World War, he was a superb athlete who excelled in track-and-field events. As a teenager, he immigrated to the United States and worked in Texas and Montana as a translator, a cowhand, and a lumber millhand. His athleticism won him a scholarship to Montana State University. While attending college, he and friend Bob McKinnon made a film, The Riverbusters, about their successful attempt to be the first men to take a boat from the source to the mouth of the Salmon river and back again. He traveled to Los Angeles in hopes of finding a distributor for the documentary, but instead found that his handsome visage and accented English made him a valuable commodity as an actor. He appeared in small parts under his real name before landing the leading role of the antagonist, Captain Hans Dietrich, on the World War II television series The Rat Patrol (1966). The series was a hit, and Gudegast's sympathetic German officer was very popular.
He appeared in a few movies and television films thereafter in supporting roles, then was given the lead in Universal's science-fiction computer thriller Colossus: The Forbin Project (1970). His delight at this huge career boost was muted by the studio's insistence that he change his name. With extreme reluctance, he agreed and became known subsequently as Eric Braeden. Braeden worked continuously in television movies for the next decade. He also worked on Broadway and in Los Angeles area theatre.
His character Victor Newman from The Young and the Restless (1973), over the years, has been known as the Black Knight by soap opera fans.
In 1980, he reluctantly accepted a role in a daytime drama, The Young and the Restless (1973), and gained a stardom in this medium that had just eluded him in film and prime time television. 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".
In 1987, he was appointed, along with Henry Kissinger, Paul Volker, Steffi Graf, Alexander Haig, and Katherine Graham, to the German-American Advisory Board, and in 1991 received the Federal Medal of Honor from the president of his native land, Germany.
His infrequent film work during his nearly quarter century on "The Young and the Restless" included a prominent role as John Jacob Astor in Titanic (1997).
A five-time Emmy nominee for his "The Young and the Restless" role (he won in 1998), he was also nominated eleven times for the Soap Opera Digest Outstanding Leading Actor Award, winning three times.
Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7021 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on July 20, 2007. Many of his The Young and the Restless (1973) co-stars were present for the occasion.
Interviewed in Tom Weaver's book, "I Talked with a Zombie" (McFarland & Co., 2008).