Eric Braeden

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. Braeden won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1998 for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for the role of Victor Newman.^[1][2]

Eric Braeden
Braeden in 2013
Born	Hans-Jörg Gudegast (1941-04-03) April 3, 1941 (age 84) Bredenbek, Free State of Prussia, Germany (present-day Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1960–present
Spouse	Dale Russell ​ (m. 1966)​
Children	Christian Gudegast

Personal life

Braeden was born in Bredenbek, Germany to German parents. Braeden was educated at the University of Montana. Braeden is married to Dale Russell Gudegast since 1966 and have two children together. Braeden currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

In April 2023, Braeden announced he was diagnosed with "high-grade" bladder cancer.^[3]