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Victor Newman is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless. He has been portrayed by Eric Braeden since 1980. Initially a guest character who was to last for eight to twelve weeks, Victor has evolved into the soap opera's leading male figure.
Apr 22, 2023 · The actor, who plays Victor Newman on the soap, shared his story on Facebook after undergoing surgery and treatments. He thanked fans for their support and expressed his love for acting and the show.
Eric Braeden (born Hans-Jörg Gudegast; April 3, 1941) is a German 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 of the ...
- Victor Newman was born Christian Miller. He changed his name after making a ‘new man’ of himself. Victor’s many nicknames include The Great Victor Newman (TGVN), The Black Knight, and The Mustache.
- Victor’s rags to riches story began in Buffalo, New York, where his mother, Cora Miller, found herself without the means to raise both Christian (Victor) and his younger brother Matt, after their father, Albert Miller, abandoned the family.
- Victor Newman came to Genoa City to run Chancellor Industries for Katherine Chancellor, which was the start of a lifelong friendship between the two.
- Victor has ‘died’ four times. Twice he was presumed dead, once he was declared dead but was actually in hiding, and once he faked his own death.
Apr 29, 2024 · Learn how Victor Newman used his wine cellar as a jail cell to torture his enemies in the past and present. Find out who is his current captive, Aunt Jordan, and how she relates to his first wife, Julia.
Victor Newman (born Christian Miller) is a resident of Genoa City, played by actor Eric Braeden since February 1980. The character briefly appeared on The Bold and the Beautiful in 1999. Victor was originally intended to be a short-term character as part of a six-month storyline, but developed...
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.
