Having a long career in the entertainment industry, the 66 year old actor has been playing the role of Victor Newman on the popular daytime series since 1980. He gained massive popularity when he played the wealthy and prominent business tycoon, earning him a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series in 1998 and three Soap Opera Digest Awards for the same category.

Braeden is most known for his work on the popular daytime soap The Young and the Restless, however he has also appeared in other television productions such as guest roles in series such as The Rat Patrol, Mission: Impossible, Run For Your Life, Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke and Chips.

Braeden has also graced the big screen, appearing most notably in the blockbuster hit, Titanic (which starred Academy Award nominees Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet) where he played Colonel John Jacob Astor IV. His other film credits include Escape from the Planet of the Apes, The Adulteress, Herbie Goes to Monte Carlo, Death Race, Intertect, 100 Rifles, Morituri, Colossus: The Forbin Project and Dayton's Devils. Just recently, he concluded work on the film The Man Who Came Back, a period western that also stars Billy Zane, Armand Assante, Sean Young, James Patrick Stewart and Carol Alt.

Aside from acting, the Emmy Award winning actor has also demonstrated his great prowess in the field of sports, winning the German Youth Championship and the 1972-73 US National Soccer Championship, where he played for the Los Angeles Maccabees.

In 2005, Los Angeles City Council Chairman Tom LaBonge, with the approval of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, proclaimed February 1st as Eric Braeden Day.