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The Young and the Restless CAST - Victor Newman
Full detailed profile on Victor Newman Played by Eric Braeden on The Young and the Restless Daytime Soap Opera.
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Victor Newman
Actor: Eric Braeden Who played Victor Newman over the yearsEric Braeden (1980 - present) Useful information on Victor Newman* Widowed. |
CURRENT & PAST OCCUPATION
Current: Unemployed (appointed Neil CEO of Newman Enterprises after Sabrina died)
Past: CEO Newman Enterprises
Past: Partner in NVP Reteats
Past: Market Street Recreation Center creator and manager
VICTOR NEWMAN'S HISTORY
In 1980, Victor Newman settled down in Genoa City as one of the wealthiest men in the world. As a child, his mother was forced to give him up after his father left, leaving Victor to grow up in an orphanage. After his mother never returned for him, Victor ran away and vowed to make something of his life. From the ground up, Victor Newman built his legacy: Newman Enterprises.
Since his first marriage to Julia, Victor has been known to put his job before anything else, which caused more than one of Victor's wives to stray into the arms of other men. When crossed, in both the business world and his personal life, Victor has been branded as a ruthless opponent, one not to be messed with who won't think twice about buying his way to the top to win!
Victor met his first true love after walking into the strip club, the Bayou, and setting eyes on Nikki Reed. Although it took Victor a while to admit his true feelings for "His Diamond In The Rough," the two eventually married a while after the birth of Victoria. Though his love for Nikki was strong, Victor always had a soft spot for Ashley Abbott.
After Ashley found out that Brent Davis was her real father, Victor brought her to the ranch to stay with him and Nikki, which marked the beginning of their love story and of Ashley's feud with Nikki. For years the three would find themselves in love, out of love, threatened by the other, and so on and so forth! After finding out that Nikki had had an affair with Jack, Victor and Nikki divorced, leaving Ashley and Victor to fall in love. However, shortly after Ashley became pregnant, Victor and Nikki reconciled, leading Ashley to have an abortion, which in turn landed her in a mental institution.
In later years, Victor hired Leanna Love to write his biography, but wasn't aware that she had been hired by Jack Abbott to write a tell-all biography of Victor titled "Ruthless" under a presumed name! The real kicker was, Victor thought that Nikki had been behind the book, which exposed Victor's affair with Ashley, and quickly divorced her while she was pregnant with Nick and married Leanna Love! However, Victor later found out that Leanna had written the book and that his nemesis Jack Abbott was the mastermind behind it all! He divorced Leanna and vowed to make Jack pay!
Jack's deception led Victor to take over Jabot and place Brad Carlton as Jack's boss. This feud with Jack went on for years. When Victor and Nikki planned to remarry, Jack found a way to make Nikki fall in love with him and he married her out from under Victor! During a series of events, Victor took a business trip and became the victim of a robbery. Although his family back in Genoa City was told that Victor was dead, Victor made his way to a farm in Kansas and saved Hope Adams from being raped. Victor remained on the farm for a short time, found that he liked the simpler things in life and fell in love with Hope. However, when he got word that Brad and Jack had taken over Newman Enterprises in his absence, Victor convinced Hope to return to GC with him. Although the two had a child, Victor Jr., Hope couldn't adjust to the big city life and returned to Kansas for good, but took comfort in Victor's visits when time allowed.
With Newman back in his hands, and Nikki and Victor finding themselves in the arms of others, Victor swooped Diane Jenkins out from under Jack Abbott and married her! Without Diane knowing, Victor deposited a sperm sample, then had a vasectomy. When she found out, Diane stole his sperm and impregnated herself! However, in the end, it would come out that Nikki had hired a detective to break into the lab and switch the samples - not knowing that Jack's sample was the one used to impregnant Diane! In turn, Ashley stole Victor's real sample and had his daughter, little Abby.
Before Nikki and Victor got back for good, Victor found himself at odds with both of his children and Nikki and Jack - to name a few - over the business dealings in his life. His next big "Ruthless" deception came during the cosmetic war between Newman and Jabot. After blackmailing Michael Baldwin into helping him, Victor bought Newman's cosmetic line to the front of the shelves and in turn almost put Jabot out of business! However, down the road, Nick found out about his father's underhandedness and turned Victor into the Feds! Avoiding jail time, Victor was sentenced to community service, where he built the Market Street Rec Center, ended up paying Jabot twenty millions dollars and his daughter Victoria moved to Italy to get away from the family drama.
Wanting to get back in the good graces of his children, along with wife Nikki's help, Victor managed to regain his children's trust by making Victoria and Nick co-CEO's of Newman, leaving Victor to join forces with Nikki and Phyllis to form NVP. However, tragedy soon came when Victor was diagnosed with Temporal Lobe Epilepsy and Jack took advantage of Victor's state by convincing him to sell his share in NVP. After returning from a trip in which Victor called a spiritual journey, his seizures became more profound and he finally went through with Gamma Knife Radiosurgery to control his disease.
With his wits about him, Victor found out that Jack used him and his money to secretly regain control of Jabot, leaving Victor on a mission to bring Jack's house of cards tumbling down! However, before he can focus on Jack, Victor found himself in quite the predicament. In an attempt to protect his family from Brad Carlton's dangerous past, Victor and Brad were trapped in Switzerland, while on the hunt for the Grugeon, but made it out alive with the rare Reliquary intact!
In February 2007, Victor found himself fighting alongside his son Nick to save Phyllis and Summer from Shelia Carter's evil clutches.
Once the dust settled from that fiasco, Victor found himself embroiled in the Clear Springs explosion disaster, and holding vigil at his comatose daughter Victoria's bedside. He went to court against Nikki to fight to save Victoria's life over that of her unborn baby. Before a decision could be handed down, the baby had to be born by c-section.
Victor met his daughter's best friend, Sabrina, when she came to town and he hired her as an art curator for his collection. He fell in love and married her, and they conceived a child. Unfortunately, Nikki's new husband David brought the mob into their lives, and Sabrina accepted a ride with David one fateful night and wound up dead. Victor fled to Mexico in search of the mobster that was responsible for the car wreck and has now gone into hiding from his family.
PAST MARRIAGES
Sabrina Costelanos Newman (deceased wife)
Nikki Reed Newman (divorced)
Julia Newman (divorced)
Nikki_Reed_Newman (divorced - first time)
Ashley_Abbott (divorced)
Leanna "Love" Randolph (not legal)
Hope_Adams_Wilson (divorced)
Diane Jenkins (divorced)
Nikki_Reed_Newman (not legal - second time)
FLINGS & RELATIONSHIPS
Eve Howard (deceased)
Lauralee Brooks (engagement broken)
Jill_Foster_Abbott
Cassandra Rawlins
Ramona Caceres
RELATIVES
Albert Miller (father)
Cora Miller (mother - deceased)
Matt Miller (brother)
CHILDREN
Victoria Newman Carlton (daughter with Nikki)
Nick Newman (son with Nikki)
Victor Newman Jr./Adam Wilson (son with Hope)
Abby Carlton (daughter with Ashley Abbott by artificial insemination)
Noah Newman (grandson)
Summer Ann Newman (granddaughter)
Cassie Newman (granddaughter by adoption - deceased)
Eve Howard (granddaughter - deceased)
Reed Hellstrom (grandson)
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RELATED DAILY UPDATES
Monday, November 24 2008: Get A Hold of Your Life!
Michael pops in to see Victor in jail, telling him that the authorities want to question him about Walter Palin. Victor contends that there is nothing to say - they were on the boat in the storm and he made it to shore. Michael asks about the journal and Victor reiterates that it's a forgery - and he wants Adam Wilson prosecuted to the full extent of the law!
Ashley visits Victor at the jail and they get caught up. Ashley presses Victor to let Nikki off the hook so she can move on with her life, but Victor is unyielding. Ashley goes and phones Nikki, telling her that Victor would like to see her. Michael comes back in with the journal. Victor says he recognizes it - he bought it in Mexico! Michael says Adam claims to have found it at the Ranch, but Victor says he left it in Mexico.
Back in the jail, Ashley brings up Nikki's name again, causing Victor to complain that he asked Nikki to stay away from him, but she followed him to Mexico - someone could have followed her! He tells Michael that Adam must have had help - Michael should find out who it was! Michael heads out, and Ashley informs Victor that she's going back to London to get Abby - they're moving back to Genoa City to be with him. As they embrace, Nikki walks in.
Wednesday, November 19 2008: Dream Big!
At the Ranch, Michael tells Heather that he will bring Victor down to the station to voluntarily surrender himself, but Heather tells the officer with her to go ahead and arrest him. "No special treatment for the billionaire." Victor tells Heather she is once again moving too fast without having all the facts. She says she's willing to hear his side, but Michael silences him. Victor kisses Ashley and is then led out the door.
At the jail, Heather tells Michael that Victor had better get used to jail - he's the walking definition of a flight risk. Victor tells her to listen, then informs her that she was wrong about him killing Ji Min and she lost her job over it, and now, she is wrong again!
Nick gets to the jail and is let in to see Victor. He tells him that he looks a lot better than the last time he saw him. Victor apologizes for everything, and Nick asks if he needs anything. Victor says Michael is working on getting him out of there. He says he understands that Nick and Victoria have been trying to find evidence to exonerate him. Nick says that they know him - he couldn't have done this. Victor notices Nick's sore hand and asks him about it. Nick doesn't respond, but Victor says, "You hit him for me, didn't you?" A flash of a smile crosses Nick's face, and father and son bond a little over it!
At the jail, Michael tells Adam that Victor has a legal right to confront his accuser. Adam looks mighty nervous as he opens the door and goes in. Victor tells him that he's been waiting for him. He informs him that Hope would turn over in her grave if she knew how he's acting. Adam counters that when he came to town, his family treated him terribly, and when it didn't work out, he not only took away Newman, but everything. Victor tells him that he has no one to blame but himself. They discuss the diary, and Adam tells him that he found it, and it's his handwriting. Victor tells him there was no diary, and for Adam never to call him 'Dad' again - that he is dead to him. Adam smirks, saying, "Everyone's dead to you." Victor leans in and says that he'll crush him like a cockroach, and he'll never know when it's coming! Adam is shaken when he leaves.
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