| Victor Newman | |||||||||||||||
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 Eric Braeden as Victor Newman |
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| The Young and the Restless | |||||||||||||||
| Portrayed by | Eric Braeden (1980-) | ||||||||||||||
| First appearance | 1980 | ||||||||||||||
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| Nickname(s) | The Great Victor Newman The Black Knight Moneybags (by Jack) |
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| Gender | Male | ||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Chairman of the Board of Newman Enterprises Board Member at Jabot Cosmetics Former Partner in NVP Retreats Retired CEO of Newman Enterprises Former CEO of Jabot Cosmetics Former Manager of the Market Street Recreation Center Former CEO of Chancellor Industries |
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| Residence | 421 Larkspur Trail, Highway B Genoa City, Wisconsin |
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Victor Christian Newman (born Christian Miller) is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by veteran actor Eric Braeden since 1980. The character briefly appeared on The Bold and the Beautiful in 1999.
Character history
A wealthy and prominent business tycoon, Victor is arguably the most powerful man in Genoa City. Raised an orphan and determined to be completely independent, he has built an empire out of Newman Enterprises. Victor Newman's net worth is estimated to be between $10 to $50 billion. Victor originally came to town in 1980 to help Katherine Chancellor (Jeanne Cooper) run Chancellor Industries. He brought his wife Julia (Meg Bennett) with him, and kept her a recluse in their ranch house while he worked. Longing for work, Julia took a modeling job with photographer Michael Scott, who was attracted to her. Victor became instantly jealous, and when Julia turned up pregnant, he was convinced that the baby was Michael's. In retaliation, Victor imprisoned Michael in the bomb shelter at the ranch. It was this story that turned Victor into a villain, a character type he has largely stayed true to over the course of two decades. Julia found Michael and freed him from the bomb shelter. While attempting to flee the Newman Ranch, Victor happened upon the pair and a fist fight between Michael, and Victor ensued. Julia got caught up in the crossfire, and suffered a terrible fall, and had a miscarriage. Blood tests later proved that Victor was in fact the father. Julia and Michael left town. Despite being such a powerful figure in the business world, Victor is largely devoted to his current wife, Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott), and family. Despite Victor having been married to Ashley Abbott (Eileen Davidson), Leanna Randolph (Barbara Crampton), Hope Adams (Signy Coleman) and Diane Jenkins (then played by Alex Donnelley), he and Nikki always seem to find their way back to each other. Although he is often at odds with his oldest children, Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Nicholas (Joshua Morrow), who both work at Newman Enterprises, Victor manages to remain close to them. He also has an estranged son with Hope, Victor Jr., who Hope hasn't allowed him to see since he was very young. He has a young daughter, Abby Carlton (Darcy Rose Byrnes), with Ashley. Abby didn't know she was Victor's daughter until she was six years old, and so Abby thinks of Brad Carlton (Don Diamont), Ashley's now ex-husband, as her daddy. It came out that Ashley had stolen Victor's sperm and became pregnant through artificial insemination. Victor has currently been suffering from and diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy due to head trauma. Taken advantage of by Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) when suffering from his epilepsy, Victor is now healthy, but occasionally pretends to still be affected by the epilepsy as part of his revenge plot against Jack. In 2007, after the presumed death of Nick, Victor left Genoa City to search for Victor Jr. infuriating Nikki that he'd stay in contact with Hope but not her. When Victor came back he was furious to learn of his wife's affair with her campaign manager David Chow and punched him. Nikki, fed up with Victor's antics, announced she was leaving him. They are currently filing for divorce.
