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Victor Christian 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. Created by William J. Bell as a despicable contemptible unfaithful wife abuser the character was planned to be killed off and never heard of again.