Victor Newman
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| Victor Newman | |
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| First appearance | 1980 |
| Address | Newman Ranch 421 Larkspur Trail, Highway B |
| Date of birth | Unknown |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | Former Partner in NVP Retreats Board Member at Jabot Cosmetics Newman Enterprise Chairman of the Board |
| Parents | Albert Miller (father) Cora Miller (mother; deceased) |
| Siblings | Matt Miller (brother) |
| Married | Julia Newman (divorced) Nikki Reed (divorced, first time) Ashley Abbott (divorced) Leanna Love (divorced) Hope Adams (divorced) Diane Jenkins (divorced) Nikki Reed (invalid, second time) Nikki Reed (current, third time) |
| Children | Victoria Newman (daughter, with Nikki) Nicholas Newman (son, with Nikki) Victor Newman II (son, with Hope) Abby Carlton (daughter, with Ashley, via artificial insemination) |
| Portrayer | Eric Braeden |
Victor Christian Newman (born Christian Miller) is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless, played by veteran actor Eric Braeden since 1980.
[edit] 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 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. Victor confronted Julia, causing her to fall down the steps of their house, losing the baby in the process. DNA records proved that the baby was Victor's after all. Both Michael and Julia left town in quick succession, with Julia divorcing Victor.
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.
Victor has currently been suffering from and diagnosed with temporal lobe epilepsy. 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.
