Victor Newman is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Young and the Restless.
60 Facts About Victor Newman
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Victor Newman has been portrayed by Eric Braeden since 1980.
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Victor Newman has had a long-standing romantic history with Ashley, and they share a child together, Abby Newman.
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Victor Newman was briefly married to a woman named Hope Wilson and they had a son together, Adam Newman, who grew up without knowledge of Victor being his father.
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Victor Newman is known for his long-standing business rivalry with Jack Abbott.
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Victor Newman is famously characterized for his power-hungry ways and low-toned voice.
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Victor Newman has been nominated at the Daytime Emmy Awards eight times for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series, having won the award in 1998.
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Victor Newman has been pre-nominated three times in this category.
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Sara Bibel of Xfinity wrote that Victor Newman is a male chauvinist.
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Victor Newman noted that he's been jailed, thrown in a psychiatric ward and shot, had amnesia, epilepsy among other events, but "like all villains worth their salt, he's survived it all and inspired respect, if not adoration".
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Victor Newman stated that he enjoys portraying Victor "more than anything", describing him as "very complex".
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Victor Newman wants relationships badly, but doesn't quite trust them.
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Victor Newman met his mother for the first time, because she had left him at the doors of an orphanage when he was 7 years old.
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For over three decades, Victor Newman has been romantically linked with Nikki Reed.
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Victor Newman stated in an interview that he considers Victor's storylines with Nikki to be some of his favorites.
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In 2008, Victor Newman married Sabrina Costelana, which was short-lived following her accidental death.
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Victor Newman supported Sharon throughout her legal problems, and paid her bail at first when she was wrongly convicted of murder in 2011.
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Victor Newman has been an important part of the Genoa City canvas for nearly 30 years, and we know our audience will be tuning in to see what his plans are next.
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Victor Newman was born Christian Miller on March 7,1947 in Buffalo, New York.
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Victor Newman was put in an orphanage by his mother, Cora Miller, when he was seven years old.
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In 1970, Victor married Julia Newman as he began to develop a strong business reputation.
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Julia felt neglected by Victor Newman and sleeps with her photographer, a man named Michael Scott.
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Victor Newman later takes over the Prentiss family company, Prentiss Industries, and they scheme to get it back by using Lorie to seduce Victor into a marriage.
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Victor Newman then tries returns to Nikki, who recently married Kevin Bancroft.
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Victor Newman planned to marry Eve but faked his death on the day of their wedding, and ends up marrying Nikki in April 1984.
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When Nikki goes into remission, Victor wanted to be with Ashley, who had moved on with her psychiatrist Steven Lassiter ; Steven later dies, and while Ashley wanted Victor back, he had returned to Nikki in an attempted to salvage their marriage, resulting in the birth of their son Nicholas Newman.
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Victor Newman later takes over Jack's family company, Jabot Cosmetics, replacing him with Brad Carlton.
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Victor Newman marries Ashley, and years later; he tells Jack that he will give him back Jabot Cosmetics if he divorces Nikki.
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Victor Newman agrees to do so, but Jack wasn't given full control of the company due to a legal loophole.
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Victor Newman has a heart attack during a confrontation with Jack, and while he leaves him for dead, Victor Newman recovers.
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Victor later left Genoa City and traveled to Kansas, letting Nikki and the rest of the Newman family believe he had died.
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Hope wanted to return to Kansas and Victor Newman was not interested; he divorced her and Victor Newman Jr.
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In 1997, Victor Newman marries Diane Jenkins, Jack's ex-girlfriend.
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Nikki had Victor Newman have a vasectomy, but had frozen sperm for a future possibility.
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Diane remained in love with Victor Newman, and stole his frozen sperm to artificially inseminate herself.
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Diane gave birth to Christian Victor Newman, but was shocked to discover the sperm she'd stolen was that of Jack.
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Victor Newman later falls in love with Sabrina Costelana, but she dies in a car accident with Nikki's devious husband, David Chow.
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Victor Newman was later shot by Patty Williams and needed a heart transplant, receiving Colleen Carlton's heart.
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Victor Newman went searching for him in Canada and met Meggie McClaine ; he brings her to Genoa City and she works as Nikki's assistant, but causes her to relapse into alcoholism.
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Victor Newman marries her, but has her arrested soon after; Nikki moves on with Deacon Sharpe.
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When Nikki reunites with Jack, Victor Newman develops a genuine romance with Sharon to spite her.
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Victor Newman burned their prenuptial agreement and took over Newman Enterprises, while Jack and Tucker were buying up its stocks.
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However, their partnership ends several months later when Victor discovers that Adam's silent partner used to take Newman private again was Jack.
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Nikki then reveals she gave birth to another son decades earlier before she was with Victor Newman, revealed to be Dylan McAvoy.
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Dylan's supposed father and Nikki's former lover Ian Ward then arrives in town and causes pandemonium, to which Victor Newman tries to get him out of town.
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Nikki falls off the wagon and begins drinking again; she leaves Victor Newman and refuses to take him back.
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In 2015, Victor has Jack kidnapped and replaced by a lookalike, who turns out to be a Peruvian drug lord named Marco Annicelli, all for him to take over Jabot Cosmetics and merge it with Newman, becoming Newman Abbott Enterprises.
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Jack makes his way back to Genoa City just as Victor Newman learns that Marco is dangerous; he plans on shooting Marco dead in the park, but it is actually Jack who he ends up shooting, who had finally returned to confront him.
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Jack ends up falling comatose while Victor Newman frantically tries to get rid of Marco, who continues to masquerade around town.
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When Jack awakens, he reluctantly agrees to help Victor Newman get Marco out of town and back in prison, which they end up doing successfully.
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Victor Newman agrees to stop Paragon, but Ian makes no such promise; on Halloween, when a party was being thrown in the Newman Enterprises ballroom, Ian is responsible for the building catching fire and a great panic ensuing.
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Victor Newman quickly developed into a main character and firmly planted himself into the hearts of millions of fans across the globe.
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Victor Newman is credited as being one of the soap opera world's leading stars.
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Victor Newman's innate acting skills are as legendary as his distinguished career.
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BuddyTV noted the storyline where Victor Newman locked his wife Julia's lover in a bomb shelter as "the turning point" in the character's life, making him a villain.
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The character of Victor Newman has been used as a spokesperson for the Canadian discount store Zellers and appeared in an advert for it.
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Victor Newman has a heart and on occasion shows a vulnerability that makes him likable and even sympathetic" but "like a big jungle cat, he is not one to be tamed.
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Victor Newman makes viewers crazy with his actions, but he's so dynamic and interesting, that you can't stop watching him.
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Victor Newman has adopted several nicknames on the show that have carried into the media.
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Toby Goldstein of The Orlando Sentinel stated that Victor Newman is one of the characters contributing to the soap opera's longtime popularity.