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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 15, 1957
Place of Birth:
Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Zeljko Ivanek
Biography
Željko Ivanek is a Slovenian-American actor. Known for his work in film, television, and theatre, he is the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Drama Desk Award, as well as three Tony Award nominations.
Ivanek's film credits include Courage Under Fire (1996), Donnie Brasco (1997), Hannibal, Black Hawk Down (both 2001), Unfaithful (2002), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), Live Free or Die Hard (2007), The Bourne Legacy, Argo, Seven Psychopaths (all 2012), and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017). He has appeared in several films by Lars von Trier: Dancer in the Dark (2000), Dogville (2003), and Manderlay (2005).
On television, Ivanek is known for playing Ray Fiske on the FX series Damages (2007–2010), for which he won the 2008 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor. He also appeared as Ed Danvers on Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) and Russell Jackson on the CBS drama Madam Secretary (2014–2019), and has had recurring roles on series such as Oz (1997–2003), 24 (2002), True Blood (2008), Heroes (2009), Big Love (2009–2010), Banshee (2014), and 12 Monkeys (2015–2017). Since 2023, he has starred as "The Croat" on AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Last Duel | Le Coq |
| 2020 | The Courier | CIA Boss |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Cedric Connolly |
| 2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | Pentagon Scientist |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | Dr. Donald Foite |
| 2012 | Argo | Robert Pender |
| 2012 | The Words | Joseph Cutler |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Paolo |
| 2012 | That Guy... Who Was in That Thing | Self |
| 2011 | Tower Heist | Director Mazin |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Canadian Guy |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard | Asst. Deputy Director Molina |
| 2006 | The Hoax | Ralph Graves |
| 2005 | Manderlay | Dr. Hector |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Vaughn Utly |
| 2004 | Dogville Confessions | Self |
| 2003 | Dogville | Ben |
| 2003 | The Reagans | Michael Deaver |
| 2002 | Unfaithful | Detective Dean |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | LTC Gary Harrell |
| 2001 | Hannibal | Dr. Cordell Doemling |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | District Attorney |
| 2000 | Homicide: The Movie | Ed Danvers |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Thomas Mann Randolph |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Dr. Whitman |
| 1999 | Dash and Lilly | Mel Berman |
| 1998 | The Rat Pack | Bobby Kennedy |
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Bill Crowley |
| 1998 | Nowhere to Go | Principal Jack Walker |
| 1998 | Ellen Foster | Educational Psychologist |
| 1997 | Donnie Brasco | Tim Curley |
| 1997 | Julian Po | |
| 1996 | The Associate | SEC Agent Thompkins |
| 1996 | After Jimmy | Dr. Darren Walters |
| 1996 | Courage Under Fire | Banacek |
| 1996 | White Squall | Sanders |
| 1996 | Infinity | Bill Price |
| 1995 | Truman | Eddie Jacobsen |
| 1995 | My Brother's Keeper | Dr. Hill |
| 1992 | School Ties | Mr. Cleary |
| 1991 | Our Sons | Donald Barnes |
| 1991 | Aftermath: A Test of Love | Matt |
| 1990 | Artificial Paradise | Willy |
| 1988 | Rachel River | Momo |
| 1987 | Echoes in the Darkness | Vince Valaitis |
| 1987 | All My Sons | George Deever |
| 1984 | Mass Appeal | Mark Dolson |
| 1983 | Alice in Wonderland | March Hare |
| 1982 | Tex | Hitchhiker |
| 1982 | The Sender | John Doe #83 |
| 1982 | The Soldier | Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | The Walking Dead: Dead City | The Croat |
| 2022 | Now and Then | Sullivan |
| 2022 | Let the Right One In | Arthur Logan |
| 2015 | 12 Monkeys | Leland Goines |
| 2014 | Legends | Founding Father |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary | Russell Jackson |
| 2013 | The Americans | John Skeevers |
| 2013 | Banshee | Jim Racine |
| 2012 | The Mob Doctor | Dr. Stafford White |
| 2012 | Revolution | Dr. Calvin Horn |
| 2011 | Suits | Eric Woodall |
| 2010 | The Event | Blake Sterling |
| 2009 | White Collar | Brett Forsythe |
| 2008 | John Adams | John Dickinson |
| 2008 | The Mentalist | Dr. Linus Wagner |
| 2008 | True Blood | Magister |
| 2007 | Damages | Ray Fiske |
| 2006 | Heroes | Emile Danko |
| 2006 | Big Love | JJ |
| 2005 | Bones | Carl Decker |
| 2005 | The Inside | Teddy Bunch |
| 2004 | House | Jason |
| 2004 | Lost | Edmund Burke |
| 2003 | Cold Case | John Doe |
| 2003 | The Reagans | Michael Deaver |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone | ER Chief |
| 2001 | 24 | Andre Drazen |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan | Elliot McCafferty |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Andrew Melton |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal | Thomas Mann Randolph |
| 1999 | The West Wing | Steve Atwood |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Everett Drake |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Ken Mattingly |
| 1997 | Oz | Governor James Devlin |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Judge Marshal Pink |
| 1997 | The Practice | Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern |
| 1995 | If Not for You | Elliot Gordon |
| 1994 | ER | Bruce Resnick |
| 1993 | Frasier | Arnold Shaw |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Ed Danvers |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Richard Kaplan |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Phillip Swann |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Ed Danvers |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Charles Banks |
| 1987 | Echoes in the Darkness | Vince Valaitis |
| 1984 | The Sun Also Rises | Bill Gorton |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Eddie Saunders |
| 1971 | Great Performances | March Hare |