Željko Ivanek
Acting
- Born:
- 1957-08-15
- Place of birth:
- Ljubljana, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia]
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
The Walking Dead: Dead City
Let the Right One In
Now and Then
The Last Duel
The Courier
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
X-Men: Apocalypse
12 Monkeys
Madam Secretary
Legends
The Americans
Banshee
Seven Psychopaths
Argo
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
The Mob Doctor
Revolution
The Words
The Bourne Legacy
Tower Heist
Suits
The Event
White Collar
The Mentalist
True Blood
John Adams
In Bruges
Damages
Live Free or Die Hard
The Hoax
Heroes
Shark
Big Love
Bones
The Inside
Manderlay
Numb3rs
House
Lost
The Manchurian Candidate
Dogville Confessions
The Reagans
The Reagans
Cold Case
Dogville
The Twilight Zone
Unfaithful
Black Hawk Down
24
Crossing Jordan
Hannibal
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Dancer in the Dark
Homicide: The Movie
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Snow Falling on Cedars
The West Wing
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Dash and Lilly
A Civil Action
The Rat Pack
From the Earth to the Moon
Nowhere to Go
Ellen Foster
Ally McBeal
Julian Po
Oz
The Practice
Donnie Brasco
The Associate
Millennium
Infinity
After Jimmy
Courage Under Fire
White Squall
Truman
My Brother's Keeper
ER
Chicago Hope
Frasier
The X-Files
Homicide: Life on the Street
School Ties
Our Sons
Aftermath: A Test of Love
Law & Order
Artificial Paradise
Rachel River
Echoes in the Darkness
Echoes in the Darkness
All My Sons
L.A. Law
Mass Appeal
The Sun Also Rises
Murder, She Wrote
Alice in Wonderland
St. Elsewhere
The Sender
Tex
The Soldier
American Playhouse
Great Performances