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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 15, 1957
Place of Birth
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Also Known As
- Zeljko Silver Ivanek
- Željko Ivanek
- Желько Иванек
- ژلیکو ایوانک
- زلیکو ایوانک
- ژلیکو ایوانِک
Zeljko Ivanek
2.1 Popularity
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
8.0
The Croat
The Walking Dead: Dead City
2023
7.3
Arthur Logan
Let the Right One In
2022
5.4
Sullivan
Now and Then
2022
7.4
Le Coq
The Last Duel
2021
7.1
CIA Boss
The Courier
2020
8.1
Cedric Connolly
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
6.5
Pentagon Scientist
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
7.4
Leland Goines
12 Monkeys
2015
7.0
Russell Jackson
Madam Secretary
2014
6.4
Founding Father
Legends
2014
Credits
The Walking Dead: Dead City
as The Croat
2023
8.0
Let the Right One In
as Arthur Logan
2022
7.3
Now and Then
as Sullivan
2022
5.4
The Last Duel
as Le Coq
2021
7.4
The Courier
as CIA Boss
2020
7.1
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
as Cedric Connolly
2017
8.1
X-Men: Apocalypse
as Pentagon Scientist
2016
6.5
12 Monkeys
as Leland Goines
2015
7.4
Madam Secretary
as Russell Jackson
2014
7.0
Legends
as Founding Father
2014
6.4
The Americans
as John Skeevers
2013
7.9
Banshee
as Jim Racine
2013
8.0
Seven Psychopaths
as Paolo
2012
6.8
Argo
as Robert Pender
2012
7.3
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
as Self
2012
6.6
The Mob Doctor
as Dr. Stafford White
2012
6.6
Revolution
as Dr. Calvin Horn
2012
6.4
The Words
as Joseph Cutler
2012
6.7
The Bourne Legacy
as Dr. Donald Foite
2012
6.2
Tower Heist
as Director Mazin
2011
6.1
Suits
as Eric Woodall
2011
8.2
The Event
as Blake Sterling
2010
6.4
White Collar
as Brett Forsythe
2009
8.2
The Mentalist
as Dr. Linus Wagner
2008
8.4
True Blood
as Magister
2008
7.6
John Adams
as John Dickinson
2008
7.7
In Bruges
as Canadian Guy
2008
7.5
Damages
as Ray Fiske
2007
7.5
Live Free or Die Hard
as Asst. Deputy Director Molina
2007
6.6
The Hoax
as Ralph Graves
2006
6.3
Heroes
as Emile Danko
2006
7.5
Big Love
as JJ
2006
6.9
Bones
as Carl Decker
2005
8.2
The Inside
as Teddy Bunch
2005
7.2
Manderlay
as Dr. Hector
2005
6.9
House
as Jason
2004
8.6
Lost
as Edmund Burke
2004
7.9
The Manchurian Candidate
as Vaughn Utly
2004
6.5
Dogville Confessions
as Self
2004
6.8
The Reagans
as Michael Deaver
2003
4.8
The Reagans
as Michael Deaver
2003
8.0
Cold Case
as John Doe
2003
7.8
Dogville
as Ben
2003
7.8
The Twilight Zone
as ER Chief
2002
7.2
Unfaithful
as Detective Dean
2002
6.7
Black Hawk Down
as LTC Gary Harrell
2001
7.4
24
as Andre Drazen
2001
7.8
Crossing Jordan
as Elliot McCafferty
2001
7.2
Hannibal
as Dr. Cordell Doemling
2001
6.8
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Andrew Melton
2000
7.6
Dancer in the Dark
as District Attorney
2000
7.9
Homicide: The Movie
as Ed Danvers
2000
6.8
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Thomas Mann Randolph
2000
7.6
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Thomas Mann Randolph
2000
8.0
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Dr. Whitman
1999
6.0
The West Wing
as Steve Atwood
1999
8.3
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Everett Drake
1999
7.9
Dash and Lilly
as Mel Berman
1999
8.0
A Civil Action
as Bill Crowley
1998
6.5
Ellen Foster
as Educational Psychologist
1998
6.0
The Rat Pack
as Bobby Kennedy
1998
5.9
From the Earth to the Moon
as Ken Mattingly
1998
8.2
🎬
Nowhere to Go
as Principal Jack Walker
1998
0.0
Ally McBeal
as Judge Marshal Pink
1997
6.6
Julian Po
1997
6.5
Oz
as Governor James Devlin
1997
8.0
The Practice
as Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern
1997
7.7
Donnie Brasco
as Tim Curley
1997
7.5
The Associate
as SEC Agent Thompkins
1996
6.3
Infinity
as Bill Price
1996
6.2
🎬
After Jimmy
as Dr. Darren Walters
1996
5.0
Courage Under Fire
as Banacek
1996
6.5
White Squall
as Sanders
1996
6.3
🎬
If Not for You
as Elliot Gordon
1995
3.0
Truman
as Eddie Jacobsen
1995
7.6
🎬
My Brother's Keeper
as Dr. Hill
1995
1.0
ER
as Bruce Resnick
1994
7.8
Frasier
as Arnold Shaw
1993
7.7
The X-Files
as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
1993
8.4
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Ed Danvers
1993
8.1
School Ties
as Mr. Cleary
1992
6.5
Our Sons
as Donald Barnes
1991
5.5
Aftermath: A Test of Love
as Matt
1991
5.2
Law & Order
as Richard Kaplan
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Phillip Swann
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Ed Danvers
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Charles Banks
1990
7.4
Artificial Paradise
as Willy
1990
8.0
Rachel River
as Momo
1988
7.0
Echoes in the Darkness
as Vince Valaitis
1987
0.0
Echoes in the Darkness
as Vince Valaitis
1987
7.5
All My Sons
as George Deever
1987
0.0
Mass Appeal
as Mark Dolson
1984
6.2
The Sun Also Rises
as Bill Gorton
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Eddie Saunders
1984
7.5
Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare
1983
6.8
The Sender
as John Doe #83
1982
5.6
Tex
as Hitchhiker
1982
6.1
The Soldier
as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
1982
5.5
Great Performances
as March Hare
1971
5.3