Željko Ivanek
Known for Acting · 102 credits
- Born
- 1957-08-15 (age 68)
- 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
TV Shows (51)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Everett Drake
Law & Order
1990
as Richard Kaplan / Phillip Swann / Ed Danvers / Charles Banks
The Mentalist
2008
as Dr. Linus Wagner
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Andrew Melton
Bones
2005
as Carl Decker
House
2004
as Jason
Suits
2011
as Eric Woodall
Lost
2004
as Edmund Burke
24
2001
as Andre Drazen
The X-Files
1993
as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
ER
1994
as Bruce Resnick
Frasier
1993
as Arnold Shaw
The West Wing
1999
as Steve Atwood
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Elliot McCafferty
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Eddie Saunders
True Blood
2008
as Magister
Cold Case
2003
as John Doe
Chicago Hope
1994
as Eugene Ramsey
Banshee
2013
as Jim Racine
White Collar
2009
as Brett Forsythe
The Practice
1997
as Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern / U.S. Atty. Sanders / Matthew Davies
Heroes
2006
as Emile Danko
Great Performances
1971
as March Hare
Numb3rs
2005
as William Fraley
The Americans
2013
as John Skeevers
L.A. Law
1986
as Joel Lassen
Madam Secretary
2014
as Russell Jackson
Oz
1997
as Governor James Devlin
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Ed Danvers
Damages
2007
as Ray Fiske
St. Elsewhere
1982
as Mark Dolson
Millennium
1996
as Dr. Daniel 'Danny' Miller
Big Love
2006
as JJ
Shark
2006
as Elliott Dasher
12 Monkeys
2015
as Leland Goines
The Twilight Zone
2002
as ER Chief
Ally McBeal
1997
as Judge Marshal Pink
The Walking Dead: Dead City
2023
as The Croat
Legends
2014
as Founding Father
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Ken Mattingly
Revolution
2012
as Calvin Horn
John Adams
2008
as John Dickinson
The Event
2010
as Blake Sterling
The Inside
2005
as Teddy Bunch
Let the Right One In
2022
as Arthur Logan
The Mob Doctor
2012
as Dr. Stafford White
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as Vince Valaitis
Now and Then
2022
as Sullivan
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Mann Randolph
The Sun Also Rises
1984
as Bill Gorton
The Reagans
2003
as Michael Deaver
Movies (51)
Unfaithful
2002
as Detective Dean
Black Hawk Down
2001
as LTC Gary Harrell
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
as Pentagon Scientist
Argo
2012
as Robert Pender
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
as Asst. Deputy Director Molina
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
as Desk Sergeant
The Bourne Legacy
2012
as Dr. Donald Foite
School Ties
1992
as Mr. Cleary
In Bruges
2008
as Canadian Guy
The Last Duel
2021
as Le Coq
Donnie Brasco
1997
as Tim Curley
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Paolo
Dogville
2003
as Ben
Tower Heist
2011
as Director Mazin
The Words
2012
as Joseph Cutler
Dancer in the Dark
2000
as District Attorney
White Squall
1996
as Sanders
The Courier
2020
as CIA Boss
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Vaughn Utly
Courage Under Fire
1996
as Banacek
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
as Dr. Whitman
Manderlay
2005
as Dr. Hector
The Associate
1996
as SEC Agent Thompkins
A Civil Action
1998
as Bill Crowley
Hannibal
2001
as Dr. Cordell Doemling
The Hoax
2006
as Ralph Graves
Ellen Foster
1997
as Educational Psychologist
Dogville Confessions
2004
as Self
Homicide: The Movie
2000
as Ed Danvers
The Soldier
1982
as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
Infinity
1996
as Bill Price
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Mann Randolph
Tex
1982
as Hitchhiker
Truman
1995
as Eddie Jacobsen
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as Vince Valaitis
The Reagans
2003
as Michael Deaver
The Rat Pack
1998
as Bobby Kennedy
Our Sons
1991
as Donald Barnes
Julian Po
1997
My Brother's Keeper
1995
as Dr. Hill
Mass Appeal
1984
as Mark Dolson
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
2012
as Self
Aftermath: A Test of Love
1991
as Matt
After Jimmy
1996
as Dr. Darren Walters
The Sender
1982
as John Doe #83
All My Sons
1987
as George Deever
Rachel River
1989
as Momo
Alice in Wonderland
1983
as March Hare
Artificial Paradise
1990
as Willy
Dash and Lilly
1999
as Mel Berman
Nowhere to Go
1998
as Principal Jack Walker
About Željko Ivanek
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). H… With 102 credits spanning from 1971 to 2023, Željko Ivanek has appeared in 51 films and 51 TV shows.
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- Unfaithful (2002) — as Detective Dean
- Black Hawk Down (2001) — as LTC Gary Harrell
- X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) — as Pentagon Scientist
- Argo (2012) — as Robert Pender
- Live Free or Die Hard (2007) — as Asst. Deputy Director Molina
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