Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 15, 1957
Place of Birth
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia]
Credits
103 titles
Željko 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
The Walking Dead: Dead City
The Croat
Let the Right One In
Arthur Logan
Now and Then
Sullivan
The Last Duel
Le Coq
The Courier
CIA Boss
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Desk Sergeant
X-Men: Apocalypse
Pentagon Scientist
12 Monkeys
Leland Goines
Madam Secretary
Russell Jackson
Legends
Founding Father
The Americans
John Skeevers
Banshee
Jim Racine
Seven Psychopaths
Paolo
Argo
Robert Pender
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
Self
Revolution
Calvin Horn
The Mob Doctor
Dr. Stafford White
The Words
Joseph Cutler
The Bourne Legacy
Dr. Donald Foite
Tower Heist
Director Mazin
Suits
Eric Woodall
The Event
Blake Sterling
White Collar
Brett Forsythe
The Mentalist
Dr. Linus Wagner
True Blood
Magister
John Adams
John Dickinson
In Bruges
Canadian Guy
Damages
Ray Fiske
Live Free or Die Hard
Asst. Deputy Director Molina
The Hoax
Ralph Graves
Heroes
Emile Danko
Shark
Elliott Dasher
Big Love
JJ
Bones
Carl Decker
The Inside
Teddy Bunch
Manderlay
Dr. Hector
Numb3rs
William Fraley
House
Jason
Lost
Edmund Burke
The Manchurian Candidate
Vaughn Utly
Dogville Confessions
Self
The Reagans
Michael Deaver
The Reagans
Michael Deaver
Cold Case
John Doe
Dogville
Ben
The Twilight Zone
ER Chief
Unfaithful
Detective Dean
Black Hawk Down
LTC Gary Harrell
24
Andre Drazen
Crossing Jordan
Elliot McCafferty