Željko Ivanek
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Aug 15, 1957 (age 69)
- Place of birth
- Ljubljana, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia]
- Credits
- 103
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
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016Movie
Pentagon Scientist
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017Movie
Desk Sergeant
Argo
2012Movie
Robert Pender
House
2004TV
Jason
Black Hawk Down
2001Movie
Harrell
Live Free or Die Hard
2007Movie
Asst. Deputy Director Molina
Filmography
The Walking Dead: Dead City
2023TV
The Croat
Let the Right One In
2022TV
Arthur Logan
Now and Then
2022TV
Sullivan
The Last Duel
2021Movie
Le Coq
The Courier
2020Movie
CIA Boss
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017Movie
Desk Sergeant
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016Movie
Pentagon Scientist
12 Monkeys
2015TV
Leland Goines
Madam Secretary
2014TV
Russell Jackson
Legends
2014TV
Founding Father
The Americans
2013TV
John Skeevers
Banshee
2013TV
Jim Racine
Seven Psychopaths
2012Movie
Paolo
Argo
2012Movie
Robert Pender
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
2012Movie
Self
The Mob Doctor
2012TV
Dr. Stafford White
Revolution
2012TV
Calvin Horn
The Words
2012Movie
Joseph Cutler
The Bourne Legacy
2012Movie
Dr. Donald Foite
Tower Heist
2011Movie
Director Mazin
Suits
2011TV
Eric Woodall
The Event
2010TV
Blake Sterling
White Collar
2009TV
Brett Forsythe
The Mentalist
2008TV
Dr. Linus Wagner
True Blood
2008TV
Magister
John Adams
2008TV
John Dickinson
In Bruges
2008Movie
Canadian Guy
Damages
2007TV
Ray Fiske
Live Free or Die Hard
2007Movie
Asst. Deputy Director Molina
The Hoax
2006Movie
Ralph Graves
Heroes
2006TV
Emile Danko
Shark
2006TV
Elliott Dasher
Big Love
2006TV
JJ
Bones
2005TV
Carl Decker
The Inside
2005TV
Teddy Bunch
Manderlay
2005Movie
Dr. Hector
Numb3rs
2005TV
William Fraley
House
2004TV
Jason
Lost
2004TV
Edmund Burke
The Manchurian Candidate
2004Movie
Vaughn Utly
Dogville Confessions
2004Movie
Self
The Reagans
2003Movie
Michael Deaver
The Reagans
2003TV
Michael Deaver
Cold Case
2003TV
John Doe
Dogville
2003Movie
Ben
The Twilight Zone
2002TV
ER Chief
Unfaithful
2002Movie
Detective Dean
Black Hawk Down
2001Movie
Harrell
24
2001TV
Andre Drazen
Crossing Jordan
2001TV
Elliot McCafferty
Hannibal
2001Movie
Dr. Cordell Doemling
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000TV
Andrew Melton
Dancer in the Dark
2000Movie
District Attorney
Homicide: The Movie
2000Movie
Ed Danvers
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000Movie
Thomas Mann Randolph
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000TV
Thomas Mann Randolph
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999Movie
Dr. Whitman
The West Wing
1999TV
Steve Atwood
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999TV
Everett Drake
Dash and Lilly
1999Movie
Mel Berman
A Civil Action
1998Movie
Bill Crowley
The Rat Pack
1998Movie
Bobby Kennedy
From the Earth to the Moon
1998TV
Ken Mattingly
Nowhere to Go
1998Movie
Principal Jack Walker
Ellen Foster
1997Movie
Educational Psychologist
Ally McBeal
1997TV
Judge Marshal Pink
Julian Po
1997Movie
Oz
1997TV
Governor James Devlin
The Practice
1997TV
Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern, U.S. Atty. Sanders, Matthew Davies
Donnie Brasco
1997Movie
Tim Curley
The Associate
1996Movie
SEC Agent Thompkins
Millennium
1996TV
Dr. Daniel 'Danny' Miller
Infinity
1996Movie
Bill Price
After Jimmy
1996Movie
Dr. Darren Walters
Courage Under Fire
1996Movie
Banacek
White Squall
1996Movie
Sanders
Truman
1995Movie
Eddie Jacobsen
My Brother's Keeper
1995Movie
Dr. Hill
ER
1994TV
Bruce Resnick
Chicago Hope
1994TV
Eugene Ramsey
Frasier
1993TV
Arnold Shaw
The X-Files
1993TV
Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993TV
Ed Danvers
School Ties
1992Movie
Mr. Cleary
Our Sons
1991Movie
Donald Barnes
Aftermath: A Test of Love
1991Movie
Matt
Law & Order
1990TV
Richard Kaplan, Phillip Swann, Ed Danvers, Charles Banks
Artificial Paradise
1990Movie
Willy
Rachel River
1989Movie
Momo
Echoes in the Darkness
1987Movie
Vince Valaitis
Echoes in the Darkness
1987TV
Vince Valaitis
All My Sons
1987Movie
George Deever
L.A. Law
1986TV
Joel Lassen
Mass Appeal
1984Movie
Mark Dolson
The Sun Also Rises
1984TV
Bill Gorton
Murder, She Wrote
1984TV
Eddie Saunders
Alice in Wonderland
1983Movie
March Hare
St. Elsewhere
1982TV
Mark Dolson
The Sender
1982Movie
John Doe #83
Tex
1982Movie
Hitchhiker
The Soldier
1982Movie
Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
American Playhouse
1982TV
George Keller, Momo
Great Performances
1971TV
March Hare