Željko Ivanek
Acting
Born: August 15, 1957 (age 69) · Ljubljana, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia]
Highest Rated
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
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
Argo
2012
House
2004
Black Hawk Down
2001
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
The Bourne Legacy
2012
In Bruges
2008
Suits
2011
Hannibal
2001
Lost
2004
Donnie Brasco
1997
Photos (4)
Movies (46)
X-Men: Apocalypse
Pentagon Scientist
Unfaithful
Detective Dean
Black Hawk Down
Harrell
Argo
Robert Pender
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Desk Sergeant
Live Free or Die Hard
Asst. Deputy Director Molina
The Last Duel
Le Coq
In Bruges
Canadian Guy
The Bourne Legacy
Dr. Donald Foite
Donnie Brasco
Tim Curley
Tower Heist
Director Mazin
Seven Psychopaths
Paolo
Dogville
Ben
The Courier
CIA Boss
The Manchurian Candidate
Vaughn Utly
Dancer in the Dark
District Attorney
White Squall
Sanders
Courage Under Fire
Banacek
The Words
Joseph Cutler
A Civil Action
Bill Crowley
School Ties
Mr. Cleary
Manderlay
Dr. Hector
The Associate
SEC Agent Thompkins
The Hoax
Ralph Graves
Snow Falling on Cedars
Dr. Whitman
Hannibal
Dr. Cordell Doemling
Aftermath: A Test of Love
Matt
Infinity
Bill Price
Homicide: The Movie
Ed Danvers
Dash and Lilly
Mel Berman
Tex
Hitchhiker
The Soldier
Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
The Rat Pack
Bobby Kennedy
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Thomas Mann Randolph
The Sender
John Doe #83
Mass Appeal
Mark Dolson
Ellen Foster
Educational Psychologist
Julian Po
1997
Alice in Wonderland
March Hare
Our Sons
Donald Barnes
The Reagans
Michael Deaver
Echoes in the Darkness
Vince Valaitis
Truman
Eddie Jacobsen
All My Sons
George Deever
Artificial Paradise
Willy
Rachel River
Momo
TV Shows (58)
The Mentalist
Dr. Linus Wagner · 2 eps
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Everett Drake · 1 eps
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Andrew Melton · 1 eps
Law & Order
Richard Kaplan · 1 eps
Law & Order
Phillip Swann · 1 eps
Law & Order
Ed Danvers · 2 eps
Law & Order
Charles Banks · 3 eps
House
Jason · 1 eps
Bones
Carl Decker · 1 eps
Frasier
Arnold Shaw · 1 eps
24
Andre Drazen · 14 eps
Suits
Eric Woodall · 4 eps
The West Wing
Steve Atwood · 2 eps
The X-Files
Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable · 1 eps
Lost
Edmund Burke · 1 eps
Cold Case
John Doe · 1 eps
The Walking Dead: Dead City
The Croat · 15 eps
Heroes
Emile Danko · 13 eps
Murder, She Wrote
Eddie Saunders · 1 eps
Chicago Hope
Eugene Ramsey · 1 eps
Crossing Jordan
Elliot McCafferty · 1 eps
ER
Bruce Resnick · 1 eps
Homicide: Life on the Street
Ed Danvers · 37 eps
American Playhouse
George Keller · 1 eps
American Playhouse
Momo · 1 eps
The Americans
John Skeevers · 1 eps
Great Performances
March Hare · 1 eps
Banshee
Jim Racine · 3 eps
Numb3rs
William Fraley · 1 eps
White Collar
Brett Forsythe · 1 eps
True Blood
Magister · 5 eps
The Practice
Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern · 1 eps
The Practice
U.S. Atty. Sanders · 1 eps
The Practice
Matthew Davies · 1 eps
Oz
Governor James Devlin · 32 eps
Madam Secretary
Russell Jackson · 120 eps
L.A. Law
Joel Lassen · 1 eps
St. Elsewhere
Mark Dolson · 1 eps
Damages
Ray Fiske · 16 eps
Big Love
JJ · 19 eps
12 Monkeys
Leland Goines · 3 eps
Millennium
Dr. Daniel 'Danny' Miller · 1 eps
Ally McBeal
Judge Marshal Pink · 1 eps
From the Earth to the Moon
Ken Mattingly · 1 eps
The Twilight Zone
ER Chief · 1 eps
Shark
Elliott Dasher · 2 eps
Legends
Founding Father · 1 eps
Revolution
Calvin Horn · 5 eps
John Adams
John Dickinson · 1 eps
The Event
Blake Sterling · 22 eps
The Inside
Teddy Bunch · 1 eps
Let the Right One In
Arthur Logan · 5 eps
Now and Then
Sullivan · 8 eps
The Mob Doctor
Dr. Stafford White · 13 eps
Echoes in the Darkness
Vince Valaitis · 2 eps
The Sun Also Rises
Bill Gorton · 2 eps
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Thomas Mann Randolph · 2 eps
The Reagans
Michael Deaver · 2 eps
