Zeljko Ivanek

Zeljko Ivanek

Birthdate
August 15, 1957 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Known For
Acting

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Birthdate
August 15, 1957 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Known For
Acting

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.

Zeljko Ivanek's LGBTQ+ Titles

The Associate
The Associate
SEC Agent Thompkins

Acting (98)

2023
The Walking Dead: Dead City as The Croat (6 episodes)
2022
Let the Right One In as Arthur Logan (5 episodes)
2022
Now and Then as Sullivan (8 episodes)
2021
The Last Duel as Le Coq
2020
The Courier as CIA Boss
2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Cedric Connolly
2016
X-Men: Apocalypse as Pentagon Scientist
2015
12 Monkeys as Leland Goines (3 episodes)
2014
Madam Secretary as Russell Jackson (120 episodes)
2014
Legends as Founding Father (1 episode)
2013
The Americans as John Skeevers (1 episode)
2013
Banshee as Jim Racine (3 episodes)
2012
Seven Psychopaths as Paolo
2012
Argo as Robert Pender
2012
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing as Self
2012
Revolution as Dr. Calvin Horn (5 episodes)
2012
The Mob Doctor as Dr. Stafford White (13 episodes)
2012
The Words as Joseph Cutler
2012
The Bourne Legacy as Dr. Donald Foite
2011
Tower Heist as Director Mazin
2011
Suits as Eric Woodall (4 episodes)
2010
The Event as Blake Sterling (22 episodes)
2009
White Collar as Brett Forsythe (1 episode)
2008
The Mentalist as Dr. Linus Wagner (2 episodes)
2008
True Blood as Magister (5 episodes)
2008
John Adams as John Dickinson (1 episode)
2008
In Bruges as Canadian Guy
2007
Damages as Ray Fiske (13 episodes)
2007
Live Free or Die Hard as Agent Molina
2006
The Hoax as Ralph Graves
2006
Heroes as Emile Danko (16 episodes)
2006
Big Love as JJ (19 episodes)
2005
Bones as Carl Decker (1 episode)
2005
The Inside as Teddy Bunch (1 episode)
2005
Manderlay as Dr. Hector
2004
House as Jason (1 episode)
2004
Lost as Edmund Burke (1 episode)
2004
The Manchurian Candidate as Vaughn Utly
2004
Dogville Confessions as Self
2003
The Reagans as Michael Deaver (2 episodes)
2003
The Reagans as Michael Deaver
2003
Cold Case as John Doe (1 episode)
2003
Dogville as Ben
2002
The Twilight Zone as ER Chief (1 episode)
2002
Unfaithful as Detective Dean
2001
Black Hawk Down as LTC Gary Harrell
2001
24 as Andre Drazen (10 episodes)
2001
Crossing Jordan as Elliot McCafferty (1 episode)
2001
Hannibal as Dr. Cordell Doemling
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Andrew Melton (1 episode)
2000
Dancer in the Dark as District Attorney
2000
Homicide: The Movie as Ed Danvers
2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Mann Randolph (2 episodes)
2000
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Mann Randolph
1999
Snow Falling on Cedars as Dr. Whitman
1999
The West Wing as Steve Atwood (2 episodes)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Everett Drake (1 episode)
1999
Dash and Lilly as Mel Berman
1998
A Civil Action as Bill Crowley
1998
Ellen Foster as Educational Psychologist
1998
The Rat Pack as Bobby Kennedy
1998
From the Earth to the Moon as Ken Mattingly (1 episode)
1998
Nowhere to Go as Principal Jack Walker
1997
Julian Po
1997
Oz as Governor James Devlin (4 episodes)
1997
Donnie Brasco as Tim Curley
1996
The Associate as SEC Agent Thompkins
1996
Infinity as Bill Price
1996
After Jimmy as Dr. Darren Walters
1996
Courage Under Fire as Banacek
1996
White Squall as Sanders
1995
If Not for You as Elliot Gordon (1 episode)
1995
Truman as Eddie Jacobsen
1995
My Brother's Keeper as Dr. Hill
1994
ER as Bruce Resnick (1 episode)
1993
Frasier as Arnold Shaw (1 episode)
1993
The X-Files as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable (2 episodes)
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street as Ed Danvers (8 episodes)
1992
School Ties as Mr. Cleary
1991
Our Sons as Donald Barnes
1991
Aftermath: A Test of Love as Matt
1990
Law & Order as Charles Banks (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Ed Danvers (2 episodes)
1990
Law & Order as Phillip Swann (1 episode)
1990
Law & Order as Richard Kaplan (1 episode)
1990
Artificial Paradise as Willy
1988
Rachel River as Momo
1987
Echoes in the Darkness as Vince Valaitis (2 episodes)
1987
Echoes in the Darkness as Vince Valaitis
1987
All My Sons as George Deever
1984
Mass Appeal as Mark Dolson
1984
The Sun Also Rises as Bill Gorton (2 episodes)
1984
Murder, She Wrote as Eddie Saunders (1 episode)
1983
Alice in Wonderland as March Hare
1982
The Sender as John Doe #83
1982
Tex as Hitchhiker
1982
The Soldier as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
1971
Great Performances as March Hare (1 episode)