Acting
Željko Ivanek
EN, DA, SL cinema · 51 credits
Born
15 August 1957 (age 69)
Birthplace
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia]
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 Last Duel
as Le Coq
The Courier
as CIA Boss
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
as Desk Sergeant
X-Men: Apocalypse
as Pentagon Scientist
The Bourne Legacy
as Dr. Donald Foite
Argo
as Robert Pender
The Words
as Joseph Cutler
Seven Psychopaths
as Paolo
Tower Heist
as Director Mazin
In Bruges
as Canadian Guy
Live Free or Die Hard
as Asst. Deputy Director Molina
The Hoax
as Ralph Graves
Manderlay
as Dr. Hector
The Manchurian Candidate
as Vaughn Utly
Dogville
as Ben
The Reagans
as Michael Deaver
Unfaithful
as Detective Dean
Black Hawk Down
as Harrell
Hannibal
as Dr. Cordell Doemling
Dancer in the Dark
as District Attorney
Homicide: The Movie
as Ed Danvers
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Thomas Mann Randolph
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Dr. Whitman
Dash and Lilly
as Mel Berman
The Rat Pack
as Bobby Kennedy
A Civil Action
as Bill Crowley
Nowhere to Go
1998
Nowhere to Go
as Principal Jack Walker
Donnie Brasco
as Tim Curley
Ellen Foster
as Educational Psychologist
The Associate
as SEC Agent Thompkins
After Jimmy
1996
After Jimmy
as Dr. Darren Walters
Courage Under Fire
as Banacek
White Squall
as Sanders
Infinity
as Bill Price
Truman
as Eddie Jacobsen
School Ties
as Mr. Cleary
Our Sons
as Donald Barnes
Artificial Paradise
as Willy
Rachel River
as Momo
Echoes in the Darkness
as Vince Valaitis
All My Sons
as George Deever
Mass Appeal
as Mark Dolson
Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare
Tex
as Hitchhiker
The Sender
as John Doe #83
The Soldier
as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady