Željko Ivanek
Known for: Acting
Born: August 15, 1957
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
51 movies · 52 TV shows, newest first
7.9
The Walking Dead: Dead City
2023
7.1
Let the Right One In
2022
5.2
Now and Then
2022
7.4
The Last Duel
2021
7.0
The Courier
2020
8.1
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
6.5
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
7.4
12 Monkeys
2015
7.0
Madam Secretary
2014
6.4
Legends
2014
7.9
The Americans
2013
8.0
Banshee
2013
6.8
Seven Psychopaths
2012
7.3
Argo
2012
6.2
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
2012
6.9
The Mob Doctor
2012
6.4
Revolution
2012
6.7
The Words
2012
6.3
The Bourne Legacy
2012
6.1
Tower Heist
2011
8.2
Suits
2011
6.4
The Event
2010
8.2
White Collar
2009
8.4
The Mentalist
2008
7.6
True Blood
2008
7.7
John Adams
2008
7.5
In Bruges
2008
7.5
Damages
2007
6.6
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
6.3
The Hoax
2006
7.4
Heroes
2006
6.7
Shark
2006
6.9
Big Love
2006
8.2
Bones
2005
7.3
The Inside
2005
6.9
Manderlay
2005
7.0
Numb3rs
2005
8.6
House
2004
8.0
Lost
2004
6.5
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
7.0
Dogville Confessions
2004
5.9
The Reagans
2003
8.0
The Reagans
2003
7.7
Cold Case
2003
7.7
Dogville
2003
7.2
The Twilight Zone
2002
6.7
Unfaithful
2002
7.4
Black Hawk Down
2001
7.8
24
2001
7.2
Crossing Jordan
2001
6.8
Hannibal
2001
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
7.8
Dancer in the Dark
2000
6.9
Homicide: The Movie
2000
8.0
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
8.0
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
6.1
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
8.3
The West Wing
1999
8.0
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
8.7
Dash and Lilly
1999
6.5
A Civil Action
1998
5.9
The Rat Pack
1998
8.1
From the Earth to the Moon
19987.0
Nowhere to Go
1998
6.1
Ellen Foster
1997
6.5
Ally McBeal
1997
6.5
Julian Po
1997
8.0
Oz
1997
7.6
The Practice
1997
7.5
Donnie Brasco
1997
6.2
The Associate
1996
7.7
Millennium
1996
6.6
Infinity
19963.0
After Jimmy
1996
6.6
Courage Under Fire
1996
6.3
White Squall
1996
7.6
Truman
19951.0
My Brother's Keeper
1995
7.8
ER
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
7.7
Frasier
1993
8.4
The X-Files
1993
8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
6.5
School Ties
1992
5.4
Our Sons
1991
5.9
Aftermath: A Test of Love
1991
7.3
Law & Order
1990
7.8
Artificial Paradise
1990
7.3
Rachel River
1989
7.5
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
NR
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
9.0
All My Sons
1987
7.1
L.A. Law
1986
5.9
Mass Appeal
1984
7.7
The Sun Also Rises
1984
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
6.8
Alice in Wonderland
1983
5.7
St. Elsewhere
1982
5.6
The Sender
1982
6.1
Tex
1982
5.3
The Soldier
1982
6.6
American Playhouse
1982
6.1
Great Performances
1971