Zeljko Ivanek
Born: 1957-08-15 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia [now 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.
Filmography
2023
- The Walking Dead: Dead City as The Croat
2022
- Let the Right One In as Arthur Logan
- Now and Then as Sullivan
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
2014
- Madam Secretary as Russell Jackson
- Legends as Founding Father
2013
- Banshee as Jim Racine
- The Americans as John Skeevers
2012
- The Bourne Legacy as Dr. Donald Foite
- The Words as Joseph Cutler
- Revolution as Calvin Horn
- Argo as Robert Pender
- Seven Psychopaths as Paolo
- The Mob Doctor as Dr. Stafford White
- That Guy... Who Was in That Thing as Self
2011
- Suits as Eric Woodall
- Tower Heist as Director Mazin
2010
- The Event as Blake Sterling
2009
- White Collar as Brett Forsythe
2008
- The Mentalist as Dr. Linus Wagner
- True Blood as Magister
- In Bruges as Canadian Guy
- John Adams as John Dickinson
2007
- Damages as Ray Fiske
- Live Free or Die Hard as Asst. Deputy Director Molina
2005
- Bones as Carl Decker
- Numb3rs as William Fraley
- Manderlay as Dr. Hector
- The Inside as Teddy Bunch
2004
- House as Jason
- Lost as Edmund Burke
- The Manchurian Candidate as Vaughn Utly
- Dogville Confessions as Self
2003
- Cold Case as John Doe
- Dogville as Ben
- The Reagans as Michael Deaver
- The Reagans as Michael Deaver
2002
- The Twilight Zone as ER Chief
- Unfaithful as Detective Dean
2001
- 24 as Andre Drazen
- Crossing Jordan as Elliot McCafferty
- Black Hawk Down as LTC Gary Harrell
- Hannibal as Dr. Cordell Doemling
2000
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as Andrew Melton
- Dancer in the Dark as District Attorney
- Homicide: The Movie as Ed Danvers
- Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Mann Randolph
- Sally Hemings: An American Scandal as Thomas Mann Randolph
1999
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Everett Drake
- The West Wing as Steve Atwood
- Snow Falling on Cedars as Dr. Whitman
- Dash and Lilly as Mel Berman
1998
- From the Earth to the Moon as Ken Mattingly
- A Civil Action as Bill Crowley
- The Rat Pack as Bobby Kennedy
- Nowhere to Go as Principal Jack Walker
1997
- The Practice as Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern
- Oz as Governor James Devlin
- Donnie Brasco as Tim Curley
- Ally McBeal as Judge Marshal Pink
- Julian Po
- Ellen Foster as Educational Psychologist
1996
- Millennium as Dr. Daniel 'Danny' Miller
- White Squall as Sanders
- The Associate as SEC Agent Thompkins
- Courage Under Fire as Banacek
- Infinity as Bill Price
- After Jimmy as Dr. Darren Walters
1995
- Truman as Eddie Jacobsen
- My Brother's Keeper as Dr. Hill
- If Not for You as Elliot Gordon
1994
- ER as Bruce Resnick
1993
- The X-Files as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
- Frasier as Arnold Shaw
- Homicide: Life on the Street as Ed Danvers
1992
- School Ties as Mr. Cleary
1991
- Our Sons as Donald Barnes
- Aftermath: A Test of Love as Matt
1990
- Law & Order as Richard Kaplan
- Artificial Paradise as Willy
1989
- Rachel River as Momo
1987
- All My Sons as George Deever
- Echoes in the Darkness as Vince Valaitis
- Echoes in the Darkness as Vince Valaitis
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Eddie Saunders
- Mass Appeal as Mark Dolson
- The Sun Also Rises as Bill Gorton
1983
- Alice in Wonderland as March Hare
1982
- St. Elsewhere as Mark Dolson
- The Soldier as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
- The Sender as John Doe #83
- Tex as Hitchhiker
1971
- Great Performances as March Hare
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Nominee