Željko Ivanek
Acting
1957-08-15 · 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.
Filmography
The Walking Dead: Dead City
2023 · Series
Let the Right One In
2022 · Series
Now and Then
2022 · Series
The Last Duel
2021 · Movie
The Courier
2020 · Movie
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017 · Movie
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016 · Movie
12 Monkeys
2015 · Series
Madam Secretary
2014 · Series
Legends
2014 · Series
The Americans
2013 · Series
Banshee
2013 · Series
Seven Psychopaths
2012 · Movie
Argo
2012 · Movie
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
2012 · Movie
Revolution
2012 · Series
The Mob Doctor
2012 · Series
The Words
2012 · Movie
The Bourne Legacy
2012 · Movie
Tower Heist
2011 · Movie
Suits
2011 · Series
The Event
2010 · Series
White Collar
2009 · Series
The Mentalist
2008 · Series
True Blood
2008 · Series
John Adams
2008 · Series
In Bruges
2008 · Movie
Damages
2007 · Series
Live Free or Die Hard
2007 · Movie
The Hoax
2006 · Movie
Heroes
2006 · Series
Shark
2006 · Series
Big Love
2006 · Series
Bones
2005 · Series
The Inside
2005 · Series
Manderlay
2005 · Movie
Numb3rs
2005 · Series
House
2004 · Series
Lost
2004 · Series
The Manchurian Candidate
2004 · Movie
Dogville Confessions
2004 · Movie
The Reagans
2003 · Series
The Reagans
2003 · Movie
Cold Case
2003 · Series
Dogville
2003 · Movie
The Twilight Zone
2002 · Series
Unfaithful
2002 · Movie
Black Hawk Down
2001 · Movie
24
2001 · Series
Crossing Jordan
2001 · Series
Hannibal
2001 · Movie
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · Series
Dancer in the Dark
2000 · Movie
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000 · Series
Homicide: The Movie
2000 · Movie
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000 · Movie
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999 · Movie
The West Wing
1999 · Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 · Series
Dash and Lilly
1999 · Movie
A Civil Action
1998 · Movie
The Rat Pack
1998 · Movie
From the Earth to the Moon
1998 · Series
Nowhere to Go
1998 · Movie
Ellen Foster
1997 · Movie
Ally McBeal
1997 · Series
Julian Po
1997 · Movie
Oz
1997 · Series
The Practice
1997 · Series
Donnie Brasco
1997 · Movie
Millennium
1996 · Series
The Associate
1996 · Movie
Infinity
1996 · Movie
After Jimmy
1996 · Movie
Courage Under Fire
1996 · Movie
White Squall
1996 · Movie
Truman
1995 · Movie
My Brother's Keeper
1995 · Movie
ER
1994 · Series
Chicago Hope
1994 · Series
Frasier
1993 · Series
The X-Files
1993 · Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Series
School Ties
1992 · Movie
Our Sons
1991 · Movie
Aftermath: A Test of Love
1991 · Movie
Law & Order
1990 · Series
Artificial Paradise
1990 · Movie
Rachel River
1989 · Movie
Echoes in the Darkness
1987 · Series
Echoes in the Darkness
1987 · Movie
All My Sons
1987 · Movie
L.A. Law
1986 · Series
Mass Appeal
1984 · Movie
The Sun Also Rises
1984 · Series
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Alice in Wonderland
1983 · Movie
St. Elsewhere
1982 · Series
The Sender
1982 · Movie
Tex
1982 · Movie
The Soldier
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Great Performances
1971 · Series