Željko Ivanek
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.
Movie Appearances
Dancer in the Dark
as District Attorney
2000
Black Hawk Down
as LTC Gary Harrell
2001
Dogville
as Ben
2003
Live Free or Die Hard
as Asst. Deputy Director Molina
2007
The Associate
as SEC Agent Thompkins
1996
Homicide: The Movie
as Ed Danvers
2000
In Bruges
as Canadian Guy
2008
The Rat Pack
as Bobby Kennedy
1998
A Civil Action
as Bill Crowley
1998
Hannibal
as Dr. Cordell Doemling
2001
Donnie Brasco
as Tim Curley
1997
Tex
as Hitchhiker
1982
The Manchurian Candidate
as Vaughn Utly
2004
Truman
as Eddie Jacobsen
1995
The Bourne Legacy
as Dr. Donald Foite
2012
Argo
as Robert Pender
2012
The Sender
as John Doe #83
1982
Dogville Confessions
as Self
2004
The Words
as Joseph Cutler
2012
Seven Psychopaths
as Paolo
2012
TV Appearances
House
as Jason
2004
Heroes
as Emile Danko
2006
Bones
as Carl Decker
2005
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Andrew Melton
2000
Frasier
as Arnold Shaw
1993
The X-Files
as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
1993
Lost
as Edmund Burke
2004
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Ed Danvers
1993
Damages
as Ray Fiske
2007
Law & Order
as Richard Kaplan
1990
John Adams
as John Dickinson
2008
Legends
as Founding Father
2014