Željko Ivanek
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Mentalist
Dr. Linus Wagner
2008
Series
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Everett Drake
1999
Series
Law & Order
Richard Kaplan
1990
Series
Law & Order
Phillip Swann
1990
Series
Law & Order
Ed Danvers
1990
Series
Law & Order
Charles Banks
1990
Series
House
Jason
2004
Series
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Andrew Melton
2000
Series
Bones
Carl Decker
2005
Series
Suits
Eric Woodall
2011
Series
Lost
Edmund Burke
2004
Series
24
Andre Drazen
2001
Series
The West Wing
Steve Atwood
1999
Series
The X-Files
Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
1993
Series
The Walking Dead: Dead City
The Croat
2023
Series
Frasier
Arnold Shaw
1993
Series
Murder, She Wrote
Eddie Saunders
1984
Series
Chicago Hope
Eugene Ramsey
1994
Series
ER
Bruce Resnick
1994
Series
Heroes
Emile Danko
2006
Series
Cold Case
John Doe
2003
Series
White Collar
Brett Forsythe
2009
Series
Banshee
Jim Racine
2013
Series
Damages
Ray Fiske
2007
Series
True Blood
Magister
2008
Series
Crossing Jordan
Elliot McCafferty
2001
Series
The Practice
Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern
1997
Series
The Practice
U.S. Atty. Sanders
1997
Series
The Practice
Matthew Davies
1997
Series
Numb3rs
William Fraley
2005
Series
Oz
Governor James Devlin
1997
Series
The Americans
John Skeevers
2013
Series
Madam Secretary
Russell Jackson
2014
Series
Great Performances
March Hare
1971
Series
L.A. Law
Joel Lassen
1986
Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
Ed Danvers
1993
Series
St. Elsewhere
Mark Dolson
1982
Film
X-Men: Apocalypse
Pentagon Scientist
2016
Series
Big Love
JJ
2006
Series
12 Monkeys
Leland Goines
2015
Series
American Playhouse
George Keller
1982
Series
American Playhouse
Momo
1982
Film
Unfaithful
Detective Dean
2002
Series
Millennium
Dr. Daniel 'Danny' Miller
1996
Film
Black Hawk Down
LTC Gary Harrell
2001
Series
Ally McBeal
Judge Marshal Pink
1997
Series
Shark
Elliott Dasher
2006
Series
The Twilight Zone
ER Chief
2002
Film
In Bruges
Canadian Guy
2008
Film
Argo
Robert Pender
2012
Series
Legends
Founding Father
2014
Film
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Desk Sergeant
2017
Film
Live Free or Die Hard
Asst. Deputy Director Molina
2007
Series
From the Earth to the Moon
Ken Mattingly
1998
Film
The Last Duel
Le Coq
2021
Film
The Bourne Legacy
Dr. Donald Foite
2012
Series
Revolution
Calvin Horn
2012
Film
Donnie Brasco
Tim Curley
1997
Series
John Adams
John Dickinson
2008
Film
Tower Heist
Director Mazin
2011
Series
The Event
Blake Sterling
2010
Film
The Courier
CIA Boss
2020
Film
Dogville
Ben
2003
Film
Seven Psychopaths
Paolo
2012
Film
The Words
Joseph Cutler
2012
Series
Let the Right One In
Arthur Logan
2022
Film
Courage Under Fire
Banacek
1996
Film
The Manchurian Candidate
Vaughn Utly
2004
Series
The Inside
Teddy Bunch
2005
Film
Dancer in the Dark
District Attorney
2000
Series
Now and Then
Sullivan
2022
Film
School Ties
Mr. Cleary
1992
Film
A Civil Action
Bill Crowley
1998
Film
White Squall
Sanders
1996
Series
The Mob Doctor
Dr. Stafford White
2012
Film
Manderlay
Dr. Hector
2005
Film
The Hoax
Ralph Graves
2006
Film
Snow Falling on Cedars
Dr. Whitman
1999
Film
Hannibal
Dr. Cordell Doemling
2001
Film
Infinity
Bill Price
1996
Film
Dogville Confessions
Self
2004
Film
The Associate
SEC Agent Thompkins
1996
Series
Echoes in the Darkness
Vince Valaitis
1987
Film
Homicide: The Movie
Ed Danvers
2000
Series
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Thomas Mann Randolph
2000
Film
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Thomas Mann Randolph
2000
Film
The Soldier
Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
1982
Film
Truman
Eddie Jacobsen
1995
Film
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
Self
2012
Film
The Sender
John Doe #83
1982
Film
Dash and Lilly
Mel Berman
1999
Film
The Rat Pack
Bobby Kennedy
1998
Series
The Sun Also Rises
Bill Gorton
1984
Film
Tex
Hitchhiker
1982
Film
Mass Appeal
Mark Dolson
1984
Film
Ellen Foster
Educational Psychologist
1997
Film
The Reagans
Michael Deaver
2003
Series
The Reagans
Michael Deaver
2003
Film
Our Sons
Donald Barnes
1991
My Brother's Keeper
Dr. Hill
1995
Film
Echoes in the Darkness
Vince Valaitis
1987
Film
Alice in Wonderland
March Hare
1983
Film
Aftermath: A Test of Love
Matt
1991
Film
Julian Po
1997
Film
Rachel River
Momo
1989
Film
All My Sons
George Deever
1987
After Jimmy
Dr. Darren Walters
1996
Nowhere to Go
Principal Jack Walker
1998
Film
Artificial Paradise
Willy
1990