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.
Known For
Filmography
الموتى السائرون: المدينة الميتة
as The Croat
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
as Desk Sergeant
اكس-مِن: نهاية العالم
as Pentagon Scientist
بانشي
as Jim Racine
سوتس
as Eric Woodall
ياقة بيضاء
as Brett Forsythe
True Blood
as Magister
الوسيط الروحي
as Dr. Linus Wagner
Damages
as Ray Fiske
Heroes
as Emile Danko
Numb3rs
as William Fraley
عظام
as Carl Decker
الضياع
as Edmund Burke
هاوس
as Jason
Cold Case
as John Doe
24
as Andre Drazen
Crossing Jordan
as Elliot McCafferty
سي اس آي: التحقيق في مسرح الجريمة
as Andrew Melton
الجناح الغربي
as Steve Atwood
القانون والنظام: وحدة الضحايا الخاصة
as Everett Drake
أوز
as Governor James Devlin
Chicago Hope
as Eugene Ramsey
ER
as Bruce Resnick
فريزر
as Arnold Shaw
ملفات إكس
as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
القانون والنظام
as Richard Kaplan
L.A. Law
as Joel Lassen
Murder, She Wrote
as Eddie Saunders
American Playhouse
as George Keller
Great Performances
as March Hare