Željko Ivanek
Acting • Born 1957-08-15
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
107 credits
Dancer in the Dark
Movie • 2000
District Attorney
Black Hawk Down
Movie • 2001
LTC Gary Harrell
Dogville
Movie • 2003
Ben
Live Free or Die Hard
Movie • 2007
Asst. Deputy Director Molina
The Associate
Movie • 1996
SEC Agent Thompkins
Homicide: The Movie
Movie • 2000
Ed Danvers
In Bruges
Movie • 2008
Canadian Guy
The Rat Pack
Movie • 1998
Bobby Kennedy
A Civil Action
Movie • 1998
Bill Crowley
Hannibal
Movie • 2001
Dr. Cordell Doemling
Donnie Brasco
Movie • 1997
Tim Curley
Tex
Movie • 1982
Hitchhiker
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie • 2004
Vaughn Utly
Truman
Movie • 1995
Eddie Jacobsen
The Bourne Legacy
Movie • 2012
Dr. Donald Foite
Argo
Movie • 2012
Robert Pender
The Sender
Movie • 1982
John Doe #83
Dogville Confessions
Movie • 2004
Self
The Words
Movie • 2012
Joseph Cutler
Seven Psychopaths
Movie • 2012
Paolo
Tower Heist
Movie • 2011
Director Mazin
Our Sons
Movie • 1991
Donald Barnes
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
Movie • 2012
Self
Mass Appeal
Movie • 1984
Mark Dolson
The Reagans
Movie • 2003
Michael Deaver
Julian Po
Movie • 1997
Echoes in the Darkness
Movie • 1987
Vince Valaitis
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Movie • 2000
Thomas Mann Randolph
Aftermath: A Test of Love
Movie • 1991
Matt
Nowhere to Go
Movie • 1998
Principal Jack Walker
My Brother's Keeper
Movie • 1995
Dr. Hill
Alice in Wonderland
Movie • 1983
March Hare
The Last Duel
Movie • 2021
Le Coq
Snow Falling on Cedars
Movie • 1999
Dr. Whitman
After Jimmy
Movie • 1996
Dr. Darren Walters
Artificial Paradise
Movie • 1990
Willy
Courage Under Fire
Movie • 1996
Banacek
Rachel River
Movie • 1989
Momo
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Movie • 2017
Desk Sergeant
Unfaithful
Movie • 2002
Detective Dean
The Hoax
Movie • 2006
Ralph Graves
White Squall
Movie • 1996
Sanders
X-Men: Apocalypse
Movie • 2016
Pentagon Scientist
Dash and Lilly
Movie • 1999
Mel Berman
The Soldier
Movie • 1982
Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
School Ties
Movie • 1992
Mr. Cleary
Ellen Foster
Movie • 1997
Educational Psychologist
Manderlay
Movie • 2005
Dr. Hector
Infinity
Movie • 1996
Bill Price
All My Sons
Movie • 1987
George Deever
The Courier
Movie • 2020
CIA Boss
House
TV • 2004
Jason
Heroes
TV • 2006
Emile Danko
Bones
TV • 2005
Carl Decker
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Andrew Melton
Frasier
TV • 1993
Arnold Shaw
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
Lost
TV • 2004
Edmund Burke
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Ed Danvers
Damages
TV • 2007
Ray Fiske
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Richard Kaplan
John Adams
TV • 2008
John Dickinson
Legends
TV • 2014
Founding Father
The Mob Doctor
TV • 2012
Dr. Stafford White
The Event
TV • 2010
Blake Sterling
Revolution
TV • 2012
Calvin Horn
Oz
TV • 1997
Governor James Devlin
24
TV • 2001
Andre Drazen
Madam Secretary
TV • 2014
Russell Jackson
The Americans
TV • 2013
John Skeevers
White Collar
TV • 2009
Brett Forsythe
The Mentalist
TV • 2008
Dr. Linus Wagner
Big Love
TV • 2006
JJ
From the Earth to the Moon
TV • 1998
Ken Mattingly
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Phillip Swann
Suits
TV • 2011
Eric Woodall
Cold Case
TV • 2003
John Doe
Banshee
TV • 2013
Jim Racine
Now and Then
TV • 2022
Sullivan
12 Monkeys
TV • 2015
Leland Goines
The West Wing
TV • 1999
Steve Atwood
The Sun Also Rises
TV • 1984
Bill Gorton
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Ed Danvers
The Walking Dead: Dead City
TV • 2023
The Croat
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Charles Banks
ER
TV • 1994
Bruce Resnick
Let the Right One In
TV • 2022
Arthur Logan
True Blood
TV • 2008
Magister
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Everett Drake
Echoes in the Darkness
TV • 1987
Vince Valaitis
The Reagans
TV • 2003
Michael Deaver
Crossing Jordan
TV • 2001
Elliot McCafferty
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
TV • 2000
Thomas Mann Randolph
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Eddie Saunders
The Twilight Zone
TV • 2002
ER Chief
Great Performances
TV • 1971
March Hare
The Inside
TV • 2005
Teddy Bunch
Ally McBeal
TV • 1997
Judge Marshal Pink
The Practice
TV • 1997
Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern
The Practice
TV • 1997
U.S. Atty. Sanders
The Practice
TV • 1997
Matthew Davies
Numb3rs
TV • 2005
William Fraley
Millennium
TV • 1996
Dr. Daniel 'Danny' Miller
Shark
TV • 2006
Elliott Dasher
St. Elsewhere
TV • 1982
Mark Dolson
Chicago Hope
TV • 1994
Eugene Ramsey
L.A. Law
TV • 1986
Joel Lassen