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Zeljko Ivanek
ActorBorn August 15, 1957 (67 years)
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.
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
| 2023 | The Walking Dead: Dead City (TV Series) · as The Croat |
| 2022 | Let the Right One In (TV Series) · as Arthur Logan |
| 2022 | Now & Then (TV Series) · as Sullivan |
| 2021 | The Last Duel · as Le Coq |
| 2020 | The Courier · as Cia Boss |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri · as Cedric Connolly |
| 2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse · as Pentagon Scientist |
| 2015 | 12 Monkeys (TV Series) · as Leland Goines |
| 2014 | Legends · as The Founding Father |
| 2014 | Madam Secretary (TV Series) · as Russell Jackson |
| 2014 | Legends (2014) (TV Series) · as Founding Father |
| 2013 | The Americans (2013) (TV Series) · as John Skeevers |
| 2013 | Banshee Origins (TV Series) · as Jim Racine |
| 2013 | Banshee (TV Series) · as Jim Racine |
| 2012 | Rescued from Tehran: We Were There · as Robert Pender |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths · as Paolo |
| 2012 | Argo · as Robert Pender |
| 2012 | The Mob Doctor (TV Series) · as Dr. Stafford White |
| 2012 | Revolution (TV Series) · as Dr. Calvin Horn |
| 2012 | The Words · as Joseph Cutler |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy · as Dr. Donald Foite |
| 2011 | Tower Heist · as Director Mazin |
| 2011 | Suits (TV Series) · as Eric Woodall |
| 2010 | The Event (TV Series) · as Blake Sterling |
| 2009 | White Collar (TV Series) · as Brett Forsythe |
| 2008 | The Mentalist (TV Series) · as Dr. Linus Wagner |
| 2008 | True Blood (TV Series) · as Magister |
| 2008 | John Adams (TV Series) · as John Dickinson |
| 2008 | In Bruges · as Canadian Guy |
| 2007 | Damages (TV Series) · as Ray Fiske |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard · as Agent Molina |
| 2007 | Ascension Day · as Master Travis |
| 2006 | The Hoax · as Ralph Graves |
| 2006 | Heroes (TV Series) · as Emile Danko |
| 2006 | Shark (TV Series) · as Elliott Dasher |
| 2006 | Big Love (TV Series) · as Jj |
| 2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Carl Decker |
| 2005 | The Inside (TV Series) · as Teddy Bunch |
| 2005 | Manderlay · as Dr. Hector |
| 2005 | Numb3rs (TV Series) · as William Fraley |
| 2004 | House (TV Series) · as Jason |
| 2004 | Lost (TV Series) · as Edmund Burke |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate · as Vaughn Utly |
| 2004 | The Jury (2004) (TV Series) · as Mason Garvey |
| 2004 | Touching Evil (US) (TV Series) · as Ronald Hinks |
| 2003 | The Reagans · as Michael Deaver |
| 2003 | The Reagans (TV Series) · as Michael Deaver |
| 2003 | Cold Case (TV Series) · as John Doe |
| 2003 | Dogville · as Ben |
| 2003 | Queens Supreme (TV Series) · as Carl Sipple |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone (2002) (TV Series) · as Er Chief |
| 2002 | Unfaithful · as Detective Dean |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down · as Ltc Gary Harrell |
| 2001 | 24 (TV Series) · as Andre Drazen |
| 2001 | Crossing Jordan (TV Series) · as Elliot Mccafferty |
| 2001 | The Job (TV Series) · as Peter |
| 2001 | Hannibal · as Dr. Cordell Doemling |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as Andrew Melton |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark · as District Attorney |
| 2000 | Homicide: The Movie · as Ed Danvers |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal · as Thomas Mann Randolph |
| 2000 | Sally Hemings: An American Scandal (TV Series) · as Thomas Mann Randolph |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars · as Dr. Whitman |
| 1999 | The West Wing (TV Series) · as Steve Atwood |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) · as Everett Drake |
| 1999 | Dash and Lilly · as Mel Berman |
| 1998 | A Civil Action · as Bill Crowley |
| 1998 | Anatomy of a 'Homicide: Life on the Street' · as Asa Ed Danvers |
| 1998 | Trinity (TV Series) · as Tim Holloway |
| 1998 | The Rat Pack · as Bobby Kennedy |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon (TV Series) · as Ken Mattingly |
| 1998 | Nowhere to Go · as Principal Jack Walker |
| 1997 | Ellen Foster · as Educational Psychologist |
| 1997 | Players (TV Series) · as Eduard Micah |
| 1997 | C-16: FBI (TV Series) · as Loren Bitts |
| 1997 | Total Security (TV Series) · as Ronald Ducote |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal (TV Series) · as Judge Marshal Pink |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | Oz (TV Series) · as Governor James Devlin |
| 1997 | The Practice (TV Series) · as Assistant D.a. General Mark Mcgovern |
| 1997 | Donnie Brasco · as Tim Curley |
| 1996 | The Associate · as Sec Agent Thompkins |
| 1996 | Millennium (TV Series) · as Dr. Daniel 'danny' Miller |
| 1996 | Infinity · as Bill Price |
| 1996 | After Jimmy · as Dr. Darren Walters |
| 1996 | Courage Under Fire · as Banacek |
| 1996 | White Squall · as Sanders |
| 1995 | Truman · as Eddie Jacobsen |
| 1995 | My Brother's Keeper · as Dr. Hill |
| 1994 | ER (TV Series) · as Bruce Resnick |
| 1994 | Chicago Hope (TV Series) · as Eugene Ramsey |
| 1993 | NYPD Blue (TV Series) · as Justin Deroos |
| 1993 | Frasier (TV Series) · as Arnold Shaw |
| 1993 | The X-Files (TV Series) · as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) · as Ed Danvers |
| 1992 | School Ties · as Mr. Cleary |
| 1991 | |
| 1991 | Aftermath: A Test of Love · as Matt |
| 1990 | Law & Order (TV Series) · as Charles Banks |
| 1987 | Echoes in the Darkness (TV Series) · as Vince Valaitis |
| 1987 | Rachel River · as Momo |
| 1986 | L.A. Law (TV Series) · as Joel Lassen |
| 1984 | Mass Appeal · as Mark Dolson |
| 1984 | The Sun Also Rises (TV Series) · as Bill Gorton |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote (TV Series) · as Eddie Saunders |
| 1982 | St. Elsewhere (TV Series) · as Mark Dolson |
| 1982 | The Sender · as John Doe #83 |
| 1982 | Tex · as Hitchhiker |
| 1982 | The Soldier · as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady |
| 1980 | American Playhouse (TV Series) · as George Deever |
| 1971 | Great Performances (TV Series) · as March Hare |
| 1956 | The Edge of Night (TV Series) · as Sammy Wheaton |