Zeljko Ivanek
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Everett Drake
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Andrew Melton
Law & Order
Richard Kaplan
Law & Order
Phillip Swann
Law & Order
Ed Danvers
Law & Order
Charles Banks
House
Jason
Bones
Carl Decker
The X-Files
Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
The Mentalist
Dr. Linus Wagner
Suits
Eric Woodall
Frasier
Arnold Shaw
Lost
Edmund Burke
Homicide: Life on the Street
Ed Danvers
Murder, She Wrote
Eddie Saunders
Great Performances
March Hare
The West Wing
Steve Atwood
ER
Bruce Resnick
Crossing Jordan
Elliot McCafferty
24
Andre Drazen
Cold Case
John Doe
White Collar
Brett Forsythe
The Practice
Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern
Damages
Ray Fiske
Heroes
Emile Danko
Banshee
Jim Racine
The Americans
John Skeevers
Oz
Governor James Devlin
The Walking Dead: Dead City
The Croat
True Blood
Magister
Madam Secretary
Russell Jackson
12 Monkeys
Leland Goines
The Twilight Zone
ER Chief
Big Love
JJ
From the Earth to the Moon
Ken Mattingly
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Cedric Connolly
Revolution
Dr. Calvin Horn
Legends
Founding Father
The Event
Blake Sterling
John Adams
John Dickinson
Ally McBeal
Judge Marshal Pink
The Inside
Teddy Bunch
Let the Right One In
Arthur Logan
Black Hawk Down
LTC Gary Harrell
Now and Then
Sullivan
If Not for You
Elliot Gordon
X-Men: Apocalypse
Pentagon Scientist
Argo
Robert Pender
Unfaithful
Detective Dean
The Last Duel
Le Coq
The Mob Doctor
Dr. Stafford White
Live Free or Die Hard
Asst. Deputy Director Molina
The Bourne Legacy
Dr. Donald Foite
The Reagans
Michael Deaver
In Bruges
Canadian Guy
The Courier
CIA Boss
Donnie Brasco
Tim Curley
Seven Psychopaths
Paolo
Dogville
Ben
Dancer in the Dark
District Attorney
Tower Heist
Director Mazin
A Civil Action
Bill Crowley
The Manchurian Candidate
Vaughn Utly
The Words
Joseph Cutler
Courage Under Fire
Banacek
Our Sons
Donald Barnes
The Hoax
Ralph Graves
School Ties
Mr. Cleary
White Squall
Sanders
Echoes in the Darkness
Vince Valaitis
Manderlay
Dr. Hector
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Thomas Mann Randolph
Hannibal
Dr. Cordell Doemling
The Sun Also Rises
Bill Gorton
Snow Falling on Cedars
Dr. Whitman
The Associate
SEC Agent Thompkins
The Soldier
Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
The Rat Pack
Bobby Kennedy
Tex
Hitchhiker
Infinity
Bill Price
Ellen Foster
Educational Psychologist
The Sender
John Doe #83
Homicide: The Movie
Ed Danvers
Truman
Eddie Jacobsen
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
Self
Julian Po
Rachel River
Momo
The Reagans
Michael Deaver
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Thomas Mann Randolph
Dogville Confessions
Self
Alice in Wonderland
March Hare
Mass Appeal
Mark Dolson
Echoes in the Darkness
Vince Valaitis
After Jimmy
Dr. Darren Walters
Aftermath: A Test of Love
Matt
My Brother's Keeper
Dr. Hill
All My Sons
George Deever
Dash and Lilly
Mel Berman
Artificial Paradise
Willy
Nowhere to Go
Principal Jack Walker