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.
Acted in
The Walking Dead: Dead City
2023
as The Croat
Let the Right One In
2022
as Arthur Logan
Now and Then
2022
as Sullivan
The Last Duel
2021
as Le Coq
The Courier
2020
as CIA Boss
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
as Cedric Connolly
X-Men: Apocalypse
2016
as Pentagon Scientist
12 Monkeys
2015
as Leland Goines
Madam Secretary
2014
as Russell Jackson
Legends
2014
as Founding Father
The Americans
2013
as John Skeevers
Banshee
2013
as Jim Racine
Seven Psychopaths
2012
as Paolo
Argo
2012
as Robert Pender
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
2012
as Self
The Mob Doctor
2012
as Dr. Stafford White
Revolution
2012
as Dr. Calvin Horn
The Words
2012
as Joseph Cutler
The Bourne Legacy
2012
as Dr. Donald Foite
Tower Heist
2011
as Director Mazin
Suits
2011
as Eric Woodall
The Event
2010
as Blake Sterling
White Collar
2009
as Brett Forsythe
The Mentalist
2008
as Dr. Linus Wagner
True Blood
2008
as Magister
John Adams
2008
as John Dickinson
In Bruges
2008
as Canadian Guy
Damages
2007
as Ray Fiske
Live Free or Die Hard
2007
as Agent Molina
The Hoax
2006
as Ralph Graves
Heroes
2006
as Emile Danko
Big Love
2006
as JJ
Bones
2005
as Carl Decker
Manderlay
2005
as Dr. Hector
House
2004
as Jason
Lost
2004
as Edmund Burke
The Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Vaughn Utly
Dogville Confessions
2004
as Self
The Reagans
2003
as Michael Deaver
The Reagans
2003
as Michael Deaver
Cold Case
2003
as John Doe
Dogville
2003
as Ben
The Twilight Zone
2002
as ER Chief
Unfaithful
2002
as Detective Dean
Black Hawk Down
2001
as LTC Gary Harrell
24
2001
as Andre Drazen
Crossing Jordan
2001
as Elliot McCafferty
Hannibal
2001
as Dr. Cordell Doemling
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Andrew Melton
Dancer in the Dark
2000
as District Attorney
Homicide: The Movie
2000
as Ed Danvers
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Mann Randolph
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Mann Randolph
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
as Dr. Whitman
The West Wing
1999
as Steve Atwood
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Everett Drake
Dash and Lilly
1999
as Mel Berman
A Civil Action
1998
as Bill Crowley
Ellen Foster
1998
as Educational Psychologist
The Rat Pack
1998
as Bobby Kennedy
From the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Ken Mattingly
Nowhere to Go
1998
as Principal Jack Walker
Julian Po
1997
Oz
1997
as Governor James Devlin
Donnie Brasco
1997
as Tim Curley
The Associate
1996
as SEC Agent Thompkins
Infinity
1996
as Bill Price
After Jimmy
1996
as Dr. Darren Walters
Courage Under Fire
1996
as Banacek
White Squall
1996
as Sanders
If Not for You
1995
as Elliot Gordon
Truman
1995
as Eddie Jacobsen
My Brother's Keeper
1995
as Dr. Hill
ER
1994
as Bruce Resnick
Frasier
1993
as Arnold Shaw
The X-Files
1993
as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Ed Danvers
School Ties
1992
as Mr. Cleary
Our Sons
1991
as Donald Barnes
Aftermath: A Test of Love
1991
as Matt
Law & Order
1990
as Richard Kaplan
Law & Order
1990
as Phillip Swann
Law & Order
1990
as Ed Danvers
Law & Order
1990
as Charles Banks
Artificial Paradise
1990
as Willy
Rachel River
1988
as Momo
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as Vince Valaitis
Echoes in the Darkness
1987
as Vince Valaitis
All My Sons
1987
as George Deever
Mass Appeal
1984
as Mark Dolson
The Sun Also Rises
1984
as Bill Gorton
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Eddie Saunders
Alice in Wonderland
1983
as March Hare
The Sender
1982
as John Doe #83
Tex
1982
as Hitchhiker
The Soldier
1982
as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
Great Performances
1971
as March Hare