Zeljko Ivanek
Acting
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.
Born: August 15, 1957
Place of Birth: Ljubljana, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia]
Known For
Filmography
as The Croat
as Arthur Logan
as Sullivan
as Le Coq
as CIA Boss
as Cedric Connolly
as Pentagon Scientist
as Leland Goines
as Russell Jackson
as Founding Father
as John Skeevers
as Jim Racine
as Paolo
as Robert Pender
as Dr. Stafford White
as Dr. Calvin Horn
as Joseph Cutler
as Dr. Donald Foite
as Director Mazin
as Eric Woodall
as Blake Sterling
as Brett Forsythe
as Dr. Linus Wagner
as Magister
as John Dickinson
as Canadian Guy
as Ray Fiske
as Asst. Deputy Director Molina
as Ralph Graves
as Emile Danko
as JJ
as Carl Decker
as Teddy Bunch
as Dr. Hector
as William Fraley
as Jason
as Edmund Burke
as Vaughn Utly
as Self
as Michael Deaver
as Michael Deaver
as John Doe
as Ben
as ER Chief
as Detective Dean
as LTC Gary Harrell
as Andre Drazen
as Elliot McCafferty
as Dr. Cordell Doemling
as Andrew Melton
as District Attorney
as Thomas Mann Randolph
as Thomas Mann Randolph
as Ed Danvers
as Dr. Whitman
as Steve Atwood
as Everett Drake
as Mel Berman
as Bill Crowley
as Educational Psychologist
as Bobby Kennedy
as Ken Mattingly
as Judge Marshal Pink
as Governor James Devlin
as Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern
as U.S. Atty. Sanders
as Matthew Davies
as Tim Curley
as Dr. Daniel 'Danny' Miller
as SEC Agent Thompkins
as Bill Price
as Banacek
as Sanders
as Eddie Jacobsen
as Dr. Hill
as Bruce Resnick
as Arnold Shaw
as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
as Ed Danvers
as Mr. Cleary
as Donald Barnes
as Matt
as Richard Kaplan
as Phillip Swann
as Ed Danvers
as Charles Banks
as Willy
as Momo
as Vince Valaitis
as Vince Valaitis
as George Deever
as Mark Dolson
as Bill Gorton
as Eddie Saunders
as March Hare
as John Doe #83
as Hitchhiker
as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
as March Hare
as Self - Nominee