Cast
Željko Ivanek
Acting
Cast
Željko Ivanek
Known for
Acting
Born
1957-08-15
From
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia]
Biography
Ĺ˝eljko 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 (2007â2010), for which he won the 2008 Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor. He also appeared as Ed Danvers on Homicide: Life on the Street (1993â1999) and Russell Jackson on the CBS drama Madam Secretary (2014â2019), and has had recurring roles on series such as Oz (1997â2003), 24 (2002), True Blood (2008), Heroes (2009), Big Love (2009â2010), Banshee (2014), and 12 Monkeys (2015â2017). Since 2023, he has starred as "The Croat" on AMC's The Walking Dead: Dead City.
Unfaithful
as Detective Dean
Black Hawk Down
as LTC Gary Harrell
X-Men: Apocalypse
as Pentagon Scientist
Argo
as Robert Pender
Live Free or Die Hard
as Asst. Deputy Director Molina
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
as Desk Sergeant
The Bourne Legacy
as Dr. Donald Foite
School Ties
as Mr. Cleary
In Bruges
as Canadian Guy
The Last Duel
as Le Coq
Donnie Brasco
as Tim Curley
Seven Psychopaths
as Paolo
Dogville
as Ben
Tower Heist
as Director Mazin
The Words
as Joseph Cutler
Dancer in the Dark
as District Attorney
White Squall
as Sanders
The Courier
as CIA Boss
The Manchurian Candidate
as Vaughn Utly
Courage Under Fire
as Banacek
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Dr. Whitman
Manderlay
as Dr. Hector
The Associate
as SEC Agent Thompkins
A Civil Action
as Bill Crowley
Hannibal
as Dr. Cordell Doemling
The Hoax
as Ralph Graves
Ellen Foster
as Educational Psychologist
Dogville Confessions
as Self
Homicide: The Movie
as Ed Danvers
The Soldier
as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
Infinity
as Bill Price
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Thomas Mann Randolph
Tex
as Hitchhiker
Truman
as Eddie Jacobsen
Echoes in the Darkness
as Vince Valaitis
The Reagans
as Michael Deaver
The Rat Pack
as Bobby Kennedy
Our Sons
as Donald Barnes
Julian Po
My Brother's Keeper
as Dr. Hill
Mass Appeal
as Mark Dolson
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
as Self
Aftermath: A Test of Love
as Matt
After Jimmy
as Dr. Darren Walters
The Sender
as John Doe #83
All My Sons
as George Deever
Rachel River
as Momo
Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare
Artificial Paradise
as Willy
Dash and Lilly
as Mel Berman
Nowhere to Go
as Principal Jack Walker