Acting · Ljubljana, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia] · Born August 15, 1957
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.
TVThe Walking Dead: Dead City
2023
as The Croat
TVLet the Right One In
2022
as Arthur Logan
TVNow and Then
2022
as Sullivan
MovieThe Last Duel
2021
as Le Coq
MovieThe Courier
2020
as CIA Boss
MovieThree Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
2017
as Desk Sergeant
MovieX-Men: Apocalypse
2016
as Pentagon Scientist
TV12 Monkeys
2015
as Leland Goines
TVMadam Secretary
2014
as Russell Jackson
TVLegends
2014
as Founding Father
TVThe Americans
2013
as John Skeevers
TVBanshee
2013
as Jim Racine
MovieSeven Psychopaths
2012
as Paolo
MovieArgo
2012
as Robert Pender
MovieThat Guy... Who Was in That Thing
2012
as Self
TVThe Mob Doctor
2012
as Dr. Stafford White
TVRevolution
2012
as Calvin Horn
MovieThe Words
2012
as Joseph Cutler
MovieThe Bourne Legacy
2012
as Dr. Donald Foite
MovieTower Heist
2011
as Director Mazin
TVSuits
2011
as Eric Woodall
TVThe Event
2010
as Blake Sterling
TVWhite Collar
2009
as Brett Forsythe
TVThe Mentalist
2008
as Dr. Linus Wagner
TVTrue Blood
2008
as Magister
TVJohn Adams
2008
as John Dickinson
MovieIn Bruges
2008
as Canadian Guy
TVDamages
2007
as Ray Fiske
MovieLive Free or Die Hard
2007
as Asst. Deputy Director Molina
MovieThe Hoax
2006
as Ralph Graves
TVHeroes
2006
as Emile Danko
TVShark
2006
as Elliott Dasher
TVBig Love
2006
as JJ
TVBones
2005
as Carl Decker
TVThe Inside
2005
as Teddy Bunch
MovieManderlay
2005
as Dr. Hector
TVNumb3rs
2005
as William Fraley
TVHouse
2004
as Jason
TVLost
2004
as Edmund Burke
MovieThe Manchurian Candidate
2004
as Vaughn Utly
MovieDogville Confessions
2004
as Self
MovieThe Reagans
2003
as Michael Deaver
TVThe Reagans
2003
as Michael Deaver
TVCold Case
2003
as John Doe
MovieDogville
2003
as Ben
TVThe Twilight Zone
2002
as ER Chief
MovieUnfaithful
2002
as Detective Dean
MovieBlack Hawk Down
2001
as LTC Gary Harrell
TV24
2001
as Andre Drazen
TVCrossing Jordan
2001
as Elliot McCafferty
MovieHannibal
2001
as Dr. Cordell Doemling
TVCSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Andrew Melton
MovieDancer in the Dark
2000
as District Attorney
MovieHomicide: The Movie
2000
as Ed Danvers
MovieSally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Mann Randolph
TVSally Hemings: An American Scandal
2000
as Thomas Mann Randolph
MovieSnow Falling on Cedars
1999
as Dr. Whitman
TVThe West Wing
1999
as Steve Atwood
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Everett Drake
MovieDash and Lilly
1999
as Mel Berman
MovieA Civil Action
1998
as Bill Crowley
MovieThe Rat Pack
1998
as Bobby Kennedy
TVFrom the Earth to the Moon
1998
as Ken Mattingly
Nowhere to Go
1998
as Principal Jack Walker
MovieEllen Foster
1997
as Educational Psychologist
TVAlly McBeal
1997
as Judge Marshal Pink
MovieJulian Po
1997
TVOz
1997
as Governor James Devlin
TVThe Practice
1997
as Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern
MovieDonnie Brasco
1997
as Tim Curley
MovieThe Associate
1996
as SEC Agent Thompkins
TVMillennium
1996
as Dr. Daniel 'Danny' Miller
MovieInfinity
1996
as Bill Price
After Jimmy
1996
as Dr. Darren Walters
MovieCourage Under Fire
1996
as Banacek
MovieWhite Squall
1996
as Sanders
MovieTruman
1995
as Eddie Jacobsen
My Brother's Keeper
1995
as Dr. Hill
TVER
1994
as Bruce Resnick
TVChicago Hope
1994
as Eugene Ramsey
TVFrasier
1993
as Arnold Shaw
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
TVHomicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Ed Danvers
MovieSchool Ties
1992
as Mr. Cleary
MovieOur Sons
1991
as Donald Barnes
MovieAftermath: A Test of Love
1991
as Matt
TVLaw & Order
1990
as Richard Kaplan
MovieArtificial Paradise
1990
as Willy
MovieRachel River
1989
as Momo
MovieEchoes in the Darkness
1987
as Vince Valaitis
TVEchoes in the Darkness
1987
as Vince Valaitis
MovieAll My Sons
1987
as George Deever
TVL.A. Law
1986
as Joel Lassen
MovieMass Appeal
1984
as Mark Dolson
TVThe Sun Also Rises
1984
as Bill Gorton
TVMurder, She Wrote
1984
as Eddie Saunders
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1983
as March Hare
TVSt. Elsewhere
1982
as Mark Dolson
MovieThe Sender
1982
as John Doe #83
MovieTex
1982
as Hitchhiker
MovieThe Soldier
1982
as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
TVAmerican Playhouse
1982
as George Keller
TVGreat Performances
1971
as March Hare
