Željko Ivanek

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.

Known For

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

The Mentalist

Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Bones

All Movies (51)

• The Last Duel2021 · as Le Coq
• The Courier2020 · as CIA Boss
• Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri2017 · as Desk Sergeant
• X-Men: Apocalypse2016 · as Pentagon Scientist
• Seven Psychopaths2012 · as Paolo
• Argo2012 · as Robert Pender
• That Guy... Who Was in That Thing2012 · as Self
• The Words2012 · as Joseph Cutler
• The Bourne Legacy2012 · as Dr. Donald Foite
• Tower Heist2011 · as Director Mazin
• In Bruges2008 · as Canadian Guy
• Live Free or Die Hard2007 · as Asst. Deputy Director Molina
• The Hoax2006 · as Ralph Graves
• Manderlay2005 · as Dr. Hector
• The Manchurian Candidate2004 · as Vaughn Utly
• Dogville Confessions2004 · as Self
• The Reagans2003 · as Michael Deaver
• Dogville2003 · as Ben
• Unfaithful2002 · as Detective Dean
• Black Hawk Down2001 · as LTC Gary Harrell
• Hannibal2001 · as Dr. Cordell Doemling
• Dancer in the Dark2000 · as District Attorney
• Homicide: The Movie2000 · as Ed Danvers
• Sally Hemings: An American Scandal2000 · as Thomas Mann Randolph
• Snow Falling on Cedars1999 · as Dr. Whitman
• Dash and Lilly1999 · as Mel Berman
• A Civil Action1998 · as Bill Crowley
• The Rat Pack1998 · as Bobby Kennedy
• Nowhere to Go1998 · as Principal Jack Walker
• Ellen Foster1997 · as Educational Psychologist
• Julian Po1997
• Donnie Brasco1997 · as Tim Curley
• The Associate1996 · as SEC Agent Thompkins
• Infinity1996 · as Bill Price
• After Jimmy1996 · as Dr. Darren Walters
• Courage Under Fire1996 · as Banacek
• White Squall1996 · as Sanders
• Truman1995 · as Eddie Jacobsen
• My Brother's Keeper1995 · as Dr. Hill
• School Ties1992 · as Mr. Cleary
• Our Sons1991 · as Donald Barnes
• Aftermath: A Test of Love1991 · as Matt
• Artificial Paradise1990 · as Willy
• Rachel River1989 · as Momo
• Echoes in the Darkness1987 · as Vince Valaitis
• All My Sons1987 · as George Deever
• Mass Appeal1984 · as Mark Dolson
• Alice in Wonderland1983 · as March Hare
• The Sender1982 · as John Doe #83
• Tex1982 · as Hitchhiker
• The Soldier1982 · as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady

All TV Shows (56)

• The Walking Dead: Dead City2023 · as The Croat
• Let the Right One In2022 · as Arthur Logan
• Now and Then2022 · as Sullivan
• 12 Monkeys2015 · as Leland Goines
• Madam Secretary2014 · as Russell Jackson
• Legends2014 · as Founding Father
• The Americans2013 · as John Skeevers
• Banshee2013 · as Jim Racine
• The Mob Doctor2012 · as Dr. Stafford White
• Revolution2012 · as Calvin Horn
• Suits2011 · as Eric Woodall
• The Event2010 · as Blake Sterling
• White Collar2009 · as Brett Forsythe
• The Mentalist2008 · as Dr. Linus Wagner
• True Blood2008 · as Magister
• John Adams2008 · as John Dickinson
• Damages2007 · as Ray Fiske
• Heroes2006 · as Emile Danko
• Shark2006 · as Elliott Dasher
• Big Love2006 · as JJ
• Bones2005 · as Carl Decker
• The Inside2005 · as Teddy Bunch
• Numb3rs2005 · as William Fraley
• House2004 · as Jason
• Lost2004 · as Edmund Burke
• The Reagans2003 · as Michael Deaver
• Cold Case2003 · as John Doe
• The Twilight Zone2002 · as ER Chief
• 242001 · as Andre Drazen
• Crossing Jordan2001 · as Elliot McCafferty
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation2000 · as Andrew Melton
• Sally Hemings: An American Scandal2000 · as Thomas Mann Randolph
• The West Wing1999 · as Steve Atwood
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Everett Drake
• From the Earth to the Moon1998 · as Ken Mattingly
• Ally McBeal1997 · as Judge Marshal Pink
• Oz1997 · as Governor James Devlin
• The Practice1997 · as Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern
• The Practice1997 · as U.S. Atty. Sanders
• The Practice1997 · as Matthew Davies
• Millennium1996 · as Dr. Daniel 'Danny' Miller
• ER1994 · as Bruce Resnick
• Chicago Hope1994 · as Eugene Ramsey
• Frasier1993 · as Arnold Shaw
• The X-Files1993 · as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable
• Homicide: Life on the Street1993 · as Ed Danvers
• Law & Order1990 · as Richard Kaplan
• Law & Order1990 · as Phillip Swann
• Law & Order1990 · as Ed Danvers
• Law & Order1990 · as Charles Banks
• Echoes in the Darkness1987 · as Vince Valaitis
• L.A. Law1986 · as Joel Lassen
• The Sun Also Rises1984 · as Bill Gorton
• Murder, She Wrote1984 · as Eddie Saunders
• St. Elsewhere1982 · as Mark Dolson
• Great Performances1971 · as March Hare