
Željko 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.
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The Walking Dead: Dead City
as The Croat

Let the Right One In
as Arthur Logan

Now and Then
as Sullivan

The Last Duel
as Le Coq

The Courier
as CIA Boss

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
as Desk Sergeant

12 Monkeys
as Leland Goines

Madam Secretary
as Russell Jackson

Legends
as Founding Father

The Americans
as John Skeevers

Seven Psychopaths
as Paolo

Argo
as Robert Pender

That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
as Self

The Mob Doctor
as Dr. Stafford White

Revolution
as Calvin Horn

The Words
as Joseph Cutler

The Bourne Legacy
as Dr. Donald Foite

Tower Heist
as Director Mazin

Suits
as Eric Woodall

The Event
as Blake Sterling

White Collar
as Brett Forsythe

True Blood
as Magister

John Adams
as John Dickinson

In Bruges
as Canadian Guy

Damages
as Ray Fiske

Live Free or Die Hard
as Asst. Deputy Director Molina

The Hoax
as Ralph Graves

Heroes
as Emile Danko

Shark
as Elliott Dasher

Big Love
as JJ

Bones
as Carl Decker

The Inside
as Teddy Bunch

Manderlay
as Dr. Hector

Numb3rs
as William Fraley

House
as Jason

The Manchurian Candidate
as Vaughn Utly

Dogville Confessions
as Self

The Reagans
as Michael Deaver

The Reagans
as Michael Deaver

Cold Case
as John Doe

Dogville
as Ben

The Twilight Zone
as ER Chief

Black Hawk Down
as Harrell

24
as Andre Drazen

Crossing Jordan
as Elliot McCafferty

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Andrew Melton

Dancer in the Dark
as District Attorney

Homicide: The Movie
as Ed Danvers

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Thomas Mann Randolph

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
as Thomas Mann Randolph

Snow Falling on Cedars
as Dr. Whitman

The West Wing
as Steve Atwood

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Everett Drake

Dash and Lilly
as Mel Berman

A Civil Action
as Bill Crowley

The Rat Pack
as Bobby Kennedy

From the Earth to the Moon
as Ken Mattingly

Ellen Foster
as Educational Psychologist

Ally McBeal
as Judge Marshal Pink

Julian Po
as Unknown

Oz
as Governor James Devlin

The Practice
as Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern

The Practice
as U.S. Atty. Sanders

The Practice
as Matthew Davies

Donnie Brasco
as Tim Curley

The Associate
as SEC Agent Thompkins

Millennium
as Dr. Daniel 'Danny' Miller

Infinity
as Bill Price

Courage Under Fire
as Banacek

White Squall
as Sanders

Truman
as Eddie Jacobsen

ER
as Bruce Resnick

Chicago Hope
as Eugene Ramsey

Frasier
as Arnold Shaw

The X-Files
as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable

Homicide: Life on the Street
as Ed Danvers

School Ties
as Mr. Cleary

Our Sons
as Donald Barnes

Aftermath: A Test of Love
as Matt

Law & Order
as Richard Kaplan

Law & Order
as Phillip Swann

Law & Order
as Ed Danvers

Law & Order
as Charles Banks

Artificial Paradise
as Willy

Rachel River
as Momo

Echoes in the Darkness
as Vince Valaitis

Echoes in the Darkness
as Vince Valaitis

All My Sons
as George Deever

L.A. Law
as Joel Lassen

Mass Appeal
as Mark Dolson

The Sun Also Rises
as Bill Gorton

Murder, She Wrote
as Eddie Saunders

Alice in Wonderland
as March Hare

St. Elsewhere
as Mark Dolson

The Sender
as John Doe #83

Tex
as Hitchhiker

The Soldier
as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady

American Playhouse
as George Keller

American Playhouse
as Momo

Great Performances
as March Hare





