
Zeljko Ivanek
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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

Law & Order

Murder, She Wrote

ER

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Cold Case

White Collar

The Mentalist

Crossing Jordan

True Blood

24

The X-Files

Homicide: Life on the Street

Suits

The Twilight Zone

Oz

Bones

From the Earth to the Moon

Lost

Revolution

The West Wing

The Americans

Frasier

Banshee

12 Monkeys

House

Let the Right One In

Heroes

X-Men: Apocalypse

Big Love

Black Hawk Down

The Manchurian Candidate

Tower Heist

The Courier

Courage Under Fire

In Bruges

The Bourne Legacy

Argo

The Associate

Live Free or Die Hard

Damages

Dogville

School Ties

John Adams

The Last Duel

The Event

Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri

Now and Then

Donnie Brasco

Echoes in the Darkness

Sally Hemings: An American Scandal

After Jimmy

Hannibal

The Rat Pack

A Civil Action

The Sun Also Rises

The Walking Dead: Dead City

My Brother's Keeper

Madam Secretary

The Reagans

The Sender
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