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.
as The Croat(15 eps)
as Arthur Logan(5 eps)
as Sullivan(8 eps)
as Le Coq
as CIA Boss
as Desk Sergeant
as Pentagon Scientist
as Leland Goines(3 eps)
as Russell Jackson(120 eps)
as Founding Father(1 ep)
as The Founding Father
as John Skeevers(1 ep)
as Jim Racine(3 eps)
as Paolo
as Robert Pender
as Dr. Stafford White(13 eps)
as Calvin Horn(5 eps)
as Joseph Cutler
as Dr. Donald Foite
as Director Mazin
as Eric Woodall(4 eps)
as Blake Sterling(22 eps)
as Brett Forsythe(1 ep)
as Dr. Linus Wagner(2 eps)
as Magister(5 eps)
as John Dickinson(1 ep)
as Canadian Guy
as Ray Fiske(16 eps)
as Asst. Deputy Director Molina
as Ralph Graves
as Emile Danko(13 eps)
as Elliott Dasher(2 eps)
as JJ(19 eps)
as Carl Decker(1 ep)
as Teddy Bunch(1 ep)
as Dr. Hector
as William Fraley(1 ep)
as Jason(1 ep)
as Edmund Burke(1 ep)
as Vaughn Utly
as Self
as Michael Deaver
as Michael Deaver(2 eps)
as John Doe(1 ep)
as Ben
as ER Chief(1 ep)
as Detective Dean
as Harrell
as Andre Drazen(14 eps)
as Elliot McCafferty(1 ep)
as Dr. Cordell Doemling
as Andrew Melton(1 ep)
as District Attorney
as Ed Danvers
as Thomas Mann Randolph
as Thomas Mann Randolph(2 eps)
as Dr. Whitman
as Steve Atwood(2 eps)
as Everett Drake(1 ep)
as Mel Berman
as Bill Crowley
as Bobby Kennedy
as Ken Mattingly(1 ep)
as Principal Jack Walker
as Educational Psychologist
as Judge Marshal Pink(1 ep)
as Governor James Devlin(32 eps)
as Assistant D.A. General Mark McGovern(1 ep)
as U.S. Atty. Sanders(1 ep)
as Matthew Davies(1 ep)
as Tim Curley
as SEC Agent Thompkins
as Dr. Daniel 'Danny' Miller(1 ep)
as Bill Price
as Dr. Darren Walters
as Banacek
as Sanders
as Eddie Jacobsen
as Dr. Hill
as Bruce Resnick(1 ep)
as Eugene Ramsey(1 ep)
as Arnold Shaw(1 ep)
as Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable(1 ep)
as Ed Danvers(37 eps)
as Mr. Cleary
as Donald Barnes
as Matt
as Richard Kaplan(1 ep)
as Phillip Swann(1 ep)
as Ed Danvers(2 eps)
as Charles Banks(3 eps)
as Willy
as Momo
as Vince Valaitis
as Vince Valaitis(2 eps)
as George Deever
as Joel Lassen(1 ep)
as Mark Dolson
as Bill Gorton(2 eps)
as Eddie Saunders(1 ep)
as March Hare
as Mark Dolson(1 ep)
as John Doe #83
as Hitchhiker
as Bombmaker / Faux-Cleaning Lady
as George Keller(1 ep)
as Momo(1 ep)
as March Hare(1 ep)