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Željko Ivanek
Ljubljana, Yugoslavia [now Slovenia]
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…
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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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2023
The Walking Dead: Dead City
TV show The Croat
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2022
Let the Right One In
TV show Arthur Logan
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2022
Now and Then
TV show Sullivan
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2021
The Last Duel
Movie Le Coq
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2020
The Courier
Movie CIA Boss
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2017
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Movie Desk Sergeant
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2016
X-Men: Apocalypse
Movie Pentagon Scientist
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2015
12 Monkeys
TV show Leland Goines
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2014
Madam Secretary
TV show Russell Jackson
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2014
Legends
TV show Founding Father
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2013
The Americans
TV show John Skeevers
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2013
Banshee
TV show Jim Racine
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2012
Seven Psychopaths
Movie Paolo
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2012
Argo
Movie Robert Pender
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2012
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
Movie Self
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2012
Revolution
TV show Calvin Horn
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2012
The Mob Doctor
TV show Dr. Stafford White
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2012
The Words
Movie Joseph Cutler
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2012
The Bourne Legacy
Movie Dr. Donald Foite
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2011
Tower Heist
Movie Director Mazin
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2011
Suits
TV show Eric Woodall
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2010
The Event
TV show Blake Sterling
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2009
White Collar
TV show Brett Forsythe
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2008
The Mentalist
TV show Dr. Linus Wagner
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2008
True Blood
TV show Magister
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2008
John Adams
TV show John Dickinson
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2008
In Bruges
Movie Canadian Guy
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2007
Damages
TV show Ray Fiske
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2007
Live Free or Die Hard
Movie Asst. Deputy Director Molina
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2006
The Hoax
Movie Ralph Graves
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2006
Heroes
TV show Emile Danko
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2006
Shark
TV show Elliott Dasher
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2006
Big Love
TV show JJ
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2005
Bones
TV show Carl Decker
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2005
The Inside
TV show Teddy Bunch
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2005
Manderlay
Movie Dr. Hector
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2005
Numb3rs
TV show William Fraley
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2004
House
TV show Jason
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2004
Lost
TV show Edmund Burke
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2004
The Manchurian Candidate
Movie Vaughn Utly
