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Zeljko Ivanek
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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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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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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Law & Order
Murder, She Wrote
ER
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Tony Awards
Cold Case
Ally McBeal
The Practice
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
Let the Right One In
House
Heroes
X-Men: Apocalypse
Big Love
Black Hawk Down
The Manchurian Candidate
Tower Heist
The Courier
Courage Under Fire
The Bourne Legacy
In Bruges
Live Free or Die Hard
Argo
The Associate
Truman
Damages
Dogville
The Event
The Last Duel
John Adams
School Ties
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Now and Then
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
Echoes in the Darkness
After Jimmy
Donnie Brasco
Hannibal
The Rat Pack
The Sun Also Rises
A Civil Action
My Brother's Keeper
The Walking Dead: Dead City
Madam Secretary
The Reagans
The Sender
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
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