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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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
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
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
Live Free or Die Hard
In Bruges
The Bourne Legacy
Argo
The Associate
Truman
Damages
Dogville
School Ties
The Last Duel
The Event
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
John Adams
Echoes in the Darkness
Donnie Brasco
Now and Then
After Jimmy
Sally Hemings: An American Scandal
The Rat Pack
Hannibal
A Civil Action
Unfaithful
The Sun Also Rises
My Brother's Keeper
The Walking Dead: Dead City
The Reagans
Madam Secretary
The Sender
That Guy... Who Was in That Thing
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