Željko Ivanek
Željko Ivanek (/ˈʒɛlkoʊ ɪˈvɑːnɪk/;[1] Slovene: [ˈʒɛːlkɔ iˈʋaːnək]; born August 15, 1957) is a Slovenian-American actor known for his role as Ray Fiske on Damages,[2] for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award. Ivanek is also known for his role of Ed Danvers on Homicide: Life on the Street and Homicide: The Movie, J.J. Percy Walker on Big Love, Governor James Devlin on Oz, Andre Drazen on 24, Blake Sterling on the short-lived series The Event, and Emile "The Hunter" Danko in Heroes. From 2014 until 2019, he starred as Russell Jackson in the drama Madam Secretary. He also had a recurring role as FBI Special Agent Jim Racine in the series Banshee.
Željko Ivanek | |
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Ivanek in 2017 | |
| Born | August 15, 1957 |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1981–present |
| Parent | Ferdo Ivanek |
For his active stage career, he has been awarded a Drama Desk Award and has been nominated for three Tony Awards.
Early life and education
Ivanek was born in Ljubljana, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia,[3] to the family of Ferdo Ivanek, originally from Varaždin, Croatia,[4] and Vojka nee Šimić.[5][better source needed] In 1960, Željko, his mother and younger brother, Ivan, immigrated to Palo Alto, California, where his father was working as a research assistant at the Department of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.[5][6] His mother also worked at Stanford University as a project manager.[7]
After a two-year stay, in 1962, the family moved back to Slovenia for five years and then returned to Palo Alto in 1967. Having performed in numerous community theater plays in the San Francisco Bay Area, he graduated from Ellwood P. Cubberley High School in Palo Alto in 1975.[8] Ivanek graduated from Yale University majoring in theater in 1978 and attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art afterward.[9]
Acting career
Ivanek has worked extensively on the stage. In 1982, he originated the role of Hally in Athol Fugard's play "Master Harold"...and the Boys. He appeared in the U.S. premieres of Cloud Nine (for which he earned the 1981 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play) and The Pillowman. He performs frequently on Broadway and has been nominated for three Tony Awards, for his performances in the original production of Brighton Beach Memoirs, in Two Shakespearean Actors, and in a revival of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, alongside David Schwimmer and Tim Daly.
However, Ivanek is perhaps best known for his supporting roles in a number of well-known television series. His first television role was as Sammie Wheaton on the soap opera The Edge of Night. Other roles include Emile Danko in Heroes; Roland in The X-Files; prosecuting attorney Ed Danvers in Homicide: Life on the Street; Ray Fiske in Damages; J.J. in Big Love; the Magister in True Blood; Governor James Devlin in Oz; Serbian terrorist Andre Drazen in 24; and Blake Sterling, the Director of National Intelligence in the NBC drama series The Event.[10][11]
Most recently, Ivanek played Russell Jackson in the TV series Madam Secretary. He portrayed John Dickinson, the Pennsylvania representative to the Second Continental Congress, in the miniseries John Adams. He has guest-starred on such shows as Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and House. He has appeared several times on Law & Order, both as one-off characters and as Ed Danvers, this last in crossover episodes with Homicide: Life on the Street.
In addition to his stage and television work, Ivanek has appeared in more than 20 feature films, including The Sender, in which he made his feature film debut as the unnamed title character, School Ties, Black Hawk Down, In Bruges, Dogville, The Bourne Legacy, Donnie Brasco, Argo, Seven Psychopaths and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
In 2012, he portrayed Dr. Stafford White in the drama The Mob Doctor. As of 2014, he has supporting roles in several shows on broadcast and cable television, including the series Revolution, where he plays the recurring roles of Dr. Calvin Horn and an illusory nanotech avatar of Horn; Suits; Banshee; and The Americans.
In the documentary That Guy... Who Was in That Thing, Ivanek states that his contract includes a rider to ensure that the first letter in his name, Ž, has its caron properly rendered in any credits sequence where his name appears.
Awards
Ivanek has received recognition for his on-screen work. In 2008, he was awarded the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his performance in the role of Ray Fiske on Damages.[12]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | The Soldier | Bombmaker/Cleaning lady | |
| 1982 | Tex | Mark Jennings | Credited as "Hitchhiker" |
| 1982 | The Sender | John Doe #83 / The Sender | |
| 1984 | Mass Appeal | Mark Dolson | |
| 1984 | The Sun Also Rises | Bill Gorton | |
| 1987 | Rachel River | Momo | |
| 1990 | Artificial Paradise | Willy | |
| 1991 | Our Sons | Donald Barnes | |
| 1992 | School Ties | Mr. Cleary | |
| 1996 | White Squall | Coast Guard Captain Sanders | |
| 1996 | Courage Under Fire | Ben Banacek | |
| 1996 | Infinity | Bill Price | |
| 1996 | The Associate | SEC Agent Thompkins | |
| 1997 | Donnie Brasco | Tim Curley | |
| 1997 | Julian Po | Tom Potter | |
| 1998 | Nowhere to Go | Principal Jack Walker | |
| 1998 | A Civil Action | Bill Crowley | |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Dr. Whitman | |
| 2000 | Dancer in the Dark | District Attorney | |
| 2001 | Hannibal | Dr. Cordell Doemling | |
| 2001 | Black Hawk Down | Lieutenant Colonel Gary Harrell | |
| 2002 | Unfaithful | Detective Dean | |
| 2003 | Dogville | Ben | |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Vaughn Utly | |
| 2005 | Manderlay | Dr. Hector | |
| 2006 | The Hoax | Ralph Graves | |
| 2007 | Ascension Day | Master Travis | |
| 2007 | Live Free or Die Hard | Molina | |
| 2008 | In Bruges | Canadian Guy | |
| 2011 | Tower Heist | FBI Director Mazin | |
| 2012 | The Bourne Legacy | Dr. Donald Foite | |
| 2012 | Argo | Robert Pender | Nominated—Phoenix Film Critics Society Award for Best Cast Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble |
| 2012 | Seven Psychopaths | Paulo | Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cast Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Performance by an Ensemble |
| 2012 | The Words | Cutler | |
| 2016 | X-Men: Apocalypse | Pentagon Scientist | |
| 2017 | Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri | Desk Sergeant Cedric Connoly | Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture |
| 2020 | The Courier | John A. McCone | |
| 2021 | The Last Duel | Le Coq |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Great Performances | March Hare | Episode: "Alice in Wonderland" |
| 1986 | American Playhouse | George Deever | Episode: "All My Sons" |
| 1987 | St. Elsewhere | Mark Dolson | Episode: "You Again?" |
| 1987 | Echoes in the Darkness | Vince Valaitis | Television movie |
| 1990 | L.A. Law | Joel Lassen | Episode: "Bound for Glory" |
| 1993 | Law & Order | Phillip Swann | Episode: "American Dreams" |
| 1993–1999 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Ed Danvers | 37 episodes |
| 1994 | The X-Files | Roland Fuller / Dr. Arthur Grable | Episode: "Roland" |
| 1995 | Murder, She Wrote | Eddie Saunders | Episode: "Home Care" |
| 1995 | Truman | Eddie Jacobsen | Television movie |
| 1997–1999 | Law & Order | ASA Ed Danvers | 2 episodes |
| 1997 | Frasier | Dr. Arnold Shaw | Episode: "Death and the Dog" |
| 1997 | The Practice | D.A. Mark McGovern | Episode: "The Civil Right" |
| 1997 | Millennium | Dr. Daniel "Danny" Miller | Episode: "Walkabout" |
| 1997–2003 | Oz | Governor James Devlin | 27 episodes |
| 1997 | Ally McBeal | Judge Marshal Pink | Episode: "One Hundred Tears Away" |
| 1998 | From the Earth to the Moon | Ken Mattingly | Episode: "The Original Wives Club" |
| 1998 | The Rat Pack | Robert F. Kennedy | Television movie |
| 2000 | ER | Bruce Resnick | Episode: "The Dance We Do" |
| 2000 | Homicide: The Movie | Ed Danvers | TV film |
| 2001 | The Practice | A.U.S.A. Steven Sanders | Episode: "The Confession" |
| 2002 | The Practice | Matthew Davies | Episode: "Neighboring Species" |
| 2002 | 24 | Andre Drazen | 15 episodes |
| 2002 | The Twilight Zone | ER chief | Episode: "The Lineman" |
| 2003 | The West Wing | Steve Atwood | 2 episodes |
| 2003 | The Reagans | Michael Deaver | Television movie |
| 2004 | Law & Order | Mr. Capplin | Episode: "Gov Love" |
| 2004 | Touching Evil | Ronald Hinks | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2005 | NYPD Blue | Justin Deroos | Episode: "Stoli With a Twist" |
| 2005 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation | Andrew Melton | Episode: "Nesting Dolls" |
| 2006 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Everett Drake | Episode: "Taboo" |
| 2006 | Bones | Carl Decker | Episode: "The Woman in the Car" |
| 2006 | Shark | Eliot Dasher | 2 episodes |
| 2006 | Cold Case | John Doe | Episode: "One Night" |
| 2007–2010 | Damages | Raymond "Ray" Fiske | 16 episodes Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries, or Television Film |
| 2007 | Lost | Edmund Burke | Episode: "Not in Portland" |
| 2008–2014 | The Mentalist | Dr. Linus Wagner | 2 episodes |
| 2008 | Numbers | William Fraley | Episode: "When Worlds Collide" |
| 2008 | John Adams | John Dickinson | 2 episodes |
| 2008–2014 | True Blood | Magister | 5 episodes |
| 2008 | House | Jason | Episode: "Last Resort" |
| 2009 | Heroes | Emile "The Hunter" Danko | 13 episodes |
| 2009–2010 | Big Love | J.J. | 12 episodes |
| 2010–2011 | The Event | Blake Sterling | 22 episodes |
| 2013 | White Collar | Brett Forsythe | Episode: "Digging Deeper" |
| 2012–2013 | The Mob Doctor | Dr. Stafford White | 13 episodes |
| 2013–2014 | Revolution | Dr. Calvin Horn | 5 episodes |
| 2014 | Banshee | F.B.I. Special Agent Jim Racine | 3 episodes |
| 2014–2015 | Suits | Eric Woodall | 4 episodes |
| 2014 | The Americans | John Skeevers | Episode: "Stealth" |
| 2014–2019 | Madam Secretary | Russell Jackson | 102 episodes |
| 2015–2017 | 12 Monkeys | Leland Goines | 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Now and Then | Detective Sullivan | 8 episodes |
| Let the Right One In | Arthur | Recurring | |
| TBA | The Walking Dead: Dead City | "The Croat" | Main cast |
Stage
References
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- ^ "Željko Ivanek: Slovenec, ki živi hollywoodski sen".
- ^ "Željko Ivanek profile". TV Guide. Retrieved August 6, 2017.
- ^ Suhić, Nevenka (October 18, 2011). "Ponosan na svoje korijene!" [Proud of his roots!]. Regionalni Tjednik (in Croatian). No. 387. Varaždin, Croatia: Regionalni Tjednik d.o.o. p. 11. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
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External links
- Željko Ivanek at IMDb
- Željko Ivanek at the Internet Broadway Database
- at Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Zeljko Ivanek(Aveleyman)