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Željko Ivanek

Željko Ivanek

Highest Rated: 100% Mass Appeal (1984)

Lowest Rated: 28% The Associate (1996)

Birthday: Aug 15, 1957

Birthplace: Ljubljana, Slovenia

Even though most people could not pronounce Zeljko Ivanek's name, there was no denying he made an impression every time he appeared onscreen. Already an accomplished stage star, Ivanek appeared in several film and TV projects, often as conniving and evil men who wore three-piece suits. His performance as a smooth-talking Southern lawyer in "Damages" (FX, 2007-12) earned the Slovenian-born actor his first time Emmy Award nomination and win in 2008, where he went up against his co-star Ted Danson for Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series.

Highest rated movies

100% Mass Appeal
96% Argo 90% Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
89% Truman
88% Donnie Brasco
86% The Hoax
86% Homicide: The Movie
86% Courage Under Fire

Photos

Zeljko Ivanek at arrivals for MADAM SECRETARY at PaleyFest: Made in New York 2016, The Paley Center for Media, New York, NY October 14, 2016. Photo By: Derek Storm/Everett Collection Madam Secretary, Zeljko Ivanek (L), Keith Carradine (R), 'You Say You Want a Revolution', Season 2, Ep. #7, 11/15/2015, ©KSITE Suits, Zeljko Ivanek (L), Neal McDonough (R), 'Gone', Season 4, Ep. #9, 08/13/2014, ©USA Suits, Zeljko Ivanek (L), Patrick J Adams (R), 'No Way Out', Season 3, Ep. #16, 04/10/2014, ©USA THE MOB DOCTOR, Zeljko Ivanek (L), Floriana Lima (C), Jordana Spiro (R), 'Pilot', Season 1, Ep. #1, 09/17/2012, ©FOX THE MOB DOCTOR, Zeljko Ivanek, 'Fluid Dynamics', Season 1, Ep. #9, 12/03/2012, ©FOX THE MOB DOCTOR, Zeljko Ivanek (L), Jordana Spiro (C), Zach Gilford (R), 'Sibling Rivalry', Season 1, Ep. #11, 12/31/2012, ©FOX THE MOB DOCTOR, Zeljko Ivanek (L), Jordana Spiro (R), 'Change of Heart', Season 1, Ep. #4, 10/08/2012, ©FOX THE MOB DOCTOR, Jordana Spiro (L), Zeljko Ivanek (R), 'Turf War', Season 1, Ep. #7, 11/19/2012, ©FOX THE MOB DOCTOR, Jordana Spiro (L), Shohreh Aghdashloo (C), Zeljko Ivanek (R), 'Legacy', Season 1, Ep. #5, 11/05/2012, ©FOX THE MOB DOCTOR, Zeljko Ivanek (L), Shohreh Aghdashloo (R), 'Legacy', Season 1, Ep. #5, 11/05/2012, ©FOX CIVIL ACTION, James Gandolfini, Zeljko Ivanek, 1998 A CIVIL ACTION, Zeljko Ivanek, 1998, (c)Buena Vista Pictures Madam Secretary, Zeljko Ivanek (L), Keith Carradine (R), 09/21/2014, ©CBS A CIVIL ACTION, John Travolta, William H. Macy, Tony Shalhoub, Zeljko Ivanek, 1998, (c)Buena Vista Pictures Madam Secretary, Téa Leoni (L), Zeljko Ivanek (R), 'Vartius', Season 2, Ep. #23, 05/08/2016, ©KSITE Madam Secretary, Zeljko Ivanek, 09/21/2014, ©CBS Madam Secretary, Zeljko Ivanek (L), Téa Leoni (R), 09/21/2014, ©CBS Madam Secretary, Zeljko Ivanek, 09/21/2014, ©CBS The Event, Zeljko Ivanek (L), Blair Underwood (R), 'Casualties of War', Season 1, Ep. #5, 10/18/2010, ©NBC
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
90% 87% Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri Desk Sergeant (Character) $54.1M 2017
47% 65% X-Men: Apocalypse Pentagon Scientist (Character) $155.0M 2016
96% 90% Argo Robert Pender (Character) $136.0M 2012
83% 71% Seven Psychopaths Paulo (Character) $15.0M 2012
56% 58% The Bourne Legacy Dr. Donald Foite (Character) $113.2M 2012
67% 48% Tower Heist Director Mazin (Character) $78.0M 2011
82% 86% Live Free or Die Hard Molina (Character) $134.5M 2007
86% 58% The Hoax Ralph Graves (Character) $7.1M 2006
80% 63% The Manchurian Candidate Vaughn Utly (Character) $65.9M 2004
70% 89% Dogville Ben (Character) $1.5M 2003
50% 68% Unfaithful Detective Dean (Character) $52.8M 2002
77% 88% Black Hawk Down Harrell (Character) $108.6M 2001
39% 62% Hannibal Dr. Cordell Doemling (Character) $165.1M 2001
70% 91% Dancer in the Dark District Attorney (Character) $4.2M 2000
86% 74% Homicide: The Movie ASA Ed Danvers (Character) - 2000
No Score Yet 67% Dash and Lilly Mel Berman (Character) - 1999
39% 67% Snow Falling on Cedars Dr. Whitman (Character) $14.4M 1999
57% 58% The Rat Pack Bobby Kennedy (Character) - 1998
64% 55% A Civil Action Bill Crowley (Character) $56.7M 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Silent Hearts Principal Jack Walker (Character) - 1998
No Score Yet 67% Julian Po Tom Potter (Character) $50.7K 1997
88% 89% Donnie Brasco Tim Curley (Character) $42.0M 1997
No Score Yet 50% Ellen Foster Chief Inspector (Character) - 1997
86% 66% Courage Under Fire Banacek, General's Aide (Character) $59.0M 1996
28% 53% The Associate SEC Agent Thompkins (Character) $12.8M 1996
62% 36% Infinity Bill Price (Character) $145.7K 1996
89% 74% Truman Eddie Jacobsen (Character) - 1995
60% 69% School Ties Cleary (Character) $12.5M 1992
No Score Yet 71% Our Sons Donald Barnes (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet 86% Aftermath: A Test of Love Matt (Character) - 1991
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rachel River Momo (Character) - 1987
No Score Yet No Score Yet All My Sons George Deever (Character) - 1986
100% 80% Mass Appeal Mark Dolson (Character) - 1984
80% 33% The Sender John Doe No. 83 (Character) - 1982
85% 65% Tex Hitchhiker (Character) - 1982

TV

Credit
No Score Yet No Score Yet AMC+ on Stage at San Diego Comic-Con Self 2024
No Score Yet 83% Law & Order Charles Banks (Guest Star) 1993 1997 2004 2024
80% 76% The Walking Dead: Dead City The Croat (Character) 2023
71% 59% Now & Then Sullivan (Character) 2022
No Score Yet 79% Madam Secretary Russell Jackson (Character) 2014-2019
88% 79% 12 Monkeys Leland Goines (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		2015-2016
91% 87% Suits Eric Woodall (Guest Star) 2014-2015
68% 72% True Blood Magister (Guest Star) 2008 2010 2014
No Score Yet 89% The Mentalist Linus Wagner (Guest Star) 2008 2010 2014
90% 92% Banshee Jim Racine (Character),
Racine (Guest Star) 		2014
96% 93% White Collar Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
67% 67% Revolution Unknown (Guest Star) 2013
21% 43% The Mob Doctor Dr. Stafford White (Character) 2012-2013
67% 49% The Event Unknown (Character) 2010-2011
91% 88% Damages Ray Fiske (Character) 2007 2009-2010
80% 82% Big Love JJ (Character),
Unknown (Guest Star) 		2009-2010
52% 65% Heroes Unknown (Guest Star) 2009
90% 96% House Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
No Score Yet 93% Numb3ers Unknown (Guest Star) 2008
82% 85% John Adams John Dickinson (Guest Star) 2008
86% 90% Lost Edmund Burke (Guest Star) 2007
52% 50% Shark Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet 95% Cold Case Unknown (Guest Star) 2006
90% 83% Bones Carl Decker (Guest Star) 2006
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Inside Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet 81% CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Unknown (Guest Star) 2005
83% 93% NYPD Blue Justin Deroos (Guest Star) 2005
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Jury Unknown (Guest Star) 2004
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Reagans Michael Deaver (Character) 2003
81% 95% The West Wing Steve Atwood (Guest Star) 2003
93% 96% Oz Governor James Devlin (Guest Star) 1997-2003
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Practice Unknown (Guest Star) 1997 2001-2002
50% 73% The Twilight Zone Unknown (Character) 2002
87% 87% 24 Andre Drazen (Guest Star) 2002
100% No Score Yet The Job Unknown (Guest Star) 2001
91% 90% Homicide: Life on the Street Unknown (Guest Star) 1996 1999
No Score Yet 80% From the Earth to the Moon Ken Mattingly (Character) 1998
No Score Yet No Score Yet Players Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
43% No Score Yet C-16 Loren Bitts (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet 86% Millennium Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
95% 94% Frasier Dr. Arnold Shaw (Guest Star) 1997
No Score Yet No Score Yet Chicago Hope Unknown (Guest Star) 1997
74% 85% The X-Files Roland Fuller/Dr. Arthur Grable (Guest Star) 1994