Željko Ivanek earned a 2008 Emmy Award for his portrayal of “Ray Fiske” on “Damages.”
Other notable television work includes the cable mini-series “John Adams,” “Big Love,” recurring roles on “True Blood,” “Homicide: Life on the Street,” “24” and “Oz.” Most recently, Ivanek was seen playing “Director of National Intelligence Blake Sterling” on “The Event.”
Ivanek is also a veteran of more than 20 feature films, including “The Bourne Legacy,” “In Bruges,” “Live Free or Die Hard,” “The Hoax,” “Dogville,” “Unfaithful,” “Black Hawk Down,” “Hannibal,” “Dancer in the Dark,” “A Civil Action,” “Donnie Brasco,” and the upcoming “Argo” and “Seven Psychopaths.”
Ivanek’s many stage credits have earned him three Tony Award nominations and a Drama Desk Award and include American, U.K. and world premieres of works by Martin McDonagh, Neil LaBute, Athol Fugard, Neil Simon, Richard Nelson, Caryl Churchill, Joe Penhall and David Hare, as well as Peter Brook’s production of “The Cherry Orchard.”
He is a graduate of Yale University and The London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and splits his time between New York and Los Angeles.
