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Biography

eljko Ivanek's career began as a New York stage actor. He had his Broadway debut in 1981 as a hitchhiker in "The Survivor" and…more

Born

8/15/1957, Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Star (8)

Role
- The Event
  Blake Sterling
  - S 1: Ep 22 Arrival
    5/23/11
  - S 1: Ep 21 The Beginning of the End
    5/16/11
  - S 1: Ep 20 One Will Live, One Will Die
    5/9/11
  - S 1: Ep 19 Us or Them
    5/2/11
  - S 1: Ep 18 Strain
    4/25/11
  - + 17 More Credits
- Big Love
  JJ Percy Walker
  - S 4: Ep 9 End of Days
    3/7/10
  - S 4: Ep 8 Next Ticket Out
    2/28/10
  - S 4: Ep 7 Blood Atonement
    2/21/10
  - S 4: Ep 6 Under One Roof
    2/14/10
  - S 4: Ep 4 The Mighty and Strong
    1/31/10
  - + 2 More Credits
- John Adams
  John Dickinson
  - S 1: Ep 2 Independence
    3/16/08
- Damages
  Ray Fiske
  - S 1: Ep 13 Because I Know Patty
    10/23/07
  - S 1: Ep 12 There's No 'We' Anymore
    10/16/07
  - S 1: Ep 11 I Hate These People
    10/9/07
  - S 1: Ep 10 Sort of Like a Family
    10/2/07
  - S 1: Ep 9 Do You Regret What We Did?
    9/25/07
  - + 8 More Credits
- OZ
  Governor James Devlin (recurring)
  - S 6: Ep 8 Exeunt Omnes
    2/23/03
  - S 6: Ep 7 Junkyard Dawgs
    2/16/03
  - S 6: Ep 6 A Day in the Death...
    2/9/03
  - S 6: Ep 5 4 Giveness
    2/2/03
  - S 6: Ep 4 A Failure to Communicate
    1/26/03
  - + 35 More Credits
- Homicide: Life on the Street
  ASA Ed Danvers (TVM, recurring previously)
  - S 7: Ep 22 Homicide: The Movie
    2/13/00
  - S 7: Ep 23 Forgive Us Our Trespasses
    5/21/99
  - S 7: Ep 21 The Why Chromosome
    5/14/99
  - S 7: Ep 20 Lines of Fire
    5/7/99
  - S 7: Ep 19 Identity Crisis
    4/30/99
  - + 26 More Credits
- From the Earth to the Moon
  Astronaut Ken Mattingly
- Homicide: Life on the Street
  ASA Ed Danvers
  - S 1: Ep 5 Three Men and Adena
    3/3/93
Recurring Role (9)

Role
- True Blood
  Magister
  - S 3: Ep 7 Hitting the Ground
    8/1/10
  - S 3: Ep 1 Bad Blood
    6/13/10
  - S 1: Ep 10 I Don't Wanna Know
    11/9/08
- True Blood
  The Magister
  - S 3: Ep 4 9 Crimes
    7/11/10
- Heroes
  Emile Danko
  - S 4: Ep 1 (Volume 5: Redemption) Orientation
    9/21/09
  - S 3: Ep 22 Turn and Face the Strange
    4/6/09
  - S 3: Ep 21 Into Asylum
    3/30/09
  - S 3: Ep 20 Cold Snap
    3/23/09
  - S 3: Ep 19 Shades of Gray
    3/9/09
  - + 4 More Credits
- Heroes
  Danko
  - S 3: Ep 25 An Invisible Thread
    4/27/09
- Heroes
  Emile Danko/The Hunter
  - S 3: Ep 24 I Am Sylar
    4/20/09
  - S 3: Ep 14 (Volume Four: Fugitives) A Clear and Present Danger
    2/2/09
- Big Love
  JJ
  - S 3: Ep 10 Sacrament
    3/22/09
  - S 3: Ep 9 Outer Darkness
    3/15/09
- OZ
  Governor James Devlin
  - S 6: Ep 8 Exeunt Omnes
    2/23/03
  - S 6: Ep 4 A Failure to Communicate
    1/26/03
  - S 6: Ep 3 Sonata de Oz
    1/19/03
  - S 6: Ep 2 See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Smell No Evil
    1/12/03
  - S 5: Ep 3 Dream a Little Dream of Me
    1/20/02
  - + 26 More Credits
- 24
  Andre Drazen
  - S 1: Ep 24 Day 1: 11:00 P.M. - 12:00 A.M.
    5/21/02
  - S 1: Ep 23 Day 1: 10:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.
    5/14/02
  - S 1: Ep 22 Day 1: 9:00 P.M. - 10:00 P.M.
    5/7/02
  - S 1: Ep 21 Day 1: 8:00 P.M. - 9:00 P.M.
    4/23/02
  - S 1: Ep 20 Day 1: 7:00 P.M. - 8:00 P.M.
    4/16/02
  - + 9 More Credits
- Homicide: Life on the Street
  ASA Ed Danvers
  - S 7: Ep 22 Homicide: The Movie
    2/13/00
  - S 7: Ep 23 Forgive Us Our Trespasses
    5/21/99
  - S 7: Ep 21 The Why Chromosome
    5/14/99
  - S 7: Ep 18 Self Defense
    4/9/99
  - S 7: Ep 17 Zen and the Art of Murder
    4/2/99
  - + 33 More Credits
Guest Star (46)

Role
- The Mentalist
  Dr. Linus Wagner
  - S 3: Ep 8 Ball of Fire
    11/11/10
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/23/08
- Big Love
  JJ
  - S 3: Ep 8 Rough Edges
    3/8/09
- Damages
  Ray Fiske
  - S 2: Ep 1 I Lied, Too
    1/7/09
- House
  Jason
  - S 5: Ep 9 Last Resort
    11/25/08
- Numb3rs
  William Fraley
  - S 5: Ep 1 High Exposure
    10/3/08
  - S 4: Ep 18 When Worlds Collide
    5/16/08
- The Primetime Emmy Awards
  Himself
  - S 60: Ep 1 The 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
    9/21/08
- Lost
  Edmund Burke
  - S 3: Ep 7 Not in Portland
    2/7/07
- Shark
  Elliott Dasher
  - S 1: Ep 6 Fashion Police
    11/2/06
  - S 1: Ep 2 LAPD Blue
    9/28/06
- Cold Case
  John Doe (2006)
  - S 3: Ep 16 One Night
    3/19/06
- Bones
  Carl Decker
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Woman in the Car
    2/1/06
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
  Everett Drake
  - S 7: Ep 14 Taboo
    1/17/06
- The Inside
  Teddy Bunch
  - S 1: Ep 4 Everything Nice
    6/29/05
- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
  Melton
  - S 5: Ep 13 Nesting Dolls
    2/3/05
- NYPD Blue
  Justin Deroos
  - S 12: Ep 13 Stoli with a Twist
    1/11/05
- Law & Order
  Richard Kaplan
  - S 15: Ep 7 Gov Love
    11/10/04
- The Jury
  Mason Garvey
  - S 1: Ep 10 Too Jung to Die
    8/6/04
- Touching Evil
  Ronald Hinks
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot (1)
    3/12/04
- The West Wing
  Steve Atwood
  - S 5: Ep 2 The Dogs of War
    10/1/03
  - S 5: Ep 1 7A WF 83429
    9/24/03
- The Practice
  Matthew Davies
  - S 7: Ep 5 Neighboring Species
    11/3/02
- The Twilight Zone
  ER Chief
  - S 1: Ep 12 The Lineman (2)
    10/23/02
  - S 1: Ep 11 The Lineman (1)
    10/23/02
- Crossing Jordan
  Dr. Elliot McCafferty
  - S 1: Ep 20 The Gift of Life
    4/15/02
- 24
  Andre Drazen [voice uncredited]
- Job
  Peter
  - S 1: Ep 6 Anger
    4/18/01
- The Practice
  Fed. Prosecutor Sanders
  - S 5: Ep 18 The Confession
    4/1/01
- ER
  Bruce Resnick
  - S 7: Ep 8 The Dance We Do
    12/7/00
- Ally
  Judge Marshal Pink
  - S 1: Ep 3 One Hundred Tears Away
    10/12/99
- Law & Order
  Ed Danvers
  - S 9: Ep 14 Sideshow
    2/17/99
  - S 8: Ep 6 Baby, It's You
    11/12/97
- Trinity
  Tim Holloway
  - S 1: Ep 6 ...To Forgive, Divine
    12/27/98
- The Practice
  McGovern
  - S 2: Ep 13 The Civil Right
    12/20/97
- Hallmark Hall Of Fame
  Chief Inspector
  - S 47: Ep 2 Ellen Foster
    12/14/97
- Players (1997)
  Eduard Micah
  - S 1: Ep 4 Con Artist
    11/7/97
- Ally McBeal
  Judge Marshal Pink
  - S 1: Ep 5 One Hundred Tears Away
    10/20/97
- C-16: FBI
  Loren Bitts
  - S 1: Ep 3 Radio FBI
    10/11/97
- Total Security
  Ronald Ducote
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
    9/27/97
- Millennium
  Dr. Daniel "Danny" Miller
  - S 1: Ep 17 Walkabout
    3/28/97
- Frasier
  Dr. Arnold Shaw
  - S 4: Ep 12 Death and the Dog
    2/11/97
- Chicago Hope
  Eugene Ramsey
  - S 3: Ep 14 The Day of the Rope
    1/20/97
- Murder, She Wrote
  Eddie Saunders
  - S 12: Ep 5 Home Care
    10/19/95
- The X-Files
  Roland Fuller
  - S 1: Ep 23 Roland
    5/6/94
- Law & Order
  Phillip Swann
  - S 4: Ep 8 American Dream
    11/9/93
- L.A. Law
  Joel Lassen
  - S 4: Ep 16 Bounds for Glory
    3/22/90
- St. Elsewhere
  Mark Dolson
  - S 5: Ep 18 You Again?
    2/18/87
- American Playhouse
  George Deever
  - S 6: Ep 1 All My Sons
    1/19/87
- Great Performances
  March Hare
  - S 12: Ep 2 Alice in Wonderland
    10/3/83
- If Not for You
  Elliot Gordon
  - S 1: Ep 1 Pilot
- Queens Supreme
  Carl
  - S 1: Ep 5 Mad About You
Special Guest Star (1)

Role
- Damages
  Ray Fiske
  - S 3: Ep 13 The Next One's Gonna Go In Your Throat
    4/19/10
  - S 2: Ep 13 Trust Me
    4/1/09

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Trivia
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- In 2008 Zeljko Ivanek won an Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor Drama for Damages.
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- He refuses to change his name, out of respect for his parents.
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- He met writer Tom Fontana in 1978 and credits him for being his first mentor.
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- [On how he prepares for a play] Zeljko Ivanek: I do a vocal warm-up on stage. I like an empty theater. Alone on stage, before anyone's there, I take a few quiet moments to erase the regular world and get into one. I figure out what my first moment is about. I can't prepare for the whole play; that sort of charts itself out. If you start in the right place, nine times out of ten you'll end in the right place. It's just clearing the space for that moment to happen.
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- Zeljko Ivanek: Change my name? Why? I'm a born American. I like my name.
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- [On which Tom Fontana show he enjoyed working on the most] Zeljko Ivanek: Oz was probably the more enjoyable. My function was to stir things up, upset everybody and waltz out the door.
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