Most Recent Role: William Fraley on Numb3rs
Alias Name(s): Zelijko Ivanek, Zelko Ivanek, Eljko Ivanek
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Birthday: 8-15-1957
Alias Name(s): Zelijko Ivanek, Zelko Ivanek, Eljko Ivanek
Gender: Male
Birthplace: Ljubljana, Slovenia
Birthday: 8-15-1957
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When Worlds Collide
Friday 16 May 2008 on CBS
In the season finale, Don and Charlie work together on a case that ends up with them going head to head about their personal beliefs, and one team member will walk away forever.
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He refuses to change his name, out of respect for his parents.
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His parents moved to the United States when he was three years old from Ljubljana, which is now part of Slovenia, but was then in Yugoslavia.
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He graduated from Yale University in 1978.
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He met writer Tom Fontana in 1978 and credits him for being his first mentor.
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He attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
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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. (edit) Zeljko Ivanek: Change my name? Why? I'm a born American. I like my name. (edit) [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. (edit)
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. (edit) Zeljko Ivanek: Change my name? Why? I'm a born American. I like my name. (edit) [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. (edit)
Other Appearances
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Damages
Ray Fiske |
Homicide: Life on the Street
ASA Ed Danvers (TVM, recurring previously) |
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John Adams
John Dickinson |
Oz
Governor James Devlin (recurring) |
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24
Andre Drazen |
Homicide: Life on the Street
ASA Ed Danvers |
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Oz
Governor James Devlin |
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Ally
One Hundred Tears Away Judge Marshal Pink |
Ally McBeal
One Hundred Tears Away Judge Marshal Pink |
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American Playhouse
All My Sons George Deever |
Bones
The Woman in the Car Carl Decker |
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C-16: FBI
Radio FBI Loren Bitts |
Chicago Hope
The Day of the Rope Eugene Ramsey |
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