Željko Ivanek
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| Željko Ivanek | |
| Birthplace | Ljubljana, Slovenia |
| Date of birth | August 15, 1957 |
| Role on 24 | Andre Drazen |
Željko Ivanek played Andre Drazen during Season 1 of 24. Ivanek, a three-time Tony nominated actor and Yale School of Drama grad is also a mainstay on police procedural series, logging numerous guest roles on shows such as NYPD Blue, CSI, Law & Order, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Bones, and others, including, recently Shark. He had a regular role on Homicide: Life on the Street as State's Attorney Ed Danvers and a recurring role as Governor Devlin on Oz. He appeared in an episode of Lost in early 2007 and was cast in late 2006 as Glenn Close's opposition in the new, untitled FX network legal drama in which Close is scheduled to star. Other television credits include The Edge of Night, and soaps The Sun Also Rises' and All My Children, and From the Earth to the Moon.
On film, Ivanek has had roles in movies such as "Mass Appeal," "School Ties," "Donnie Brasco," "Hannibal," "Courage Under Fire" (with Lou Diamond Phillips), "A Civil Action" and "Black Hawk Down" (with Glenn Morshower) as one of the military commanders.
His name is pronounced "ZHEL-ko Ee-VAH-nek."
[edit] External links
- Željko Ivanek at the Internet Movie Database
- Zeljko Ivanek interviewed on Working in the Theatre: Featured Performers video at American Theatre Wing.org, January 2008
