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Zeljko Ivanek Biography (1957-)

Born August 15, 1957, in Ljubljana, Slovenia; immigrated to the United States, 1960. Education: Graduated from Yale University, 1978; trained for the stage at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. Addresses: Agent-- Silver Massetti & Associates Agency, 145 West 45th St., #1204, New York, NY 10036. Career: Actor. Awards, Honors: Drama Desk Award and Villager Award, outstanding featured actor in a play, 1982, both for Cloud 9; Antoinette Perry Award nomination, outstanding featuredactor in a play, 1983, for Brighton Beach Memoirs; Academy Award nomination, best supporting actor, 1985, for Mass Appeal; Antoinette PerryAward nomination and Drama Desk Award nomination, outstanding featured actorin a play, 1992, both for Two Shakespearean Actors. Member: Actors' Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. Addresses: Agent: Silver Massetti & Associates Agency, 145 West 45th St., #1204, New York, NY 10036.

Nationality

Slovenian

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

August 15, 1957

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Film Appearances
• Cleaning lady and bombmaker, The Soldier(also known as Codename: The Soldier), Embassy Pictures Corp., 1982
• Hitchhiker, Tex, Buena Vista, 1982
• Title role, The Sender, Paramount, 1982
• Mark Dolson, Mass Appeal, Universal, 1984
• Momo, Rachel River,1987
• Willy, Artificial Paradise, Filmski sklad R Slovenije, 1990
• Cleary, School Ties,1992
• Sanders, White Squall, Buena Vista, 1996
• Banacek, general's aide, Courage under Fire, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
• Bill Price, Infinity, BMG, 1996
• SEC Agent Thompkins, The Associate, Buena Vista, 1996
• Tim Curley, Donnie Brasco, TriStar, 1997
• Tom Potter, Julian Po(also known as The Tears of Julian Po), Fine Line Features, 1997
• Bill Crowley, A Civil Action, Buena Vista, 1998
• Dr. Whitman, Snow Falling on Cedars, Universal, 1999
• D.A., Dancer in the Dark, Fine Line Features, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Sammy Wheaton, The Edge of Night,1981-82
• A.S.A. Ed Danvers, a recurring role, Homicide: Life on the Street(also known as H:LOTS), NBC, 1993-99
• Elliot, If Not for You,1995
• Governor James Devlin, Oz, HBO, 1997-
• Televison Appearances
• Movies
• The March Hare, Alice in Wonderland,1983
• Matt Colburn, Aftermath: A Test of Love, CBS, 1991
• Donald Barnes, Our Sons(also known as Too Little, Too Late), ABC, 1991
• Eddie Jacobsen, Truman, HBO, 1995
• Dr. Hill, My Brother's Keeper, CBS, 1995
• Dr. David Walters, After Jimmy, CBS, 1996
• Phillips, Ellen Foster, CBS, 1997
• Principal Jack Walker, Nowhere to Go(also known as Silent Hearts), Lifetime, 1998
• Bobby Kennedy, The Rat Pack, HBO, 1998
• Mel Berman, Dash and Lilly, A&E, 1999
• Thomas Mann Randolph, Sally Hemings: An American Scandal, CBS, 2000
• A.S.A. Ed Danvers, Homicide: The Movie, NBC, 2000
• Television Appearances
• Miniseries
• Bill Gorton, The Sun Also Rises(also known as Ernest Hemingway's "The Sun Also Rises"), NBC, 1984
• Vince Valaitis, Echoes in the Darkness, CBS, 1987
• Ken Mattingly, From the Earth to the Moon, HBO, 1998
• Specials
• George Deever, "All My Sons," American Playhouse, PBS, 1986
• Larry Fishkin, New Year, ABC, 1993
• Episodic
• "You Again?," St. Elsewhere,1987
• Joel Lassen, "Bound for Glory," L.A. Law, NBC, 1990
• Phillip Swann, "American Dream," Law & Order, NBC, 1993
• Roland Fuller/Dr. Arthur Grable, "Roland," The X-Files, Fox, 1994
• Eddie Saunders, "Home Care," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1995
• Eugene Ramsey, "The Day of the Rope," Chicago Hope, CBS, 1997
• Dr. Arnold Shaw, animal psychiatrist, "Death and the Dog," Frasier, NBC, 1997
• Dr. Daniel "Danny" Miller, "Walkabout," Millennium, Fox, 1997
• Loren Bitts, "Radio FBI," C-16: FBI, ABC, 1997
• Judge Marshal Pink, "One Hundred Tears Away," Ally McBeal, Fox, 1997
• Eduard Micah, "Con Artist," Players, NBC, 1997
• A.S.A Ed Danvers, "Baby It's You: Part 1," Law & Order, NBC, 1997
• Assistant District Attorney General James McGovern, "The Civil Right," The Practice, ABC, 1997
• Tim Holloway, "To Forgive, Divine," Trinity,1998
• A.S.A. Ed Danvers, "Sideshow (1)," Law & Order, NBC, 1999
• Ally, Fox, 1999
• Pilots
• Ronald Ducote, "Pilot," Total Security, ABC, 1997
• Stage Appearances
• Hay Fever, GeVa Theatre, Rochester, NY, 1980
• (Broadway debut) Yankele, The Survivor, Morosco Theatre, New YorkCity, 1981
• Betty and Gerry, Cloud Nine, Lucille Lortel Theatre, New York City, 1981
• Master Harold, Master Harold and the Boys, Yale Repertory Theatre,New Haven, CT, 1982
• Stanley, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Center Theatre Group, Ahmanson Theatre, Los Angeles, 1982 then Neil Simon Theatre, New York City, 1983
• A Map of the World, New York Shakespeare Festival, Public Theatre,New York City, 1985
• Hal, Loot, Music Box Theatre, New York City, 1986
• Trofimov, The Cherry Orchard, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn,NY, 1988
• Hamlet, Hamlet, Guthrie Theater, Minneapolis, MN, 1988
• Tom, The Glass Menagerie, Roundabout Theatre Company, New York City, 1994
• Also appeared in Two Shakespearean Actors, Lincoln Center, New York City; Cloud 9, New York City; Hello and Goodbye, McCarter Theatre, Princeton, NJ; and in Hay Fever, Charley's Aunt, andThe Front Page, all Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, MA.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

• American Theatre, December, 1994 , p. 55.