Željko Ivanek is a Yugoslav born American actor who has recently become one of the most popular supporting actors on television. On House, M.D. he portrayed the hostage taking patient Jason in the Season 5 episode Last Resort.
Ivanek was already a well established Broadway actor before getting started in television, starting in the soap opera The Edge of Night. He had many featured but small roles over the next thirty years, including Tex, The Sun Also Rises, All My Sons, Courage Under Fire, Donny Brasco, The Rat Pack, and A Civil Action.
However, he finally found regular work playing Assistant State Attorney Danvers on Homicide: Life on the Street. That eventually led to work in 24, Oz, Heroes, Big Love, Damages, True Blood, and The Event.
Connections[]
- Appeared with Ivana Miličević on Banshee
- Appeared with Elizabeth Mitchell on Revolution and Lost.
- Appeared with Sharif Atkins on White Collar
- Appeared with Wendy Makkena on The Mob Doctor
- Appeared with Joseph Lyle Taylor in Seven Psychopaths
- Appeared with Olivia Wilde in The Words
- Appeared with Robin Tunney and Jack Plotnick on The Mentalist