- Born
- Birth nameZeljko Simic-Ivanek
- Height5′ 7″ (1.70 m)
- Zeljko Ivanek was born on August 15, 1957 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He is an actor and producer, known for Seven Psychopaths (2012), Argo (2012) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).
- ParentsFerdo Ivanek
- RelativesIvan Ivanek(Sibling)
- Frequently plays ruthless, morally ambiguous authority figures
- Often plays lawyers or politicians
- Often works with Martin McDonagh.
- Frequently works with Ridley Scott.
- Graduated Yale University (Class 0f 1978) majoring in theater in only three years. He later studied at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts.
- In an interview for AOL television, Zeljko said his first name is pronounced Zhel-ko.
- The Slovenian-born actor graduated from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art in 1980.
- Tony award nominations: 1983, Featured Actor in a Play, Brighton Beach Memoirs (nom); 1992, Featured Actor in a Play, Two Shakespearean Actors (nom), 2006, Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play, The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial. Drama Desk Awards: 1992, Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play, Two Shakespearean Actors (nom;).
- He is frequently cast as political or business middlemen of corrupt, shady natures who often end up stabbing somebody in the back.
- [Interview for "Films in Review" in 1985] There's a thrill in performance on the stage that you don't get in a movie. There's a feeling that you are communicating something to an audience that you just don't have during take 16 on a sound stage. A year later you see it on a screen and feel frustrated about things you've missed. Why didn't I do this? Why didn't I do that?
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