The Slovenian-American actor Željko Ivanek has a net worth of $4 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth as of April 2025.
Željko Ivanek is renowned for his roles on such television series as Oz, Homicide: Life on the Street, Madam Secretary, Damages, and The Walking Dead: Dead City. He also appeared in such films as Donnie Brasco, Unfaithful, Black Hawk Down, Argo, and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.
How much is Željko Ivanek's net worth?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Željko Ivanek has a net worth of $4 million as of April 2025. Ivanek began his acting career on stage. He first played Hally in Athol Fugard's play "Master Harold"...and the Boys in 1982.
In addition to The Pillowman, he starred in Cloud Nine, for which he won the 1981 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. He frequently appears on Broadway and has received three Tony Award nominations for his roles in the original Brighton Beach Memoirs production, Two Shakespearean Actors, and a revival of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, where he co-starred with Tim Daly and David Schwimmer.
However, Ivanek's supporting roles in several popular television shows are perhaps what made him most famous. Along with his work on stage and television, Ivanek has starred in over 20 feature films, including The Sender, in which he played the title character without a name. He also appeared in films such as School Ties, In Bruges, Dogville, The Bourne Legacy, and Seven Psychopaths.
Željko Ivanek's early life
Željko Ivanek was born in Ljubljana, PR Slovenia, FPR Yugoslavia, to the family of Ferdo Ivanek, originally from Varaždin, Croatia. Along with his mother and younger brother Ivan, Željko moved to Palo Alto, California, in 1960. At the time, his father was working at Stanford University as a research assistant in the Department of Electrical Engineering. His mother was also a project manager at Stanford University.
Ivanek and his family returned to Palo Alto in 1967 after spending five years in Slovenia in 1962. Ivanek graduated from Palo Alto's Ellwood P. Cubberley High School in 1975 after participating in several community theatre productions in the San Francisco Bay Area. He majored in drama and graduated from Yale University in 1978. Later, he studied at the London Academy of Dramatic Art and Music.
FAQs about Željko Ivanek
Željko Ivanek is best known for Seven Psychopaths (2012), Argo (2012) and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017).
Željko Ivanek played one of the main characters, The Croat in AMC’s The Walking Dead: Dead City.
No, Željko Ivanek isn’t married. However, he lives in New York with his partner, Greg Pierce.
