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What is Željko Ivanek's Net Worth?
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Ivanek began his acting career on the stage. Among his first credits were productions of "Idiot's Delight," "A Month in the Country," "Hay Fever," and "Charley's Aunt," all in the late 1970s. Ivanek had his breakthrough in 1981 in the US premiere of "Cloud 9," for which he won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play. The following year, he starred in the original production of "'Master Harold'… and the boys" at the Yale Repertory Theatre. In 1983, Ivanek played Stanley Jerome in the Broadway premiere of Neil Simon's "Brighton Beach Memoirs," and earned a Tony Award nomination for his work. His subsequent credits included "A Map of the World," "Loot," "The Cherry Orchard," "Hamlet," and "Ivanov."
Ivanek first appeared on the big screen in 1982, when he had roles in three films: "The Soldier," "Tex," and "The Sender." In the lattermost film, he played the titular character. Ivanek went on to appear in such films as "Mass Appeal" and "Rachel River." In the 1990s, he had roles in "Artificial Paradise," "School Ties," "White Squall," "Courage Under Fire," "Infinity," "Donnie Brasco," "A Civil Action," and "Snow Falling on Cedars," among other titles. Kicking off the 2000s, Ivanek appeared in Lars von Trier's Palme d'Or-winning musical "Dancer in the Dark." He subsequently had roles in "Hannibal," "Black Hawk Down," and "Unfaithful." Ivanek reunited with Trier for the director's 2003 film "Dogville," and again for his 2005 film "Manderlay." Meanwhile, he appeared in the 2004 remake of "The Manchurian Candidate."
Željko Ivanek is an actor of the screen and stage who has a net worth of $4 million. Željko Ivanek is known for his roles on such television series as "Homicide: Life on the Street," "Oz," "Damages," "Madam Secretary," and "The Walking Dead: Dead City." On the big screen, he has appeared in such films as "Donnie Brasco," "Black Hawk Down," "Unfaithful," "Argo," and "Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri." Ivanek's stage credits include the plays "Cloud 9," "Brighton Beach Memoirs," "Two Shakespearean Actors," and "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial."
Željko Ivanek was born on August 15, 1957 in Ljubljana, Slovenia in what was then Yugoslavia to parents Vojka and Ferdo. In 1960, he immigrated with his younger brother Ivan and his mother to Palo Alto, California in the United States, where his father was working as a research assistant at Stanford University. The family moved back to Slovenia in 1962 before returning to Palo Alto in 1967. In Palo Alto, Ivanek was educated at Ellwood P. Cubberley High School, graduating in 1975. He went on to attend Yale University, from which he graduated in 1978. Ivanek later attended the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.
In 2007, Ivanek played Agent Molina in "Live Free or Die Hard," the fourth installment in the "Die Hard" film series. The next year, he had a brief part in Martin McDonagh's "In Bruges." Ivanek went on to appear in McDonagh's follow-up film, 2012's "Seven Psychopaths." That same year, he appeared in "The Bourne Legacy," "The Words," and the Best Picture Oscar winner "Argo." After playing a scientist in the 2016 superhero film "X-Men: Apocalypse," Ivanek appeared in his third film by Martin McDonagh, "Three Billboards outside Ebbing, Missouri." With the cast of the film, he shared the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Ivanek's subsequent credits have included the historical spy film "The Courier," in which he portrays CIA director John A. McCone, andRidley Scott'shistorical drama "The Last Duel," in which he plays Le Coq.
In 1991, Ivanek earned his second Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play, for his role as John Ryder in "Two Shakespearean Actors." He followed that with roles in "It's Only a Play" and "The Glass Menagerie." After a considerable break, Ivanek returned to the stage in 2001 with roles in the one-act plays "The Dumb Waiter" and "The Zoo Story." In 2002, he acted in "Blue/Orange," and in 2005 he appeared in the US premiere of Martin McDonagh's "The Pillowman." Ivanek went on to star in the 2006 Broadway revival of "The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial," for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Actor in a Play.
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