Daniel Junas

Daniel Junas, also known as Dano Junas, (born 16 January 1962) is a Slovak actor, moderator, singer-songwriter and one-time Slovak Gramy Award winner.

Daniel Junas
Born	(1962-01-16) 16 January 1962 (age 63) Bratislava, Slovakia
Other names	Dano Junas
Occupation(s)	Actor and Singer-Songwriter

Personal life

Junas was born in Bratislava, Slovakia. His mother, Helen, was an opera singer, and his stepfather, Jan, was a singer and theater director.

He emigrated to Canada before the Velvet Revolution, later returning to Slovakia, where he campaigned for political party Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) ahead of the 1999 Slovak presidential election.^[1] Junas was involved in a serious traffic incident in Bratislava in 1997, failing to yield at a stop sign and hitting a truck. He sustained a fractured skull and spent a month in hospital.^[2] He had a second, less serious experience in the same city in 2008, when he was hit on the passenger side by another vehicle, although did not sustain any injuries.^[3]

He married Denisa Kráľová at a launch event of one of his albums in April 2005,^[4][5] when he released a greatest hits CD, titled Snívať celý život.^[6] He has two daughters, Sandra and Daniela.

Career

Junas began acting and singing as a teenager. Shortly afterwards, he decided to pursue a career in acting when he was cast in a 1984 television show entitled Triangel. During the 1990s, he ventured into the music industry, and has since made 8 albums, one winning a European Grammy. Junas has also dabbled in modeling, landing campaigns for Ford, Honda and Kenvelo.^{[citation needed]} He was one of the presenters of the 2006 Anděl Awards, held at the ČEZ Aréna in Ostrava in 2007.^[7]

Also, Junas has been in musical theatre, performing in Grease.^[8][9]

Film and television

• Místo zlocinu Ostrava [wikidata] (TV series, 2020)
• Detektív Dušo [sk] (TV series, 2018)
• Až po uši (TV series, 2014)
• Rodinné prípady [sk] (TV series, 2012)
• V mene zákona [sk] (TV series, 2009)
• Vášnivé známosti [sk] (1994)
• Roky prelomu [wikidata] (TV series, 1989)
• Skleníková Venuša [sk] (1985)
• Bakaláři [cs] (TV series, 1971)

Radio

• Rock FM (10 years of own talk show Trianglovna)
• Fun Radio (6 years of own talk show DJ-Show)
• Radio Koliba (4 years of own talk show DJ-Show II)

CD Albums

• Let's Together (featuring Alexa)
• Phantom into feather-bed
• You are Flying in it With Me
• Don't Sleep
• Macho - Polygram
• Perfect Copuple
• Best of - Universal
• Dreaming My Whole Life

CDs for Children

• They Are Catching Us
• It's Here Again
• Everything is Flying
• Beautiful Party
• Far out Day
• Far out Day II.
• Arara Karao Circus
• Teacher Destroyer
• Did it Self (Samo Sato)
• Where is this World Falling To
• Name, City, Animal, Thing