Daniel Junas, also known as Dano Junas, (born January 16, 1962) is a Slovak

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

 actor, moderator, singer-songwriter and one-time Slovak Gramy Award winner.

Personal life

Junas was born in Bratislava

Bratislava

Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava...

, Slovakia

Slovakia

The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...

. His mother, Helen, was an opera

Opera

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text and musical score, usually in a theatrical setting. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance...

 singer, and his stepfather, Jan, was a singer and theater director.

He is married, for the third time, to Denisa Jusanova née Kralova, and 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 1984television show, Triangel. During the 1990s

1990s

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, 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

Honda

is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...

 and Kenvelo

Kenvelo

Kenvelo is a clothing firm originally from the Czech Republic. It currently operates approximately 270 stores in 19 countries: Czech Republic, Croatia, Slovakia, Romania, Hungary, Israel, Bulgaria, Russia, Austria, United Kingdom, Lithuania, Belarus, Albania, Latvia, Estonia, Malta, Ukraine,...

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Also, Junas has been in musical theatre, performing in Grease

Grease (musical)

Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...

 and I love you, you're perfect, now change.

Filmography

• Elisabeth's Yard
• Plavcik a Vratko
• Janosik
• More than words
• Playboy (1990)
• Axe
• Cage
• Sklenikova Venusa (1986)

Television

• Vášnivé známosti
• Bakalari
• Triangel
  Triangel
  Triangel may refer to:* Sassenburg-Triangel, a village near Gifhorn, Lower Saxony, Germany* A misspelling of triangle, the geometric shape...
  
  
• Goodness
• Big Heart
• Dj Show
• Miss Czechoslovakia (1990 - host of the event)
• Miss Slovakia (3 years - host of the event]
• Queen of Slovakia (1997 - host of the event alongside Jennifer Rush, Matt Bianco and Paul Yong)
• Believe it or Not
• Have Fun with Martiner
• Children to Children
• European Grammy Award for one of his songs (1992)
• Choice Awards host
• Pacient

Radio

• Rock FM (10 years of own talk show Trianglovna)
• Fun Radio
  Fun Radio
  Fun Kids is a British children's digital radio station in the United Kingdom and children's website, currently the Sony and Arqiva Digital Radio Station of the year. It is operated by Children's Radio UK Ltd which is owned by Folder Media...
  
   (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
  PolyGram
  PolyGram was the name of the major label recording company started by Philips from as a holding company for its music interests in 1945. In 1999 it was sold to Seagram and merged into Universal Music Group.-Hollandsche Decca Distributie , 1929-1950:...
  
  
• Perfect Copuple
• Best of - Universal
  Universal Records
  Universal Records was a record label owned by Universal Music Group, and it is now owned by Manny Patino and Michael Jackson, and operated as part of the Universal Motown Republic Group.-History:...
  
  
• 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