Daniel Junas

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1962|01|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Bratislava, Slovakia

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| othername = Dano Junas

| occupation = Actor and Singer-Songwriter

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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.

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.{{cite web |last1=Matejčíková |first1=Daša |last2=Puková |first2=Andrea |title=Spevák a moderátor Dano Junas tvrdí: "Každé voľby sú predovšetkým biznis" |url=https://www.sme.sk/c/2190674/spevak-a-moderator-dano-junas-tvrdi-kazde-volby-su-predovsetkym-biznis.html |website=Sme |access-date=25 June 2025 |language=sk |date=3 June 1999}} 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.{{cite web |title=O vlások unikli smrti! |url=https://www.topky.sk/cl/15/55120/O-vlasok-unikli-smrti- |website=Topky |access-date=25 June 2025 |language=sk |date=6 March 2005}} 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.{{cite web |title=Dano Junas: Autonehoda! |url=https://www.topky.sk/cl/15/228582/Dano-Junas--Autonehoda- |website=Topky |access-date=25 June 2025 |language=sk |date=26 March 2008}}

He married Denisa Kráľová at a launch event of one of his albums in April 2005,{{cite web |title=Dano Junas sa nečakane oženil |url=http://koktail.pravda.sk/sk_ksav.asp?r=sk_ksav&c=A050429_022444_sk_ksav_p20 |website=Pravda |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725104915/http://koktail.pravda.sk/sk_ksav.asp?r=sk_ksav&c=A050429_022444_sk_ksav_p20 |archive-date=25 July 2011 |language=sk |date=29 April 2005 |url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last=Kuhlová |first=Miriam |title=Dano Junas sa na krste svojho nového albumu oženil |url=http://www.lady.sk/index.php?kategoria=12&id=3565&PHPSESSID=6cbbd3949871e2aea49b9b328d9d12a6 |website=lady.sk |access-date=25 June 2025 |language=sk |date=2 May 2005}} when he released a greatest hits CD, titled Snívať celý život.{{cite web |title=dano junas |url=http://www.musicmedia.sk/main.php?s=3&lg=1&art=14 |website=musicmedia.sk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071009125136/http://www.musicmedia.sk/main.php?s=3&lg=1&art=14 |archive-date=9 October 2007 |language=sk |date=n.d. |url-status=dead}} 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|date=June 2025}} He was one of the presenters of the 2006 Anděl Awards, held at the ČEZ Aréna in Ostrava in 2007.{{cite web |title=Anděl 2007 |url=http://www.honey-bunny.cz/andel-2007 |website=honey-bunny.cz |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080318010038/http://www.honey-bunny.cz/andel-2007 |archive-date=18 March 2008 |language=cs |date=n.d.}}

Also, Junas has been in musical theatre, performing in Grease.{{cite web |last=Hriadelová |first=Miloslava |title=Pomáda je pre Dana Junasa háčikom pre návrat späť |url=https://korzar.sme.sk/c/4707506/pomada-je-pre-dana-junasa-hacikom-pre-navrat-spat.html |website=Korzár |access-date=25 June 2025 |language=sk |date=19 February 2001}}{{cite web |last=Petruška |first=Igor |title=Dano Junas kedysi bubnoval v orchestri Gustava Broma a svoje prvé ´škopky´kúpil od bubeníka z Fermaty |url=http://www.musicx.sk/news.php3?id=3264 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071024011026/http://www.musicx.sk/news.php3?id=3264 |archive-date=24 October 2007 |language=sk |date=8 January 2001}}