Janko Kroner (born 1 June 1956) is a Slovak film, television and stage actor. Once a regular cast of the Slovak National Theater (SND) (1987–2009), Kroner began his acting career as part of the

New Scene New Scene (Slovak: ''Nová scéna'', abr. ND) is a theatre located in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It specializes in mainstream and Musical theatre such as musicals, comedies and fairy tales. The theatre was established in 1945 as part o ...

(1982–86). In the mid 1990s, alongside staging for his home theater, he gradually began appearing in a local VA-based ensemble called a.ha. In the most recent decade, he has been known as the frontman of the

Malá scéna The Slovak National Theater (, abbr. SND) is the oldest professional theatre in Slovakia, consisting of three ensembles: opera, ballet, and drama. Its history begins shortly after the establishment of the first Czechoslovak Republic in 1918. It ...

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, a body supervised by Kroner through 2010-2011. As a member of the Slovak acting "dynasty" that span three generations to date, Kroner himself has received numerous nominations in his native country, including two LitFond Awards for Performing Arts in Drama, as well two television-focused ''

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'' as TV Male Actor, respectively. Amongst others, he is the only son of Ján Kroner, or rather a nephew of

Jozef Kroner Jozef Kroner (20 March 1924 in Staškov – 12 March 1998 in Bratislava) was a Slovakia, Slovak actor. His brother Ľudovít Kroner, daughter Zuzana Kronerová, and wife Terézia Hurbanová-Kronerová were also actors. He starred in the Oscar-wi ...

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; Film * 1982: ''

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'' (as Julo) * 1984: ''

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'' (based on a Němcová's fairytale; as Matěj) * 1984: '' Farewell, Sweet Slumbers'' * 1986: '' The Edelstein Action'' (as Filo) * 1986: '' Hothouse Venus'' (as Peter Vrchovský) * 1986: ''Icing'' (as Igor Krška) * 1987: '' The Devil's Smile'' (black-and-white; based on ''

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'', as Lt. Jurko) * 1989: ''

Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself ''Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself'' () is a 1989 Czechoslovak-West German comedy-drama film directed by Juraj Jakubisko. It was entered into the main competition at the 46th Venice International Film Festival. Synopsis A tragi-comedy about ...

'' * 1989: '' Nebojsa'' (based on a

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's fairytale; title r. as Ondrej "Nebojsa") * 1991: '' Fly of the Asphalt Pigeon'' ( voice r., as Dodo) * 1996: '' Jašek's Dream'' (based on a Chrobák's story) * 1997: ''

Orbis Pictus ''Orbis Pictus'', or ''Orbis Sensualium Pictus'' (''Visible World in Pictures''), is a textbook for children written by Czech educator John Amos Comenius and published in 1658. It was the first widely used children's textbook with pictures, ...

'' * 1997: '' Blue Heaven'' (voice r., as Viktor) * 2000: ''

Victims and Murderers ''Victims and Murderers'' () is a 2000 Czech drama film directed by Andrea Sedláčková. It was entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival. Cast * Karel Roden as Miroslav * Ivana Chýlková as Jana * Monika Hilmerová as Young ...

'' (as Josef) * 2002: ''

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'' * 2002: '' Quartétto'' (as Peter) * 2007: ''Half-life'' (as Viktor) * 2009: '' You Kiss like a God'' * 2009: '' BRATISLAVAfilm'' (as Milanko)

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Janko Janko is a name that derives from a diminutive form of the name '' Jan'' (Slavic languages), '' Janez'' (Slovenian), ''János'' (Hungarian), and ''Yakov''/''Jacob'' (Ashkenazi Jewish). It also derives from the vernacular form of Latin ''Johannes'' ...

1956 births Living people People from Považská Bystrica Slovak male film actors Slovak male television actors Slovak male stage actors 20th-century Slovak male actors 21st-century Slovak male actors People with bipolar disorder

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