Dražen Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дражен Јанковић; 1965 – 9 November 2018), also known by his nickname Drale, was a Serbian musician, composer, writer and actor. He was a band member of Sarajevo-based rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje under a pseudonym Seid Mali Karajlić (or Seid Little Karajlić), and Belgrade-based band The No Smoking Orchestra.[3][4] He was one of the prominent members of the New Primitivism movement in his hometown Sarajevo. His older brother is a Serbian musician and actor Nenad Janković.[5][6]
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| Born | 1965 (1965)[1][2] Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Died | 9 November 2018(2018-11-09) (aged 52–53) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
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| Education | Sarajevo Second Gymnasium |
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| Years active | 1980–2018 |
| Relatives | Nenad Janković (brother) |
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| Labels | Polis 1991 |
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As an actor, he has appeared in television series Top lista nadrealista (1989–1991) and Složna braća (1996), as well as in a documentary film Super 8 Stories (2001), directed by the award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica.[7]
Janković was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia (nowadays Bosnia and Herzegovina) where he finished elementary school and the Second Sarajevo Gymnasium. His father Srđan was a linguist and a university professor of Oriental sciences at the University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Philosophy.
Albums
Zabranjeno pušenje
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| 1989–1991 | Top lista nadrealista (TV Series) | Supporting roles | Seasons 2, 3 |
| 1996 | Složna braća (TV Series) | Nemanja 2 | |
| 2001 | Super 8 Stories | Himself | Documentary |
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