Jani Toivola
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Use dmy dates Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Script error: No such module "Check for conflicting parameters". Jani Petteri Toivola (born 27 November 1977) is a Finnish actor, dancer, author and an ex-politician. He studied in HB Acting Studio, New York City in 1999–2002. He has performed in several dance works, television series and plays. Toivola is also openly gay.[1] His father is Kenyan and his mother is Finnish.[2]
Toivola has been a veejay for the chart programme of the music channel The Voice. He has also so far hosted the third and fourth season of the Finnish Idols television series together with Ellen Jokikunnas.
In the Finnish parliamentary election of 2011, Toivola was elected to the Parliament of Finland as a candidate of the Green League. He was the first Finnish Black MP.[3] In 2018 he announced that he would not run for a third term.[4]
Filmography
- Kuilu mielessä, (2003)
- Käenpesä, TV series (2005), as Samir Kibaki
- Meno-paluu, a travel programme (2005), host
- Ähläm Sähläm, TV series (2006), as Heikki
- Osasto 5, TV series (2006), as Ahmed Mattila
- Idols, third season of TV series (2007), host
- Kaikki kunnossa, waiter in TV series (2007)
- Big Brother Extra, fifth season of TV series (2009), host
Theatre
- Sorsastaja, Finnish National Theatre (2006)
- Hairspray, Helsinki City Theatre (2005)
- Hair, Peacock Theatre in Linnanmäki
Biography
- Musta tulee isona valkoinen: Miten päästää irti pelosta ja häpeästä ja seistä omilla jaloillaan. Helsinki: Siltala, 2016. Template:ISBN
- Kirja tytölleni. Helsinki: WSOY, 2018. Template:ISBN
- Poika ja hame. Kuvittanut Saara Obele. Helsinki: Otava, 2021 Template:Isbn
- Rakkaudesta. Helsinki: Kosmos, 2021.Template:Isbn
External links
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References
- Pages with script errors
- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Vaasa
- Finnish people of Kenyan descent
- Green League politicians
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (2011–2015)
- Members of the Parliament of Finland (2015–2019)
- Finnish male television actors
- Finnish gay actors
- Big Brother (Finnish TV series)
- Finnish gay politicians
- LGBTQ legislators
- Finnish male stage actors
- LGBTQ people of African descent