Jani Toivola

Jani Toivola
Jani Toivola
Member of the Finnish Parliament; for Uusimaa
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 2011
Personal details
Born	27 November 1977 (age 46); Vaasa, Finland
Political party	Green League
Occupation	Actor, dancer
Website	http://janitoivola.net

Jani Petteri Toivola (born 27 November 1977 in Vaasa, Finland) is a Finnish actor, dancer 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 mother Finnish.

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's the first Finnish Black MP.

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

External links

Jani Toivola at IMDb

References

^ "Jani Toivola ei peittele rakkauttaan miehiin". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 27 January 2007.

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[1] "Jani Toivola ei peittele rakkauttaan miehiin". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 27 January 2007.

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