Jani Toivola

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Jani Toivola
Jani Toivola 2015.jpg
Member of the Finnish Parliament
for Uusimaa
In office
2011–2019
Personal details
Born (1977-11-27) 27 November 1977 (age 44)
Finland Vaasa, Finland
NationalityFinnish
Political partyGreen League
OccupationActor, dancer
Websitehttp://janitoivola.net

Jani Petteri Toivola (born 27 November 1977 in Vaasa, Finland) is a Finnish actor, dancer, author and an ex-politician. He studied in , 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. [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 won't be running for a third term. [4]

Filmography[]

  • Kuilu mielessä, (2003)
  • , TV series (2005), as Samir Kibaki
  • Meno-paluu, a travel programme (2005), host
  • , 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[]

Biography[]

  • Musta tulee isona valkoinen: Miten päästää irti pelosta ja häpeästä ja seistä omilla jaloillaan. Helsinki: Siltala, 2016. ISBN 978-952-234-358-1
  • Kirja tytölleni. Helsinki: WSOY, 2018. ISBN 978-951-0-43060-6
  • Poika ja hame. Kuvittanut Saara Obele. Helsinki: Otava, 2021 ISBN 978-951-1-38003-0
  • Rakkaudesta. Helsinki: Kosmos, 2021.ISBN 978-951-1-38003-0

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Jani Toivola ei peittele rakkauttaan miehiin". Iltalehti (in Finnish). 27 January 2007.
  2. ^ "He's the other politician with a white mother and a black Kenyan father". The World from PRX. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  3. ^ "BBC World Service - Outlook, Protestors, Politicians and Scribes". BBC. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  4. ^ "Toivola: I've decided not to run in next spring's elections". www.helsinkitimes.fi. Retrieved 2021-06-29.


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