Jarppi Leppälä | |
|---|---|
) Leppälä in 2010 | |
| Born | Jarno Juhani Leppälä 11 August 1979 Seinäjoki, Finland |
| Occupation | Stunt performer |
| Known for | The Dudesons |
| Spouse(s) | Elina Karttunen |
| Children | 2 |
Jarno Juhani "Jarppi" Leppälä (born 11 August 1979) is a Finnish stunt performer and a member of the stunt group The Dudesons. In Finland, he also goes by the nickname "No Thumb".
Biography
Leppälä was born in Seinäjoki, Finland. Around 2001, he (along with childhood friends Jarno Laasala, Jukka Hildén and HP Parviainen) began filming The Dudesons, originally seen on MoonTV. Shortly after, The Dudesons began touring and performed a live show along with the band The Odorants. In 2004, Leppälä started a new show called Duudsonielämää.
In 2005, Leppälä, along with Dillerfar, made guest appearances on the MTV series Viva La Bam with Jackass star Bam Margera.
Leppälä is most commonly known as the "Funny Fat Guy", known for poking fun at co-star Jukka Hilden's stupidity. From The Dudesons official website: "Jarppi is the king of one-liners and the physically clumsiest Dudeson. He is also the most practical of the bunch and can build anything; cars, rockets and other contraptions Dudesons use to hurt themselves with."
Leppälä's catchphrase is "two thumbs up", because he is missing the thumb on his right hand. There are many explanations as to how this occurred, the most common of which is that it was lost while Jarppi wrestled a polar bear. According to the Dudesons movie, he lost his thumb during a motorcycle stunt, while in an interview in 2001, he said he lost it when using a power tool. The doctors attempted to reattach but failed. The preserved thumb can be seen in season 3, episode 7: "Return of Jarppi's Thumb".
Personal life
Leppälä has two sons (born 2010 and 2014) with his wife, singer Elina Karttunen.[1]
Filmography
TV
- Tanssii tähtien kanssa (Finnish 2011) (finalist)
- Maailmankiertue (Finnish, 2001–2003)
- Törkytorstai (Finnish, 2003–2004)
- Duudsoni Elämää (Finnish, 2004)
- The Dudesons (2006–)
- Piilokamerapäälliköt (Finnish, 2008)
- Operaatio Maa (Finnish, 2008)
- Teräspallit (Finnish, 2010)
- The Dudesons in America (2010)
- Posse (Finnish, 2014–present)
Film
- The Dudesons Movie (2006)
- Bam Margera Presents: Where the ♯$&% Is Santa? (2008)
- Minghags (2009)
- Jackass 3D (2010)
- Jackass 3.5 (2011)
References
- ^ "7 päivää: Duudson-Jarpista poikavauvan isä" [7 days: Dudeson-Jarppi the father of a baby boy]. MTV.fi (in Finnish). 12 May 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
External links
- Jarppi Leppälä at IMDb
- Jarppi Leppälä on Twitter
- Jarppi Leppälä on Instagram
- The Dudesons - Jarppi (archived)
- Finnish site - Jarppi (archived)
