Jarno "Jarppi" Leppälä is a Finnish actor and stunt performer. He is a member of the stuntgroup The Dudesons. In Finland, he also goes by the nickname "Jarno2", but is mostly known as Jarppi.

Biography

Leppälä was born in Seinäjoki. Around 2001, he (along with childhood friends Jarno Laasala, Jukka Hilden and HP Parviainen) began filming "The Dudesons," originally seen on MoonTV. Shortly after that, The Dudesons began touring and performed a live show along with the band The Odorants. In 2004 he started a new show entitled “Duudsonielämää”.

In 2005 Leppälä, along with Dillerfar, made guest appearances on the MTV series Viva La Bam with Jackass star Bam Margera. Jarno has been said to be the funniest of the group.

Jarppi 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."

Jarppi's catchphrase is "two thumbs up" because he is missing the thumb on his right hand. The common explanation is that it was lost while Jarppi wrestled a polar bear. According to the movie he lost his thumb during a motorcycle stunt and in an interview during 2001 he said he lost it when using a power tool. The doctors tried to put it back on but failed. The preserved thumb can be seen in Season 3, Episode 7: "Return of Jarppi's thumb".

Leppälä has a son with his wife, singer Elina Karttunen.

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