Background and career
Jarno "Jarppi" Leppälä (born 11 August 1979) is a Finnish television personality and a member of the stunt group the Dudesons.
Leppälä was born in Seinäjoki, South Ostrobothnia. Around 2001, Leppälä (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 doing live performances. They have made several television shows and two feature films and also collaborated with Jackass, and Dirty Sanchez. During his career Leppälä has also hosted television shows among other things. In 2011, Leppälä, partnered by Anna-Liisa Bergström, competed in the dance contest show Tanssii tähtien kanssa.
Leppälä has two sons (born 2010 and 2014) with his wife, singer Elina Karttunen.
