Jarl Einar Goli (born 23 April 1957) is working as a painter today. He has been a Norwegian actor and television personality in former times. He enrolled at the Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in 1978, and started a career in acting. He was a stage actor at Den Nationale Scene before appearing on television for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. He quickly made his breakthrough with Eli Rygg in the children's show Portveien 2 in the mid-1980s. In 1985 Goli was awarded the Se og Hør readers' TV personality of the year award. He left Portveien 2 after about 70 episodes, and hosted the 1986 Melodi Grand Prix as well as the radio programs Norsktoppen and . In the 1990s he appeared on other channels, as host of Super-Quick in 1993 on TV Norge and Våg og vinn in 1997 on TV3. He also h