TV Personality, Comedian, MC, actor and facilitator Jason Goliath is best known for his role as ’Gatiep’ in the SAFTA Nominated SABC 1 Sitcom Ses’ Top La, as well as a number of large ad campaigns in which he played leads, including Castle Lager, Cell C, First For Women, Tiger Wheel and Tyre, CTM, Mobicell, Sasol, Bar One and Wimpy.
Nominated as Best Newcomer in the 2012 SA Comic’s Choice Awards, Jason Goliath is a larger than life comedian who literally is larger than life (it’s because all this personality won’t fit into a smaller body, ok!). With a commanding stage presence, ridiculous amounts of energy and a character-based set focused on making audiences laugh at life’s uncomfortable truths, he has performed successfully at numerous corporate events and leading comedy rooms/events, including Blacks Only, Proudly Coloured Comedy Festival, Parkers, Melville Underground, Captains Comedy Festival, AWEdnesday Comedy Jam, LOL at Gold Reef City, Comic’s Choice Awards™ Winners Lap, The Box and many more.
In 2015 he was one of the 10 celebrity contestants on the eighth season of the reality competition series Strictly Come Dancing. He was partnered with professional dancer Samantha Bele Viana.
In 2016 he began hosting the late night talk show Larger Than Life on SABC3.
STAND UP COMEDY
At the age of 30 Jason decided to follow his passion and took the stage for the first time to perform standup comedy. Soon he was performing at stages across Johannesburg and he has since gone on grace stages across the globe. With a commanding stage presence that is difficult to ignore and ridiculous amounts of energy, jason is inspired by everyday life and wpxeriences. He gets a thrill from making audiences laugh from uncomfortable truths. He is hilarious, raw, loud and real. He is a regular on stages across the country and has performed on some of the largest gigs in the country, including the Kings and Queens of Comedy, the Johannesburg International Comedy Festival, the Comedy Central Comedy Festival, the Big 5 Comedy Tour and the Mother City Comedy Festival, amongst others. Internationally he was on the lineup at the Montreux Comedy Festival in Switzerland as well as the world-renowned Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal, Canada. He has recorded a number of comedy specials which are available on streaming platforms.
