Giobbe Covatta
Actor
- Born
- June 11, 1956 (age 70) · Taranto, Italy
Gianni Maria Covatta (born 11 June 1956), best known as Giobbe Covatta, is an Italian stand-up comedian, actor, writer and politician.
Born in Taranto, after appearing in a number of other variety shows Covatta he had his breakout in 1990 as a recurring guest in the Canale 5 talk show Maurizio Costanzo Show, where he reads his compositions inspired by the Bible. These sketch eventually inspired a book, Parola di Giobbe, which was released in 1991 and got an immediate success, selling over a million copies and getting over thirty editions. In the later years Covatta published other books, notably Pancreas, a parody of Edmondo De Amicis' Heart, and was active as an actor in films, television series and on stage.
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In 2006, Covatta was elected councilor of the Federation of the Greens party in the Rome local elections. In 2015, he was elected national spokesperson of the party, still maintaining he does not consider himself a politician.
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Known for
Poorly Rich
December 15, 2016
Poorly Richer
December 14, 2017
Una donna per la vita
September 21, 2012
Il caso Pantani - L'omicidio di un campione
October 12, 2020
Package, Double Package and Counterpackage
January 22, 1993
Gol!a
April 20, 2023
The sun inside
June 20, 2012
Camere da letto
January 1, 1997
Anime Borboniche
January 14, 2021
Muzungu
March 26, 1999
Il segreto del successo
January 30, 2003
Amo la tempesta
August 6, 2020
Acting21
- 2026Dal mio punto di vista as Lucio Lo Gatto
- 2024My Kingdom for a Butterfly as Padre Gennaro
- 2023Gol!a
- 2023Water to the Ropes as Parroco
- 2021Anime Borboniche as Padre Giacinto
- 2020La Reliquia as Il Maciaro
- 2020Il caso Pantani - L'omicidio di un campione as Rosario Tolomelli
- 2020Amo la tempesta as Tato
- 2017Poorly Richer as Don Genesio
- 2016Poorly Rich