Giobbe Covatta
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. 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. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · My Kingdom for a Butterfly as Padre Gennaro
- 2023 · Gol!a as
- 2023 · Water to the Ropes as Parroco
- 2021 · Anime borboniche as Padre Giacinto
- 2020 · La Reliquia as Il Maciaro
- 2020 · Il caso Pantani - L'omicidio di un campione as Rosario Tolomelli
- 2020 · Amo la tempesta as Tato
- 2017 · Poor but Richer as Don Genesio
- 2016 · Poor but Rich as sacerdote di Torresecca
- 2015 · Il nostro ultimo as Prete della vecchia chiesa
- 2012 · Una donna per la vita as Prete
- 2012 · The sun inside as Autista pullman
- 2008 · All Human Rights for All as
- 2008 · Medici miei as Gianni Colantuomo
- 2004 · Mai dire Grande Fratello & figli as
- 2004 · Il mammo as Il veggente
- 2003 · Il segreto del successo as Se stesso
- 2003 · Una famiglia per caso as
- 2002 · Mai dire domenica as
- 1999 · Muzungu as Edoardo
- 1997 · Camere da letto as Sandro
- 1993 · Package, Double Package and Counterpackage as Rosario Aurispa
- 1991 · Paraboleiperboli as
- Future · Rapsodia as