Known For
Acting
Born
Jun 11, 1956
Place of Birth
Taranto, Italy
Credits
27 titles
Giobbe Covatta
Biography
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
Filmography
Dal mio punto di vista
Lucio Lo Gatto
My Kingdom for a Butterfly
Padre Gennaro
Gol!a
Water to the Ropes
Parroco
Anime Borboniche
Padre Giacinto
La Reliquia
Il Maciaro
Il caso Pantani - L'omicidio di un campione
Rosario Tolomelli
Amo la tempesta
Tato
Poorly Richer
Don Genesio
Poorly Rich
Don Genesio
Il nostro ultimo
Prete della vecchia chiesa
Una donna per la vita
Prete
The sun inside
Autista pullman
All Human Rights for All
Medici miei
Gianni Colantuomo
Collezione di risate
Mai dire Grande Fratello & figli
Il mammo
Il veggente
Il segreto del successo
Se stesso
Una famiglia per caso
Mai dire domenica
L'Ottavo Nano
Muzungu
Edoardo
Camere da letto
Sandro
Package, Double Package and Counterpackage
Rosario Aurispa
Paraboleiperboli
Rapsodia