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

Tato

Amo la tempesta

Prete

Una donna per la vita

Gol!a

Parroco

Acqua alle Corde

Prete della vecchia chiesa

Il nostro ultimo

Padre Gennaro

Il mio regno per una farfalla

Rosario Aurispa

Pacco, doppio pacco e contropaccotto

Rapsodia

sacerdote di Torresecca

Poveri ma ricchi

Don Genesio

Poveri ma ricchissimi

Edoardo

Muzungu

Se stesso

Il segreto del successo

Autista pullman

Il sole dentro

Sandro

Camere da letto

Rosario Tolomelli

Il caso Pantani - L'omicidio di un campione

All Human Rights for All

Paraboleiperboli

Una famiglia per caso

Padre Giacinto

Anime borboniche

Il Maciaro

La Reliquia