Giobbe Covatta
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- June 11, 1956
- Place of birth
- Taranto, Italy
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.
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Movies with Giobbe Covatta
- Poorly Rich 2016 · ★ 6.0
- Poorly Richer 2017 · ★ 5.7
- Una donna per la vita 2012 · ★ 6.0
- Il caso Pantani - L'omicidio di un campione 2020 · ★ 6.1
- Package, Double Package and Counterpackage 1993 · ★ 5.7
- Gol!a 2023 · ★ 8.0
- The sun inside 2012 · ★ 7.1
- Camere da letto 1997 · ★ 6.2
- Anime Borboniche 2021 · ★ 7.7
- Muzungu 1999 · ★ 6.7
- Il segreto del successo 2003 · ★ 6.2
- Amo la tempesta 2020 · ★ 4.0
- Water to the Ropes 2023 · ★ 6.0
- Il nostro ultimo 2015 · ★ 10.0
- Paraboleiperboli 1991 · ★ 8.0
- Una famiglia per caso 2003 · ★ 8.0
- La Reliquia 2020 · ★ 9.0
- My Kingdom for a Butterfly 2024
- All Human Rights for All 2008
- Dal mio punto di vista 2026