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

Poor but Rich

as sacerdote di Torresecca

Poor but Richer

as Don Genesio

Una donna per la vita

as Prete

Il caso Pantani - L'omicidio di un campione

as Rosario Tolomelli

Package, Double Package and Counterpackage

as Rosario Aurispa

Gol!a

The sun inside

as Autista pullman

Camere da letto

as Sandro

Anime borboniche

as Padre Giacinto

Muzungu

as Edoardo