Allen Covert

Infobox actor


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occupation = Actor
spouse = Kathryn Covert (?-Present) 1 Child

Allen Covert (born October 13, 1964) is an American comedian and actor.

Covert was born in West Palm Beach, Florida. A longtime friend of Adam Sandler, he is a familiar face to Sandler fans, having appeared in twelve of Sandler's movies. He also frequently writes for Sandler's films and comedy albums. He raised his profile as Sandler's best friend and town limousine driver in "The Wedding Singer" (1998), before taking on smaller roles as villains or antagonists such as the lecherous nerdy journalist in "Mr. Deeds" (2002) and a braggart romantic rival in "Anger Management" (2003), a film for which he was also executive producer. He was nearly unrecognizable as Sandler's homeless caddy, Otto, in "Happy Gilmore". He also played Sandler's gay friend in "Big Daddy" (1999). He even played the role of a short-term memory loss patient, 10-Second Tom in "50 First Dates" (2004). He also had a large part in the movie Little Nicky as Nicky's roommate, a role in which Covert gained 40 pounds and shaved his hairline to reflect the character. Covert also had a brief role in a "King Of Queens" television episode that Sandler and friend Peter Dante was also a guest-star on as well as an episode where he was the towel guy. Covert was educated at New York University, where he was a classmate of Sandler.

Covert cameoed alongside Sandler in an episode of the short lived, but highly critically acclaimed comedy by Judd Apatow, Undeclared. (Episode: The Assistant).

Covert had his first starring role in the early 2006 release "Grandma's Boy" for Sandler's Happy Madison production company. Covert is also one of the screenwriters for the Happy Madison production "The Benchwarmers", which was released April 7, 2006.

Covert is married to Kathryn Covert and has two children.

Filmography

*Strange Wilderness (2008)
*I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007)
*Click (2006)
*Grandma's Boy (2006)
*The Longest Yard (2005)
*50 First Dates (2004)
*Anger Management (2003)
*Eight Crazy Nights (2002) (voice)
*Mr. Deeds (2002)
*Little Nicky (2000)
*Big Daddy (1999)
*Freaks and Geeks (TV)
*The Ben Stiller Show (TV)
*Never Been Kissed (1999)
* (1999)
*The Waterboy (1998)
*The Wedding Singer (1998)
*Undeclared (TV)
*Bulletproof (1996)
*Ferris Bueller (TV)
*Rosanne (TV)
*Happy Gilmore (1996)
*Heavyweights (1995)
*Airheads (1994)
*Going Overboard (1989)
*King Of Queens (TV)

External links

*imdb name|id=0184445|name=Allen Covert
* [http://www.allencovert.com AllenCovert.com]