Allen Covert | |
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Born | Allen Stephen Covert October 13, 1964 West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
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Years active | 1989–present |
Spouse | Kathryn Hagstrom (m. 2006;div. 2019) |
Allen Stephen Covert [1] (born October 13, 1964) is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer. He is best known for his starring role in the 2006 comedy film Grandma's Boy , and his supporting actor role in the movie Strange Wilderness (2008). He is a frequent collaborator of actor and friend Adam Sandler with prominent roles in such films as Happy Gilmore (1996), The Wedding Singer (1998), Big Daddy (1999), Little Nicky (2000), Mr. Deeds (2002), Anger Management (2003), 50 First Dates (2004) and I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry (2007).
Covert was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, the son of Elizabeth Ann (née Duhy) and Stephen Covert. [2] His father was Jewish, and his mother was a Southern Baptist. He studied theater at New York University, where he was a classmate of Adam Sandler. [3] Covert has served as a performer, writer, and/or producer for almost every film and comedy album Sandler has ever released. [3]
He married Kathryn Ashley Hagstrom on February 14, 2006. In July 2019, Hagstrom filed for divorce; it was finalized in November 2019. [4] [5]
Covert's first film role was a cruise ship bartender in Sandler's 1989 film Going Overboard which also was Sandler's first cinematic appearance. Covert had minor parts in several subsequent Sandler films such as Otto the homeless caddy in Happy Gilmore , before his first prominent role in 1998's The Wedding Singer alongside Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Covert would continue to have roles in Sandler's next four films, including one in Little Nicky for which he gained 40 pounds. He eventually settled back into walk-on and single-scene appearances in Sandler's films beginning with 50 First Dates in 2004.
In 2006, Covert starred in the comedy film Grandma's Boy , his first (and only) lead role. Sandler served as an executive producer. Covert has also had small roles in four films that neither star nor are produced by Sandler: Never Been Kissed , Late Last Night, Heavyweights, and The Cable Guy.
Although Covert's on-screen presence has been reduced in recent years, he has continued to serve an active role in Sandler's movie production company, Happy Madison Productions, where Covert is an executive producer and sometimes co-writer on most of the company's films. In addition, Covert has contributed heavily to Sandler's many comedy albums, and frequently receives co-songwriting credits on the original songs that Sandler performs in many of his films.
Covert appeared as himself, along with Adam Sandler, in an episode of the television series Undeclared . The show's creator, Judd Apatow, is another friend and former college classmate of Covert and Sandler.
Covert is a cofounder of Cherry Tree Books, a publisher of eBooks for children. [6]
Year | Title | Contribution | Role | Notes | ||
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Actor | Producer | Writer | ||||
1989 | Going Overboard | Yes | Bartender | |||
1991 | Roseanne | Yes | Man #1 | "Vegas Interruptus" | ||
1991 | Ferris Bueller | Yes | Steve | "A Night in the Life" | ||
1993 | The Ben Stiller Show | Yes | Waiter #1 | "A Few Good Scouts" | ||
1994 | Airheads | Yes | Cop | |||
1994 | Saturday Night Live | Yes | — | "Sara Gilbert / Counting Crows" | ||
1995 | Heavyweights | Yes | Kenny | |||
1996 | Happy Gilmore | Yes | Otto | |||
1996 | Bulletproof | Yes | Detective Jones | |||
1996 | Adam Sandler: "Steve Polychronopolous" | Yes | Yes | — | Music Video | |
1998 | The Wedding Singer | Yes | Sammy | |||
1998 | The Waterboy | Yes | Walter | |||
1999 | Never Been Kissed | Yes | Roger in Op-Ed | |||
1999 | Big Daddy | Yes | Yes | Phil D'Amato | Associate Producer | |
1999 | Late Last Night | Yes | Coked Guy | TV movie Credited as Alan Coert | ||
1999 | The Peeper | Yes | Yes | The Boyfriend (Voice Role) | Short Film | |
1999 | Freaks and Geeks | Yes | Greasy Clerk | "Beers and Weirs" | ||
1999 | Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo | Yes | Vic | |||
1999 | The Peeper | Yes | — | Short Film | ||
1999 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler | Yes | — | Television Documentary | ||
2000 | Little Nicky | Yes | Yes | Todd | Associate Producer | |
2000 | Little Nicky | Yes | Todd (Voice Role) | Video Game | ||
2000 | Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley | Yes | — | Television Documentary | ||
2001 | Undeclared | Yes | Allen Covert (Uncredited) | "The Assistant" | ||
2002 | Mr. Deeds | Yes | Yes | Marty | Associate Producer | |
2002 | Eight Crazy Nights | Yes | Yes | Yes | Old Lady / Bus Driver / Mayor's Wife | Voice Role |
2002 | A Day with the Meatball | Yes | — | Short Film | ||
2003 | Anger Management | Yes | Yes | Andrew | Executive Producer | |
2004 | 50 First Dates | Yes | Ten Second Tom | |||
2006–2007 | The King of Queens | Yes | Matthew Klein / Towel Guy | 2 episodes | ||
2005 | The Longest Yard | Yes | Yes | Referee | Executive Producer | |
2006 | Grandma's Boy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Alex | |
2006 | The Benchwarmers | Yes | — | |||
2007 | I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry | Yes | Yes | Steve | Co-Producer | |
2007–2009 | Slacker Cats | Yes | Trevor Dagdale (Voice Role) | 2 episodes | ||
2008 | Strange Wilderness | Yes | Fred | |||
2008 | The House Bunny | Yes | Yes | Waiter #2 (Uncredited) | ||
2008 | Bedtime Stories | Yes | Ferrari Guy | |||
2009 | Paul Blart: Mall Cop | Yes | Jerky Security Guy | |||
2009 | Leisure Suit Larry: Box Office Bust | Yes | — | Video Game | ||
2009 | Funny People | Yes | Himself (Uncredited) | Archival Footage | ||
2010 | Pretend Time | Yes | Larry | "Blah Blah Blah Main Street" | ||
2010 | Grown Ups | Yes | — | Executive Producer | ||
2011 | Just Go with It | Yes | Yes | Soul Patch | Executive Producer | |
2011 | Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star | Yes | Yes | Yes | Pornstore Clerk (Uncredited) | |
2011 | Jack and Jill | Yes | Yes | Yes | Otto | Executive Producer Second Rewrite (Uncredited) |
2011 | Mobsters | Yes | Harry | "Weed Like to Talk to You" | ||
2012 | Hotel Transylvania | Yes | Yes | Additional Voices (Voice Role) | Executive Producer | |
2012 | That's My Boy | Yes | — | |||
2013 | Grown Ups 2 | Yes | Yes | Hippie Teacher | Executive Producer | |
2014 | Blended | Yes | Yes | 10 Second Tom | Executive Producer | |
2015 | Pixels | Yes | Yes | Abusive Citizen | ||
2015 | The Ridiculous 6 | Yes | — | |||
2015 | Hotel Transylvania 2 | Yes | Yes | Candle Cake Monster (Voice Role) | Executive Producer | |
2016 | The Do-Over | Yes | — | |||
2017 | Sandy Wexler | Yes | Yes | Gurvy | ||
2018 | Father of the Year | Yes | Yes | Trey's Dad | ||
2018 | The Week Of | Yes | — | |||
2018 | Adam Sandler's: 100% Fresh | Yes | — | TV special | ||
2019 | Murder Mystery | Yes | Yes | Tourist Dad | ||
2020 | The Wrong Missy | Yes | Yes | Bank Employee | ||
2020 | Hubie Halloween | Yes | Yes | Zombie Movie Dad | ||
2022 | Home Team | Yes | Yes | Referee Covert | ||
2023 | Murder Mystery 2 | Yes | ||||
2023 | Leo | Yes | — | Executive Producer | ||
2025 | Happy Gilmore 2 | Yes | Otto | |||
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