Allen Covert Filmography

Allen Stephen Covert is an American comedian, actor, writer, and producer best known for his frequent collaborations with actor Adam Sandler. Covert was born in West Palm Beach, Florida and educated at New York University, where he was a classmate and Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity brother of Adam Sandler. The two have remained friends since, and have also developed a professional partnership that has continued throughout both of their careers. Covert has served as a performer, writer, and/or producer for almost every film and comedy album Sandler has ever released. Covert's father was Jewish... and his mother was a Southern Baptist; Covert identifies as Jewish. Covert's first film role, as a bartender, was in Sandler's 1989 film Going Overboard. He had minor parts in several subsequent Sandler films before his first prominent role in 1998's The Wedding Singer alongside Sandler and Drew Barrymore. Covert would continue to have fairly large roles in Sandler's next four films, including one in Little Nicky for which he gained 40 pounds.
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