Allen Covert

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| birthname = Allen Stephen Covert

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1964|10|13}}

| birth_place = West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S.

| occupation = {{flatlist|

Actor
comedian
writer

producer}}

| yearsactive = 1989–present

| spouse = {{marriage|Kathryn Hagstrom|2006|2019|end=divorce}}

}}

Allen Stephen Covert{{Cite web|url=http://www.city-data.com/elec/elec-LOS-ANGELES-CA.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041118235000/http://www.city-data.com/elec/elec-LOS-ANGELES-CA.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 18, 2004|title=LOS ANGELES, CA Political Contributions by Individuals|date=November 18, 2004|access-date=January 6, 2017}} (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).

Life

Covert was born in West Palm Beach, Florida, the son of Elizabeth Ann (née Duhy) and Stephen Covert.[https://archive.today/20130411011516/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EGYyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JrcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3058,5170704&dq=recent-birth-announcements-given-in-lists-reported-by-local&hl=en Google News] 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.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=guy-CQAAQBAJ&q=alleN+covert+nyu&pg=PT133|title=Adam Sandler: America's Comedian|last=Crawford|first=Bill|date=July 21, 2015|publisher=St. Martin's Griffin|isbn=9781250091307|language=en}} Covert has served as a performer, writer, and/or producer for almost every film and comedy album Sandler has ever released.

He married Kathryn Ashley Hagstrom on February 14, 2006. In July 2019, Hagstrom filed for divorce; it was finalized in November 2019.{{Cite web|date=2019-07-18|title='Grandma's Boy' Star Allen Covert Gets Hit With Divorce from Longtime Wife|url=https://theblast.com/c/adam-sandler-bff-allen-covert-divorce-grandmas-boy|access-date=2020-11-13|website=The Blast|language=en}}{{Cite tweet|title=So I'm signing my final divorce papers on Monday and my ex has the kids next week. I'm thinking it's a Vegas Thanksgiving this year. They have to have a special buffet right|user=THATAllenCovert|last=Covert|first=Allen|number=1198022099853398016|access-date=2020-11-13|date=2019-11-22|language=en|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201113183053/https://twitter.com/thatallencovert/status/1198022099853398016|archive-date=2020-11-13}}

Career

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 served an active role in Sandler's movie production company, Happy Madison Productions, where Covert was 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. In 2023, Covert departed from Happy Madison following a three-year hiatus to focus on a family situation. He has since reprised his role as Otto in Happy Gilmore 2, and has plans to found his own production company, with a personal goal for a return of theatrically released R-rated comedy 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.{{cite web | url=https://www.ocregister.com/2012/07/04/cherry-tree-digital-book-series-a-great-way-to-bring-patriotism-home/ | title=Cherry Tree digital book series a great way to bring patriotism home | date=July 4, 2012 }}

Filmography

class="wikitable sortable" ! rowspan="2" \|Year ! rowspan="2" \|Title ! colspan="3" \|Contribution ! rowspan="2" \|Role ! rowspan="2" \|Notes
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}} \|{{N/A}} \|"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}} \|{{N/A}} \|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}} \| \|{{N/A}} \|Short Film
1999 \|Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler \| \| \|{{Yes}} \|{{N/A}} \|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}} \|{{N/A}} \|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}} \| \|{{N/A}} \|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}} \|{{N/A}} \|
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}} \|{{N/A}} \|Video Game
2009 \|Funny People \|{{Yes}} \| \| \|Himself (Uncredited) \|Archival Footage
2010 \|Pretend Time \|{{Yes}} \| \| \|Larry \|"Blah Blah Blah Main Street"
2010 \|Grown Ups \| \|{{Yes}} \| \|{{N/A}} \|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}} \| \|{{N/A}} \|
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}} \| \|{{N/A}} \|
2015 \|Hotel Transylvania 2 \|{{Yes}} \|{{Yes}} \| \|Candle Cake Monster (Voice Role) \|Executive Producer
2016 \|The Do-Over \| \|{{Yes}} \| \|{{N/A}} \|
2017 \|Sandy Wexler \|{{Yes}} \|{{Yes}} \| \|Gurvy \|
2018 \|Father of the Year \|{{Yes}} \|{{Yes}} \| \|Trey's Dad \|
2018 \|The Week Of \| \|{{Yes}} \| \|{{N/A}} \|
2018 \|Adam Sandler's: 100% Fresh \| \|{{Yes}} \| \|{{N/A}} \|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}} \| \|{{N/A}} \|
2023 \|Leo \| \|{{Yes}} \| \|{{N/A}} \|Executive Producer
2025 \|Kinda Pregnant \| \|{{Yes}} \| \|{{N/A}} \|
2025 \|Happy Gilmore 2 \|{{Yes}} \| \| \|Otto \|

class="wikitable sortable"

! rowspan="2" |Year

! rowspan="2" |Title

! colspan="3" |Contribution

! rowspan="2" |Role

! rowspan="2" |Notes

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}}

|{{N/A}}

|"Sara Gilbert / Counting Crows"

1995

|Heavyweights

|{{Yes}}

|Kenny

1996

|Happy Gilmore

|{{Yes}}

|Otto

1996

|Bulletproof

|{{Yes}}

|Detective Jones

1996

|Adam Sandler: "Steve Polychronopolous"

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

|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}}

|Phil D'Amato

|Associate Producer

1999

|Late Last Night

|{{Yes}}

|Coked Guy

|TV movie
Credited as Alan Coert

1999

|The Peeper

|{{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}}

|{{N/A}}

|Short Film

1999

|Saturday Night Live: The Best of Adam Sandler

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

|Television Documentary

2000

|Little Nicky

|{{Yes}}

|Todd

|Associate Producer

2000

|Little Nicky

|{{Yes}}

|Todd (Voice Role)

|Video Game

2000

|Saturday Night Live: The Best of Chris Farley

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

|Television Documentary

2001

|Undeclared

|{{Yes}}

|Allen Covert (Uncredited)

|"The Assistant"

2002

|Mr. Deeds

|{{Yes}}

|Marty

|Associate Producer

2002

|Eight Crazy Nights

|{{Yes}}

|Old Lady / Bus Driver / Mayor's Wife

|Voice Role

2002

|A Day with the Meatball

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

|Short Film

2003

|Anger Management

|{{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}}

|Referee

|Executive Producer

2006

|Grandma's Boy

|{{Yes}}

|Alex

2006

|The Benchwarmers

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

2007

|I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry

|{{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}}

|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}}

|{{N/A}}

|Video Game

2009

|Funny People

|{{Yes}}

|Himself (Uncredited)

|Archival Footage

2010

|Pretend Time

|{{Yes}}

|Larry

|"Blah Blah Blah Main Street"

2010

|Grown Ups

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

|Executive Producer

2011

|Just Go with It

|{{Yes}}

|Soul Patch

|Executive Producer

2011

|Bucky Larson: Born to Be a Star

|{{Yes}}

|Pornstore Clerk (Uncredited)

2011

|Jack and Jill

|{{Yes}}

|Otto

|Executive Producer
Second Rewrite (Uncredited)

2011

|Mobsters

|{{Yes}}

|Harry

|"Weed Like to Talk to You"

2012

|Hotel Transylvania

|{{Yes}}

|Additional Voices (Voice Role)

|Executive Producer

2012

|That's My Boy

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

2013

|Grown Ups 2

|{{Yes}}

|Hippie Teacher

|Executive Producer

2014

|Blended

|{{Yes}}

|10 Second Tom

|Executive Producer

2015

|Pixels

|{{Yes}}

|Abusive Citizen

2015

|The Ridiculous 6

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

2015

|Hotel Transylvania 2

|{{Yes}}

|Candle Cake Monster (Voice Role)

|Executive Producer

2016

|The Do-Over

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

2017

|Sandy Wexler

|{{Yes}}

|Gurvy

2018

|Father of the Year

|{{Yes}}

|Trey's Dad

2018

|The Week Of

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

2018

|Adam Sandler's: 100% Fresh

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

|TV special

2019

|Murder Mystery

|{{Yes}}

|Tourist Dad

2020

|The Wrong Missy

|{{yes}}

|{{Yes}}

|Bank Employee

2020

|Hubie Halloween

|{{Yes}}

|Zombie Movie Dad

2022

|Home Team

|{{Yes}}

|Referee Covert

2023

|Murder Mystery 2

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

2023

|Leo

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

|Executive Producer

2025

|Kinda Pregnant

|{{Yes}}

|{{N/A}}

2025

|Happy Gilmore 2

|{{Yes}}

|Otto

References

External links

{{IMDb name|184445|Allen Covert}}
{{Twitter|thatallencovert}}

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