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Martin Covert

Martin Covert

Acting

Biography

Martin Covert, a New Orleans native, has recently appeared as a supporting actor in a number of high-profile film and television projects. Prior to beginning his screen work, he boasted an extensive stage career spanning the decades since his debut with Nancy Staub's Puppet Theater at Gallery Circle Theatre in the French Quarter in 1966. His theatrical credits include many years at the New Orleans Shakespeare Festival at Tulane where he appeared as Polonius in Hamlet, Casca in Julius Caesar, Porter in Macbeth, the Duke of Cornwall in King Lear and many other supporting roles. His work with the Dog and Pony Theatre at New Orleans City Park includes Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, Fool in King Lear and Flute in A Midsummer Night's Dream. He has also worked with the acclaimed NOLA Project and in historic New Orleans premieres of The Laramie Project, The Iceman Cometh, Tennessee Williams' Small Craft Warnings and Shut Up Sweet Charlotte with Varla Jean Merman.

Known For

Christmas Cupid's Arrow
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Holly, a professor at a small college, has had a long history of finding the wrong guy. She’s accomplished quite a bit in her life, but after her younger sister announces she is pregnant, Holly decides she is going to make an effort to meet Mr. Right. Meanwhile, David, another professor, is a single father, very smart and kind, but not the type that Holly takes notice of when the two are assigned to plan the Christmas Formal. At the insistence of her best friend, Holly signs up for the dating website “Cupid’s Arrow,” where she meets Josh, an attorney just hired by the school. He’s everything she wants on the surface, but has little to say beyond his work and good looks. Josh and David were roommates in college, so Josh recruits David to write poetic messages in an attempt to win Holly over.

Christmas Cupid's Arrow

2018Movie