Robert Covarrubias
- Actor
- Additional Crew
Born and raised in Boyle Heights, California. He starting acting in
high school and followed the acting bug to the theater arts department
of Los Angeles City College. He joined the Tripoli Circus as Pozo the
clown for two tours of the Midwest. He worked as a stage hand for the
Bi-Lingual Foundation of the Arts. He broke free and broke through with
a role in the Low Rider cult classic Boulevard Nights (1979). That same year he became
a member of the Improvisational Theatre Project at the Mark Taper
Forum. Since then he has been an improv journeyman working with Cold
Tofu, Los Angeles Theatresports, Wrought Irony, and Acme's Zebra
Company. To date he has made over 200 appearances as various characters
on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (1992).
TV Series
- Saddam Hussein
- Osama Bin Laden
- NBC Correspondent Robert Covarrubias
- Fidel Castro
- Principal
- Various
- Hockey Referee
- Iraq Information Minister
- Juan Valdez
- Angry Man
- Aztec
- Baggage Claim
- Brandon Aziz
- Brandon the Tech Guy
- Buzz Mustafa
- Clown
- Commercial Spokesman
- Crazy Abdul
- Cursing Dad
- DEA Agent
- Danny Almonte
- Diplomat
- Dreamer
- Duller Image
- Dumb Cops
- Earth Day
- Earthquake Camp
- Elian's Dad
- Freeway Tree Seller
- Gandhi
- Gas Steward
- Hubble Pieces
- Iraq Minister
- Iraq Minister of Information
- Iraq Soldier
- Juan Gonzalez (Elian's Dad)
- Julio El Vato
- Man with Big Ears
- McDonald's Spokesman
- NBC Censors
- Parade Float Rider
- Park Ranger
- President Chavez
- President of Argentina
- Richard Reid
- Sanctions
- Security Officer
- Sex Change Couple
- Special Business
- Spice Guys
- Sultan of Brunei
- Syrian Information Minister
- The Shoe Bomber
- UN Delegate
- Viagra Spokesperson
- Walten Bin Disney
- Wolf Translater
