Johnny Covert grew up in the suburbs of Virginia. He has a B.A. in philosophy and studied acting under Heather Snow Clark, lifetime member of the New York Actors Guild. At eight years old, Johnny became obsessed with Christopher Lloyd and would come to own and repeatedly watch every film in which he appeared. Johnny starred as hit man James Constance in Cameron Goad's crime drama pilot "Brood of Vipers" as well as a vicious FBI interrogator in Goad's time traveling drama "Sequela." Johnny also wrote, directed, and acted as six different characters in the comedy short Benji's Shindig.