Jovan Adepo

Birthday: 1988-09-06
Birthplace: Upper Heyford, England, UK
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

Jovan Adepo (born September 6, 1988) is a British-born American actor. He is known for his role as Cory Maxson in the film adaptation of Fences (2016), and also had starring roles in the 2018 film Overlord and as Lionel Jefferson in CBS' All in the Family/The Jeffersons special. Adepo was featured in the series When They See Us, the second season of Prime Video’s Jack Ryan, and the Facebook series Sorry for Your Loss. He plays Michael Murphy in the HBO series The Leftovers and in 2019 appeared in Watchmen as Hooded Justice. For the latter, he was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie. He also starred as Larry Underwood in the Paramount+ miniseries of Stephen King's The Stand.

Credits

Year Title Character
2024-09-05 His Three Daughters Benji
2023-04-06 To Catch a Killer MacKenzie
2023-04-01 The Costumes of Babylon.
2022-12-22 Babylon Sidney Palmer
2021-07-23 5150 Celeb
2020-09-09 The Violent Heart Daniel
2019-09-23 The Planters Jesus (voice)
2019-05-22 Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" Lionel Jefferson
2018-11-01 Overlord Private First Class Edward Boyce
2017-09-13 mother! Cupbearer
2016-12-16 Fences Cory Maxson
2014-03-23 Sandbox Gator