Jovan Adepo
Biography
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.
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Full filmography
- NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) as Emmanuel Salim
- Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018) as Marcus Bishop
- The Odyssey (2026)
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- IT: Welcome to Derry (2025) as Leroy Hanlon
- The Leftovers (2014) as Michael Murphy
- 3 Body Problem (2024) as Saul Durand
- Watchmen (2019) as Will Reeves
- Babylon (2022) as Sidney Palmer
- Overlord (2018) as Boyce
- The Stand (2020) as Larry Underwood
- When They See Us (2019) as Antron McCray (Adult)
- mother! (2017) as Cupbearer
- To Catch a Killer (2023) as MacKenzie
- Sorry for Your Loss (2018) as Danny
- Fences (2016) as Cory Maxson
- His Three Daughters (2024) as Benji
- The Violent Heart (2020) as Daniel
- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" (2019) as Lionel Jefferson
- The Planters (2019) as Jesus (voice)
- A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon (2023) as Self
- 5150 (2021) as Celeb
- Sandbox (2014) as Gator
- The Costumes of Babylon (2023)