Jovan Adepo
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 6 September 1988 · Upper Heyford, England, UK
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.
Known for
Acting 19
- 2026The Odyssey as Elpenor
- 2024His Three Daughters as Benji
- 20243 Body Problem as Saul Durand
- 2023To Catch a Killer as MacKenzie
- 2023The Costumes of Babylon
- 2023A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon as Self
- 2022Babylon as Sidney Palmer
- 20215150 as Celeb
- 2020The Violent Heart as Daniel
- 2019The Planters as Jesus (voice)
- 2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" as Lionel Jefferson
- 2019Watchmen as Will Reeves · 3 episodes
- 2018Overlord as Boyce
- 2017mother! as Cupbearer
- 2016Fences as Cory Maxson
- 2015The Youth as Sahal
- 2014The Leftovers as Michael Murphy
- 2014Sandbox as Gator
- 2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest · 1 episode
