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