Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 6, 1988 (age 38)
Place of Birth
Upper Heyford, England, UK
Also Known As
- ジョバン・アデポ
- Джован Адепо
- 賈方·艾德波
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.
Known For - Movies
Babylon
as Sidney Palmer
The Odyssey
mother!
as Cupbearer
Overlord
as Private First Class Edward Boyce
Fences
as Cory Maxson
To Catch a Killer
as MacKenzie
His Three Daughters
as Benji
The Violent Heart
as Daniel
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Lionel Jefferson
The Planters
as Jesus (voice)
Known For - TV Shows
NCIS: Los Angeles
as Emmanuel Salim
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Guest
3 Body Problem
as Saul Durand
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
as Marcus Bishop
IT: Welcome to Derry
as Leroy Hanlon
The Leftovers
as Michael Murphy
Watchmen
as Will Reeves
The Stand
as Larry Underwood
When They See Us
as Antron McCray (Adult)
Sorry For Your Loss
as Danny