Actor

Jovan Adepo

September 6, 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.

Notable work

7
mother! (2017)
as Cupbearer
7.3
Babylon (2022)
as Sidney Palmer
6.7
Overlord (2018)
as Boyce
6.9
Fences (2016)
as Cory Maxson
8
The Odyssey (2026)
as Elpenor
7.7
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan (2018)
as Marcus Bishop
7.6
Watchmen (2019)
as Will Reeves
7.5
3 Body Problem (2024)
as Saul Durand
8.2
IT: Welcome to Derry (2025)
as Leroy Hanlon
6.9
To Catch a Killer (2023)
as MacKenzie
7.7
The Leftovers (2014)
as Michael Murphy
7.5
NCIS: Los Angeles (2009)
as Emmanuel Salim

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