Jovan Adepo
Actor
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.
Filmography
Babylon
as Sidney Palmer 2022
Overlord
as Private First Class Edward Boyce 2018
Fences
as Cory Maxson 2016
To Catch a Killer
as MacKenzie 2023
His Three Daughters
as Benji 2024
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
as Lionel Jefferson 2019
The Violent Heart
as Daniel 2020
The Planters
as Jesus (voice) 2019
5150
as Celeb 2021
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
as Self 2023
The Costumes of Babylon
2023
Sandbox
as Gator 2014