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Jovan Adepo
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…
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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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2026
The Odyssey
Movie Elpenor
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2025
IT: Welcome to Derry
TV show Leroy Hanlon
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2024
His Three Daughters
Movie Benji
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2024
3 Body Problem
TV show Saul Durand
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2023
To Catch a Killer
Movie MacKenzie
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2023
The Costumes of Babylon
Movie
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2023
A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon
Movie Self
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2022
Babylon
Movie Sidney Palmer
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2021
5150
Movie Celeb
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2020
The Stand
TV show Larry Underwood
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2020
The Violent Heart
Movie Daniel
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2019
Watchmen
TV show Will Reeves
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2019
The Planters
Movie Jesus (voice)
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2019
When They See Us
TV show Antron McCray (Adult)
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2019
Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"
Movie Lionel Jefferson
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2018
Overlord
Movie Boyce
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2018
Sorry for Your Loss
TV show Danny
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2018
Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
TV show Marcus Bishop
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2017
mother!
Movie Cupbearer
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2016
Fences
Movie Cory Maxson
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2015
The Youth
Movie Sahal
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2014
The Leftovers
TV show Michael Murphy
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2014
Sandbox
Movie Gator
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2009
NCIS: Los Angeles
TV show Emmanuel Salim
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2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV show Self - Guest
