Acting
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.
Also known as
ジョバン・アデポ · Джован Адепо · 賈方·艾德波
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Roles across career
Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).
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Most critically rated
Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)
- 1
★ 8.2IT: Welcome to Derry
2025 · tv · as Leroy Hanlon
- 2
★ 8.2When They See Us
2019 · tv · as Antron McCray (Adult)
- 3
★ 7.9The Odyssey
2026 · movie · as Elpenor
- 4
★ 7.7Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan
2018 · tv · as Marcus Bishop
- 5
★ 7.7The Leftovers
2014 · tv · as Michael Murphy
- 6
★ 7.6Watchmen
2019 · tv · as Will Reeves
- 7
★ 7.5NCIS: Los Angeles
2009 · tv · as Emmanuel Salim
- 8
★ 7.53 Body Problem
2024 · tv · as Saul Durand
Most commercially successful
Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)
Career timeline
By release / first air year · movie & TV merged
