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

• 2026The Odyssey — Elpenor
• IT: Welcome to Derry — Leroy Hanlon
• 3 Body Problem — Saul Durand
• 2024His Three Daughters — Benji
• 2023The Costumes of Babylon
• 2023To Catch a Killer — MacKenzie
• 2022Babylon — Sidney Palmer
• 20215150 — Celeb
• The Stand — Larry Underwood
• 2020The Violent Heart — Daniel
• 2019Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons" — Lionel Jefferson
• 2019The Planters — Jesus (voice)
• Watchmen — Will Reeves
• When They See Us — Antron McCray (Adult)
• 2018Overlord — Boyce
• Sorry for Your Loss — Danny
• Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan — Marcus Bishop
• 2017mother! — Cupbearer
• 2016Fences — Cory Maxson
• 2015The Youth — Sahal
• 2014Sandbox — Gator
• The Leftovers — Michael Murphy
• NCIS: Los Angeles — Emmanuel Salim

Appearances as themselves (2)

• 2023A Panoramic Canvas Called Babylon — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest