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Jovan Adepo (born September 6, 1988) is a British-American actor.[1] 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 Jack Ryan, and the Facebook series Sorry for Your Loss.[2] He plays Michael Murphy in the HBO series The Leftovers and in 2019 appeared in Watchmen as Hooded Justice.[3] 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 miniseries of Stephen King's The Stand.[4]

Jovan Adepo
Adepo interviewed about Fences in 2016
Born	(1988-09-06) September 6, 1988 (age 34) Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England
Nationality	American and British
Alma mater	Bowie State University
Occupation	Actor
Years active	2012–present

Early life and education

Adepo was born in 1988 in Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire. His mother is a British Nigerian from London,[5] while his father is an African American from Chattanooga, Tennessee.[6] His maternal grandfather Fatai Adepo was special adviser to former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo.[7] He moved to the United States with his family at the age of 2.[1] Raised in Waldorf, Maryland, he acted in school and church plays.[6]

He attended college at Bowie State University in Maryland, receiving his B.A. in political science and philosophy.[6] While studying political science, he began taking creative writing classes. He later decided he wanted to move to Los Angeles to become a writer. He started doing commercial workshops to supplement income.[1]

Career

Early workshops and roles

He moved to Los Angeles in 2011 after receiving his bachelor's degree in political science. His first acting job for the Disney Channel on K.C. Undercover.[7] To make ends meet, he took acting classes in order to book commercials. Here, he grew an interest in becoming an actor. Adepo studied acting under the tutelage of a variety of notable instructors, including Dianne Hull of the Actors Studio.[6] Through church in Maryland he met Viola Davis's older sister, who helped him get in contact with Davis. It was Davis who put Adepo on the path to studying the right techniques, seeing plays, and reading as many plays as he could.[8][9]

Film and television roles

He was part of Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons. He played the role of Lionel Jefferson.[10] The special was conceptualized and hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, and the team took home the Emmy for Outstanding Variety Special (Live).[11] In 2016 he starred in Fences alongside Viola Davis and Denzel Washington.[12] In Fences he stars as Cory Maxson, the son of the main characters played by Davis and Washington.[13] Adepo was "the only member of the Fences cast who did not star in the play's 2010 Broadway revival before it made the jump to feature film."[14]

In 2017, he appeared as the central character[15] along with Wyatt Russell in Overlord, both playing American paratroopers confronted by Nazi super soldiers.[16] By 2017, he was also a series regular on The Leftovers on HBO,[16] appearing in the second and third seasons.[17] Adepo performed in the 2017 horror film Mother! by Darren Aronofsky.[18]

In May 2019, he appeared as the adult Anton McCray in When They See Us, nominated for an Emmy, about the Central Park Five.[10] In September 2019, he was cast as Larry Underwood in an upcoming version of Stephen King's The Stand.[4] As of November 2019, he was in Vancouver shooting The Stand.[11] In November 2019, he appeared as the central character in the sixth episode of Watchmen, playing the world's first superhero Hooded Justice.[3] Also in November 2019, he was in an unreleased independent film called Violent Heart, to be released in 2020.[11] He was named one of Dazed Magazine's "Dazed 100".[19]

In March 2021, he was cast to star in Babylon.[20]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2016	Fences	Cory Maxson	Nominated—Black Reel Award for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance Nominated—Black Reel Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture
2017	Mother!	Cupbearer
2018	Overlord	Private Edward Boyce
2020	The Violent Heart	Daniel
2022	Babylon		Post-production
2023	Misanthrope	Mackenzie	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015–2017	The Leftovers	Michael Murphy	11 episodes
2016	NCIS: Los Angeles	Emmanuel Salim	Episode: "Revenge Deferred"
2018–2019	Sorry for Your Loss	Danny Greer	Main cast
2019	Jack Ryan	Marcus Bishop	Main cast
2019	Live in Front of a Studio Audience	Lionel Jefferson	Episode: "Norman Lear's All in the Family and The Jeffersons"
2019	When They See Us	Antron McCray	Miniseries
2019	Watchmen	Will Reeves/Hooded Justice	Episode: "This Extraordinary Being" Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie
2020	The Stand	Larry Underwood	Miniseries, 10 episodes
2020	5150[21]	Celeb	TV Short
TBA	The Three-Body Problem		Upcoming series

References

External links

• Jovan Adepo at IMDb
• Jovan Adepo on Twitter

На других языках

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[de] Jovan Adepo

Jovan Adepo (* 6. September 1988 in Upper Heyford, Grafschaft Oxfordshire) ist ein Film- und Theaterschauspieler mit US-amerikanischer und britischer Staatsbürgerschaft.

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[ru] Адепо, Джован

Джован Адепо (англ. Jovan Adepo; род. 6 сентября 1988) — британо-американский актёр[1], наиболее известный благодаря ролям Кори Макссона в экранизации фильма «Ограды» (2016) и Ларри Андервуда в мини-сериале по произведению Стивена Кинга «Противостояние»[2].

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