Jovan Adepo
Biography
Jovan Adepo is an actor with both British and American citizenship whose first feature film role came in Fences (2016), as Cory Maxson, the son of the characters played by Viola Davis and Denzel Washington. Born in Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, England, he grew up in Waldorf, Maryland, where he acted in school plays. He moved to Los Angeles in 2011 and trained with acting instructors including Ben Guillory and Dianne Hull. His films include mother! (2017), Overlord (2018) and Babylon (2022). On television he was a regular on The Leftovers and appeared in Sorry for Your Loss, Jack Ryan, When They See Us, The Stand and 3 Body Problem. His performance as Hooded Justice in Watchmen earned him a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie.
38years old
Turns 39 on September 6in 299 days
- Born Upper Heyford
- Star sign: VirgoThe sign runs August 23 to September 22
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 8 years2016 to 2024
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A first
In the Fences cast, Adepo stood apart as the sole actor who had not appeared in the play's 2010 Broadway revival before the story became a feature film.
Jovan Adepo movies on Netflix
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- Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's "All in the Family" and "The Jeffersons"2019as Lionel Jefferson
IMDb rating 7.71.3K votes
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All films by Darren Aronofsky
All films by Damien Chazelle
All films by Denzel Washington
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