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Jovan Adepo

Highest Rated: 98% His Three Daughters (2023)

Lowest Rated: 53% The Violent Heart (2020)

Birthday: Sep 6, 1988

Birthplace: Oxfordshire, England, UK

Jovan Adepo was an actor best known for his work on the HBO drama "The Leftovers" (HBO, 2015-17), and the acclaimed August Wilson adaptation "Fences" (2016). Born in Upper Heyford, Oxfordshire, UK, to a British mother from London and an African-American father from Chattanooga, TN, Adepo was raised in Waldorf, Maryland. After earning a B.A. in political science and philosophy from Bowie State University in 2011, Adepo moved to Los Angeles in the hope of becoming a writer. Once there, he fell into acting incidentally, booking the occasional commercial job to pay the bills, before realizing he had a real interest in the craft. He began taking classes, even studying under Dianne Hull at the Actors Studio. Adepo's first big break came in 2015, when he was cast in a supporting role on the HBO drama "The Leftovers" (HBO, 2015-17). The next year he made a guest appearance on an episode of "NCIS: Los Angeles" (CBS, 2009- ), and enjoyed a highly successful film debut alongside Denzel Washington and Viola Davis in the Oscar-nominated screen adaptation of August Wilson's classic play, "Fences" (2016). Adepo continued his hot streak through 2017, with a supporting role in Darren Aronofsky's domestic drama "mother!" (2017), and scoring a lead role in the J.J. Abrams-produced World War II drama "Overlord" (2018).

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Highest rated movies

98% 85% His Three Daughters Watchlist 94% 77% The Planters Watchlist 92% 75% Fences Watchlist
88% Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons'
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82% 67% Overlord Watchlist 68% 51% mother! Watchlist 57% 52% Babylon Watchlist 53% 79% The Violent Heart Watchlist 53% 62% To Catch a Killer Watchlist

Filmography

Movies

Credit
98% 85% His Three Daughters Benji (Character) - 2023
53% 62% To Catch a Killer Mackenzie (Character) - 2023
57% 52% Babylon Sidney Palmer (Character) $15.2M 2022
53% 79% The Violent Heart Daniel (Character) - 2020
94% 77% The Planters Jesus (Voice) - 2019
88% No Score Yet Live in Front of a Studio Audience: Norman Lear's 'All in the Family' and 'The Jeffersons' Lionel Jefferson (Character) - 2019
82% 67% Overlord Boyce (Character) $21.7M 2018
68% 51% mother! Cupbearer (Character) $17.8M 2017
92% 75% Fences Cory (Character) $57.6M 2016

TV

Credit
79% 77% 3 Body Problem Saul Durand (Character) 2024
No Score Yet 42% Jimmy Kimmel Live! Guest 2017-2018 2022
57% 25% The Stand Larry Underwood (Character) 2020-2021
97% 94% Sorry For Your Loss Danny (Character) 2018-2019
97% 89% When They See Us Antron McCray (Character) 2019
No Score Yet No Score Yet TRL Guest 2018
91% 90% The Leftovers Michael Murphy (Character) 2015 2017
No Score Yet 63% NCIS: Los Angeles Unknown (Guest Star) 2016