Ron Cephas Jones, the two-time Emmy Award-winning and Tony Award-nominated actor, has died at 66 years previous.
Jones had a “long-standing pulmonary challenge,” a consultant for the late actor told People on Saturday.
Jones was finest identified for his position as William Hill on the NBC drama “This Is Us,” the place he received two Emmy Awards for Excellent Visitor Actor in a Drama Sequence in 2018 and 2020.
“All through the course of his profession, his heat, magnificence, generosity, kindness, and coronary heart had been felt by anybody who had the nice fortune of realizing him,” a press release to the outlet learn. “He started his profession on the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and his love for the stage was current all through his total profession, together with his latest Tony-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning efficiency for his position in ‘Clyde’s’ on Broadway.”
“Ron’s inner-beauty and soul was evident to the massive viewers from his multi-Emmy award-winning efficiency on ‘That is Us.’
Jones is survived by his daughter, “Hamilton” actress Jasmine Cephas Jones, who he made historical past alongside as the primary father and daughter to each win an Emmy award in the identical 12 months — the youthful Jones received Excellent Actress in a Brief Type Comedy or Drama Sequence win for her position within the “#FreeRayshawn.”
In 2021, Jasmine Cephas Jones revealed her father had a double lung transplant from preventing persistent obstructive pulmonary illness.
On the hit NBC drama collection, Jones played a cancer-stricken musician who reunited together with his grownup son, who was performed by Sterling Ok. Brown.
Brown mourned Jones’ demise, saying the “world is rather less vibrant.”
“Life imitated artwork right now, and probably the most great folks the world has ever seen is now not with us,” Brown said on Instagram. “@cephasjaz has handed away, and the world is rather less vibrant. Brother, you’re beloved. And you’ll be missed. Preserve them laughing within the subsequent part of existence, and I’ll see you once I get there.”
Jones’ “That is Us” co-star Chrissy Metz remembered the actor as a kind-hearted spirit.
“Ron, thanks for brightening each room you walked into. I’ll always remember and have been modified by your type coronary heart, wonderful spirit, immeasurable expertise and delightful smile,” Metz stated. “Might your transition be full of sunshine and peace. Sending all of my like to Jasmine & his family members throughout this time. You might be really the best cat.”
Mandy Moore, who performed Rebecca Pearson on the present, known as Jones “pure magic as a human and artist.”
“Attending to know and work with Ron on the wild journey of “This Is Us” was the best gift- he was pure magic as a human and an artist…I’ll treasure the entire moments ceaselessly,” Moore stated on Instagram. “Regardless that he wasn’t round set as a lot as all of us wished, he was such an intrinsic a part of the material of the present, it’s like he was all the time there. I’m simply so unhappy. My ideas and love are with Jasmine and his household and associates.”
Jones’ resume included roles on “Mr. Robotic,” “Luke Cage,” and Apple TV’s “Reality Be Instructed” the place he performed the daddy determine to Octavia Spencer.
“I’m heartbroken to lose my pricey pal and colleague Ron Cephas Jones. Ron was an extremely proficient actor and, most significantly, a splendidly type human being,” Spencer said in an Instagram post. Daily on set with Ron was a superb day. I’m sending all my like to his daughter Jasmine, household, associates, and followers.”
