The “This Is Us” relatives has shed a beloved star.
Ron Cephas Jones, who gained two Emmys for his visitor role of William Hill on the NBC drama collection, has died. His rep told People in an Aug. 19 statement that the actor passed absent “due to a lengthy-standing pulmonary situation.” Jones was 66.
“All through the course of his profession, his heat, splendor, generosity, kindness and heart had been felt by anyone who experienced the fantastic fortune of figuring out him,” his rep mentioned. “He began his profession at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and his enjoy for the phase was present throughout his full job, together with his new Tony nominated and Drama Desk Award successful effectiveness for his role in ‘Clyde’s’ on Broadway.”
The statement continued, “Ron’s internal-attractiveness and soul was obvious to the substantial viewers from his multi-Emmy award profitable performance on ‘This is Us.'”
On the series, which ended in 2022 after six seasons, Jones played the organic father of Randall Pearson, performed by fellow Emmy winner Sterling K. Brown. The late actor’s character was a recovering drug addict and tunes artist who battled and succumbed to belly most cancers.
In addition to his function on “This Is Us,” Jones also appeared played Romero on “Mr. Robot,” Bobby Fish on the demonstrate “Luke Cage” and in modern years, starred on the Apple Tv+ criminal offense drama “Reality Be Told” as Shreve, father of Octavia Spencer‘s primary character. Jones also appeared in the films “Throughout the Universe” and “Compensated in Complete.”
Jones is survived by his daughter Jasmine Cephas Jones.
The 34-12 months-old, recognised for originating the dual roles of Peggy Schuyler and Maria Reynolds in Broadway’s “Hamilton,” is also an Emmy-winning actress. In 2020, she and her father manufactured history to come to be the to start with father-daughter duo to acquire Emmys in the similar 12 months after she won the award for Outstanding Actress in a Small Type Comedy or Drama Sequence for playing Tyisha in “#FreeRayshawn” and days later on, Jones won his second Innovative Arts Emmy for Guest Actor in a Drama Sequence for his function on “This Is Us.”
“As a guardian, which is the most fulfilling that I could ever come to feel at the minute this week,” he informed reporters at the time. “I signify, successful a different Emmy is icing on the cake, but to see my daughter progress and transfer into this place of where she’s attained an Emmy is beyond terms.”
He added, “To be straightforward with you, and I cheer up each time I imagine about it, that is been the emphasize of this full journey, is to have my daughter next our footsteps and come to be successful, happy and healthier. That is a parent’s dream. So, as a dad or mum absolutely nothing could be finer, almost nothing.”
