Ron Cephas Jones, greatest identified for portraying William Hill in That is Us, has died aged 66.
His consultant confirmed the tragedy in a press release to Folks on Saturday (Sunday in Australia).
“Beloved and award-winning actor Ron Cephas Jones has handed away on the age of 66 because of a long-standing pulmonary difficulty,” the assertion learn, confirming the loss of life.
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“All through the course of his profession, his heat, magnificence, generosity, kindness and coronary heart have been felt by anybody who had the nice fortune of realizing him.
“He started his profession on the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and his love for the stage was current all through his whole profession, together with his current Tony nominated and Drama Desk Award profitable efficiency for his position in Clyde’s on Broadway.”
“Ron’s interior magnificence and soul was evident to the massive viewers from his multi-Emmy award profitable efficiency on That is Us. He’s survived by his daughter Jasmine Cephas Jones.”
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Jones’ most notable position is that of William Hill, the organic father of Randall Pearson, performed by Sterling Ok Brown. His position started as a visitor look however finally turned a recurring one, with Jones showing in a complete of 43 episodes and profitable the Emmy for Excellent Visitor Actor in a Drama Sequence in each 2018 and 2020.
His Emmy win in 2020 additionally made historical past for being the primary time a father-daughter duo gained an Emmy on the identical night time, together with his daughter Jasmine profitable the Excellent Actress in a Quick Type Comedy or Drama Sequence Emmy for her work in #FreeRayshawn.
He additionally appeared in various different tasks over his lifetime, having debuted in 1994 with the movie Homicide Magic. He additionally appeared in He Obtained Sport (1998), Half Nelson (2006), Mr. Robotic (2015-2016), Dolemite Is My Title (2019), Fact Be Advised (2019-2023), and plenty of extra. He was additionally a stage actor.
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He was set to play Elijah Muhammad, the mentor of Malcolm X in upcoming historic anthology collection Genius: MLK/X, which is able to now be a posthumous launch for him.
Jones’ That is Us castmate and on-screen son Brown posted a touching tribute to the actor on Instagram following information of his passing.
“Life imitated artwork in the present day, and probably the most great individuals the world has ever seen is not with us. @cephasjaz has handed away, and the world is rather less shiny. Brother, you might be liked. And you can be missed. Hold them laughing within the subsequent section of existence, and I will see you once I get there.”
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One other castmate, actress Mandy Moore, additionally expressed her ideas and condolences.
“Attending to know and work with Ron on the wild experience of ‘This Is Us’ was the best gift- he was pure magic as a human and an artist…I’ll treasure all the moments ceaselessly.
“Though 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 is like he was at all times there.
Sharing an image from a scene of them collectively, she mentioned, “I will always remember how particular it was to movie this specific episode and welcome him again to say a correct goodbye to our TIU household and the entire expertise. I’m simply so unhappy. My ideas and love are with Jasmine and his household and pals. Love you, @cephasjaz.”
Jones opened up in 2021 about his sickness, sharing that he had gotten a double lung transplant in 2020, recovering in hospital for 2 months after the process.
In a 2022 interview, he thanked his co-stars and producers for serving to him by a well being scare on his closing day on set.
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“You cats held me once I was struggling and also you did not let me go. You’ve got been there for a really tough a part of my life. I am a strolling miracle,” he advised them.
“My entire life has been the stage,” Jones mentioned, “The concept of not performing once more appeared worse to me than loss of life.”
