2023-08-20 10:45:38
US actor Ron Cephas Jones, winner of two Emmy Awards for playing William Hill in the hit TV series ‘This Is Us’, has died at the age of 66. The actor’s manager, Dan Spilo, explained in a statement to “People” that the actor suffered from “a long-standing lung problem”. “Throughout his career, his warmth, his beauty, his generosity, his kindness and his heart have been felt by all who have had the good fortune to know him,” reads the release.
Jones began acting in college and then in theater, but first came to prominence in 2016, playing William Hill on the NBC series “This Is Us,” the biological father of Sterling K. Brown’s character Randall Pearson. who was adopted after being abandoned in a firehouse as a child. The emotional arc of father-son reconnection, as well as the redemptive storyline it told won over audiences and critics alike, and Jones was nominated for four Emmy Awards, television’s Oscar, for his performance, winning two, in 2018 and 2020.
The stage was Jones’s formative love and he spent much of his career performing in the theatre. In 2022 he won a Drama Desk Award and was nominated for a Tony Award for his performance as the lead actor in Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage’s play ‘Clyde’s’.
Born January 18, 1957, in Paterson, New Jersey, Jones walked the Broadway stage for the next 30 years after studying acting, occasionally appearing in film and television roles. Jones starred in Woody Allen’s 1999 film “The Sweet and Sweet” and then appeared in “Little Senegal” (2001), “Paid in Full” (2002), “Carlito’s Way” (2005), “Ashes ” (2010), “Dog Days” (2018) and “Venom” (2018).
Jones’ other television credits include ‘Lisey’s Story’, ‘Better Things’, ‘The Get Down’, ‘Law & Order: Organized Crime’, ‘Law & Order: Criminal Intent’, ‘Law & Order’. From 2015 to 2016 she played the role of hacker Leslie Romero in the TV series “Mr. Robot”. In 2016, he played the part of Bobby Fish in the series ‘Luke Cage’, playing the role until 2018.
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