Emmy-winning ‘This Is Us’ actor Ron Cephas Jones dead at 66

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 situation,” a consultant for the late actor told People on Saturday.

Jones was greatest recognized for his function as William Hill on the NBC drama “This Is Us,” the place he gained two Emmy Awards for Excellent Visitor Actor in a Drama Collection in 2018 and 2020.

“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 figuring out him,” an announcement to the outlet learn. “He started his profession on the Nuyorican Poets Cafe and his love for the stage was current all through his complete profession, together with his current Tony-nominated and Drama Desk Award-winning efficiency for his function in ‘Clyde’s’ on Broadway.”

“Ron’s inner-beauty and soul was evident to the large 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 gained Excellent Actress in a Quick Type Comedy or Drama Collection win for her function within the “#FreeRayshawn.”

In 2021, Jasmine Cephas Jones revealed her father had a double lung transplant from combating power obstructive pulmonary illness.

On the hit NBC drama sequence, Jones performed a cancer-stricken musician who reunited together with his grownup son, who was performed by Sterling Okay. Brown.

Brown mourned Jones’ demise, saying the “world is rather less vivid.”

“Life imitated artwork at present, and one of the great individuals the world has ever seen is now not with us,” Brown said on Instagram. “@cephasjaz has handed away, and the world is rather less vivid. Brother, you might be beloved. And you may be missed. Maintain them laughing within the subsequent part of existence, and I’ll see you once I get there.”

Sterling’s “That is Us” co-star Chrissy Metz remembered Jones as a kind-hearted spirit.

“Ron, thanks for brightening each room you walked into. I’ll always remember and have been modified by your form coronary heart, wonderful spirit, immeasurable expertise and delightful smile,” Metz stated. “Could 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 good 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 experience 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. “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’s like he was all the time there. I’m simply so unhappy. My ideas and love are with Jasmine and his household and buddies.”

Jones’ resume included roles on “Mr. Robotic,” “Luke Cage,” and Apple TV’s “Fact Be Informed” 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 gifted actor and, most significantly, a splendidly form human being,” Spencer said in an Instagram post. Each day on set with Ron was day. I’m sending all my like to his daughter Jasmine, household, buddies, and followers.”