Ron Cephas Jonas as William on This Is Us /Maarten de Boer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty ImagesRon Cephas Jones, the Emmy-winning actor best known for playing William Hill on NBC s This Is Us, has died, ABC News has confirmed. He was 66.
A statement from his publicist notes that Jones died of a "long-standing pulmonary issue," and adds, "Throughout the course of his career, his warmth, beauty, generosity, kindness and heart were felt by anyone who had the good fortune of knowing him."
Jones won two guest actor Emmys for his role as William Hill, the biological father of Sterling K. Brown s Randall Pearson, on This Is Us one in 2018 and one in 2020. His daughter Jasmine Cephas Jones also won an Emmy in 2020 for her role in the Quibi series #freerayshawn, making them the first ever father-daughter duo to win Emmys in the same year.
Jones started his acting career on the stage, appearing in productions with the Steppenwolf Theatre Compan
Ron Cephas Jonas as William on This Is Us /Maarten de Boer/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty ImagesRon Cephas Jones, the Emmy-winning actor best known for playing William Hill on NBC s This Is Us, has died, ABC News has confirmed. He was 66.
A statement from his publicist notes that Jones died of a "long-standing pulmonary issue," and adds, "Throughout the course of his career, his warmth, beauty, generosity, kindness and heart were felt by anyone who had the good fortune of knowing him."
Jones won two guest actor Emmys for his role as William Hill, the biological father of Sterling K. Brown s Randall Pearson, on This Is Us one in 2018 and one in 2020. His daughter Jasmine Cephas Jones also won an Emmy in 2020 for her role in the Quibi series #freerayshawn, making them the first ever father-daughter duo to win Emmys in the same year.
Jones started his acting career on the stage, appearing in productions with the Steppenwolf Theatre Compan
Ron Cephas Jones, the Emmy-winning actor best known for playing William Hill on NBC's This Is Us, has died, ABC News has confirmed. He was 66. A statement from
Ron Cephas Jones got people to mourn him.This Is Us co-star, Ron Cephas Jones passed away at the age of 66, and Sterling K. Brown is in deep sorrow.“Life imitated art today, and one of the.