your life reporter: on this is us ron cephas jones made a lasting impression, winning two emmy awards as william hill, trying to reconnecect with ththe son hee ababandoned at birthh after a l life of addidiction andnd recovery,, then cancerer. i c can feel it now, randall. this cancer is coming for me sooner than later. reporter: in real life t 66-year-old jones was a recovered heroin addict, given another chance at life in 2020 with a double lung transplant, enabling him to return to his first love, the stage. it taught me to stay true to myself, to realize that i am the one who defines my success. reporter: earning a tony nomination for the broadway play clyde s. unlike his tv character, jones was a hands-on father. i want to thank my daughter, jasmine. i love you. reporter: with his daughter jasmine cephas jones they would make history in 2020 as the only father-daughter duo to