Biography

Ron Cephas Jones was born on January 8, 1957 in Paterson, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for This Is Us (2016), Luke Cage (2016) and Half Nelson (2006). He died on August 19, 2023 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

He and his daughter Jasmine are the first father/daughter Emmy-winners.

Father of Jasmine Cephas Jones, with British singer Kim Lesley.

In 2018, Ron Cephas won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series for playing William on A Father's Advice (2017).

Jones graduated from Ramapo Colege in1978, after which he moved to Los Angeles, California and drove a bus for the Southern California Rapid Transit District for the next four years.

He attended John F. Kennedy High School and graduated from Ramapo College. While at Ramapo, Jones had originally intended to study jazz under director Arnold Jones (no relation), but changed majors to theater after getting the lead in a production of Cinderella Ever After his sophomore year.