Ron Cephas Jones “has passed away at the age of 66 due to a long-standing pulmonary issue,” his representatives told People. “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.”
Cephas Jones had been acting for over 30 years but found his biggest success in 2016 when he landed the role of Randall’s biological father on This Is Us. He earned two Emmies for his portrayal of William Hill.
Along with those statues, he was nominated for a 2022 Tony Award for his role in Lynn Nottage’s play Clyde’s.
The actor is survived by his daughter Jasmine Cephas Jones.
Last week, Susan Kelechi Watson hung out with her This Is Us mother-in-law Mandy Moore and sister-in-law Chrissy Metz. This week, she caught up with her TV husband, Sterling K. Brown.
Seeing Beth and Randall looking as in love as they did on the tear-inducing drama proves to me R&B got their happy ending. So how do you think their story ended?
It has been over a year since This Is Us ended, and I still miss watching it. However, we got a little fix because Chrissy Metz, Mandy Moore, and Susan Kelechi Watson got together for lunch.
Now we know their chemistry was real and not make believe for the cameras. And that is why we loved the show because it felt like we were watching our friends and not a bunch of actors.
On that note, when are going to see the men of This Is Us together again?
I have watched Jon Huertas on Castle and This Is Us. And I just learned something new about the actor. He can sing.
Huertas shared a video of himself singing a mashup of Harry Styles’ As It Was and aha’s Take On Me with his vocal coach, and his sweet voice blew me away.
Why hasn’t anyone exploited him for his singing? Imagine the duets we could’ve gotten from him and Mandy Moore. They literally would’ve made beautiful music together. Such a missed opportunity.
Yesterday, NBC aired the series finale of This Is Us. That means that production on the show is over. However, Justin Hartley doesn’t want it to be over, so he showed up to work today.
Seeing him all alone, making like he is the real life version of the Eric Carmen song All By Myself, made me cry more than any part of the finale.
Poor Justin Hartley. Maybe Peacock will make Manny a reality so that he still gets to feel like he still gets to work on the drama every day,