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LOS ANGELES – MAR 14: Cephas Jones at the “This Is Us” TV Series Season Finale at the Directors Guild of America on March 14, 2017 in Los Angeles, CA, kathclick /Bigstock.com
Date of Birth: January 8, 1957
Place of Birth: Paterson, New Jersey, U.S.
Date of Death: August 19, 2023
Ethnicity: African-American
Ron Cephas Jones was an American actor. His roles included the series Low Winter Sun , Mr. Robot , The Get Down , Luke Cage , This Is Us , Looking for Alaska , Truth Be Told , Lisey’s Story , Law & Order: Organized Crime , and Better Things , the films Paid in Full , Half Nelson , Across the Universe , Glass Chin , Dog Days , The Holiday Calendar , and Dolemite Is My Name ; and the made-for-tv movie A Raisin in the Sun (2008). He was also known as Ron C. Jones.
He had a daughter, actress Jasmine Cephas Jones , with British-born jazz singer Kim Lesley.