Ron Cephas Jones

Personal Information
Theatre: Much Ado About Nothing (Don John/Long Wharf); Black Codes from the Underground (Lincoln Center Dir. Lab); Everybody's Ruby (Public Theater); House Arrest: First Edition (Arena Stage/Anna Deveare Smith); and Holiday Heart (MTC, NY). Awards: 1997 Critics Circle Outstanding Performance for an Actor in Thunder Knocking on the Door (Yale Rep), 1991 Audelco Best Actor Award for Don't Explain (Nuyorican Poets Café). Film credits include Woody Allen's Sweet and Lowdown, White, He Got Game, Paid in Full, Naked Acts. Television: "NYPD Blue," "FEDS," "Law & Order," "NY Undercover." Ron is also a critically acclaimed poet (Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café).
 
Credits

Actor
Production Theatre Opened Credit
1 Between Riverside and Crazy Second Stage Theatre 02/11/2015 Junior
2 Richard III Joseph Papp Public Theater/ LuEsther Hall 08/11/2012 Richard
3 Storefront Church Linda Gross Theater 06/11/2012 Chester Kimmich
4 Hurt Village Pershing Square Signature Center/ The Romulus Linney Courtyard Theatre 02/27/2012 Tony C
5 Titus Andronicus Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater 12/13/2011 Aaron
6 Wildflower McGinn-Cazale Theatre 07/27/2009 Mitchell
7 The Overwhelming Laura Pels Theatre (Current) 10/23/2007 Joseph Gasana
8 Two Trains Running Peter Norton Space 12/03/2006 Wolf
9 Satellites Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 06/18/2006 Reggie
10 The Wooden Breeks Lucille Lortel Theatre 02/21/2006 Toom the Stoup
11 Richard III Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Martinson Hall 10/11/2004 George/Lord Mayor
12 Our Lady of 121st Street Union Square Theatre 03/06/2003 Rooftop
13 Jesus Hopped the A train East 13th Street/CSC Theatre 11/29/2000 Lucius Jenkins
14 Everybody's Ruby Joseph Papp Public Theater/ Anspacher Theater 02/23/1999 Black Citizen and Carpenter
15 Holiday Heart New York City Center/ Stage I 01/31/1995 Silas/Jericho
Awards
Award Production Function
1 NOMINATED 2007 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Featured Actor Two Trains Running Actor
2 NOMINATED 2007 AUDELCO Award, Supporting Actor Two Trains Running Actor
3 NOMINATED 2003 Lucille Lortel Award, Outstanding Featured Actor Our Lady of 121st Street Actor