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Peter Lawson Jones is an attorney, business consultant, professional actor, acting instructor, master of ceremonies, dramatist and former elected official.
From February 2002, through December 2010, Jones, a graduate of Harvard College (magna cum laude in Government) and Harvard Law School, was a member of the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners, and its president for three of those years. He previously served two and one-half terms in the Ohio House of Representatives, where he was the ranking member of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee and second vice president of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus. Jones was formerly the Vice Mayor and a Councilman in the City of Shaker Heights, Ohio. He is a consultant in the areas of government relations, community engagement, event planning, fundraising and fatherhood programming.
Jones, a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actor’s Equity, can be seen later this year playing the lead in the feature-length indie, The Last Shop on Walnut. Jones has appeared in well over twenty films (A Man Called Otto, White Boy Rick, Alex Cross, The Assassin’s Code, Starve), on network television (NBC’s Chicago Fire and ABC’s Detroit 1-8-7), in national commercials (Marathon Oil and Kia) and on stages throughout Northeast Ohio. He received the 2025 Hard Faith Fest NYC Best Actor Award for his performance in the short film, Unexpected, and the 2016 Indie Gathering International Film Festival Best Ohio Supporting Actor Award for his work in the feature-length film, How to Change the World. He has also been inducted into the Karamu House Hall of Fame. Karamu is the oldest multicultural theatre in the country.
Jones's play, The Bloodless Jungle, enjoyed a regional premiere last year at the Black Repertory Group Theater in Berkeley, California. It has also enjoyed two full productions at The Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Land of Cleve, an arts and culture blog, honored TBJ with an achievement award and ranked the 2017 production as one of the best in Northeast Ohio that year. The drama has enjoyed staged readings at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Dallas Convention Center, the National Black Theatre Festival, Duquesne University and in Harlem. Jones’s most recent play, The Phoenix Society, enjoyed its world premiere in 2022 at Playwrights Local in Cleveland, Ohio. His first drama, The Family Line, has been successfully produced at Karamu House (Cleveland, Ohio), Harvard University and Ohio University.
Jones and his spouse Lisa are the proud parents of three children, Ryan Charles, Leah Danielle and Evan Cooke. They are the equally proud grandparents of Jordan Peter Jones.
From February 2002, through December 2010, Jones, a graduate of Harvard College (magna cum laude in Government) and Harvard Law School, was a member of the Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners, and its president for three of those years. He previously served two and one-half terms in the Ohio House of Representatives, where he was the ranking member of the House Finance and Appropriations Committee and second vice president of the Ohio Legislative Black Caucus. Jones was formerly the Vice Mayor and a Councilman in the City of Shaker Heights, Ohio. He is a consultant in the areas of government relations, community engagement, event planning, fundraising and fatherhood programming.
Jones, a member of SAG-AFTRA and Actor’s Equity, can be seen later this year playing the lead in the feature-length indie, The Last Shop on Walnut. Jones has appeared in well over twenty films (A Man Called Otto, White Boy Rick, Alex Cross, The Assassin’s Code, Starve), on network television (NBC’s Chicago Fire and ABC’s Detroit 1-8-7), in national commercials (Marathon Oil and Kia) and on stages throughout Northeast Ohio. He received the 2025 Hard Faith Fest NYC Best Actor Award for his performance in the short film, Unexpected, and the 2016 Indie Gathering International Film Festival Best Ohio Supporting Actor Award for his work in the feature-length film, How to Change the World. He has also been inducted into the Karamu House Hall of Fame. Karamu is the oldest multicultural theatre in the country.
Jones's play, The Bloodless Jungle, enjoyed a regional premiere last year at the Black Repertory Group Theater in Berkeley, California. It has also enjoyed two full productions at The Ensemble Theatre in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. Land of Cleve, an arts and culture blog, honored TBJ with an achievement award and ranked the 2017 production as one of the best in Northeast Ohio that year. The drama has enjoyed staged readings at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Dallas Convention Center, the National Black Theatre Festival, Duquesne University and in Harlem. Jones’s most recent play, The Phoenix Society, enjoyed its world premiere in 2022 at Playwrights Local in Cleveland, Ohio. His first drama, The Family Line, has been successfully produced at Karamu House (Cleveland, Ohio), Harvard University and Ohio University.
Jones and his spouse Lisa are the proud parents of three children, Ryan Charles, Leah Danielle and Evan Cooke. They are the equally proud grandparents of Jordan Peter Jones.