James Ransone
Acting • Born 1979-06-02 – Died 2025-12-19
Biography
James Finley Ransone III (June 2, 1979 – December 19, 2025) was an American actor and musician. He was best known for his roles as Ziggy Sobotka in the second season of the drama series The Wire, United States Marine Corps Cpl. Josh Ray Person in the war drama miniseries Generation Kill (2008), The Deputy in the supernatural horror films Sinister (2012) and Sinister 2 (2015), Chester in Tangerine (2015), the adult Eddie Kaspbrak in It Chapter Two (2019), and Max in The Black Phone movies. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Ransone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
76 credits
Inside Man
Movie • 2006
Steve-O
Ken Park
Movie • 2003
Tate
The Good Humor Man
Movie • 2005
Junebug
Small Engine Repair
Movie • 2021
PJ
Sinister
Movie • 2012
Deputy
The Son of No One
Movie • 2011
Officer Thomas Prudenti
Starlet
Movie • 2012
Mikey
Oldboy
Movie • 2013
Dr. Tom Melby
Broken City
Movie • 2013
Todd Lancaster
Empire State
Movie • 2013
Agent Nugent
Downtown: A Street Tale
Movie • 2004
Billy
V/H/S/85
Movie • 2023
Bobby (segment "Dreamkill")
Prom Night
Movie • 2008
Detective Nash
In a Valley of Violence
Movie • 2016
Gilly
The Timber
Movie • 2015
Wyatt
Sinister 2
Movie • 2015
Ex-Deputy So & So
Tangerine
Movie • 2015
Chester
This American Life: Live at BAM
Movie • 2014
David
Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine
Movie • 2022
Self
Conventional
Movie • 2015
Stu Mac 3
Red Hook Summer
Movie • 2012
Kevin
Mr. Right
Movie • 2016
Von Cartigan
The Next Three Days
Movie • 2010
Harv
Cymbeline
Movie • 2014
Philario
Light Up the Night
Movie • 2016
Joe
Gemini
Movie • 2017
Stan
The Clapper
Movie • 2018
Darth Guy
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
Movie • 2011
Chip Genson
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
Movie • 2015
Lonnie
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
Movie • 2013
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
Electric Slide
Movie • 2014
Jan Phillips
A Dirty Shame
Movie • 2004
Dingy Dave
Freakonomics
Movie • 2010
Himself
The Lie
Movie • 2011
Weasel
Kristy
Movie • 2014
Scott
Fruits De Mer
Movie • 2014
George
Cabiria, Charity, Chastity
Movie • 2017
Anthony the Strongman
The American Astronaut
Movie • 2001
Bodysuit
Write When You Get Work
Movie • 2018
Steven Noble
Family Blood
Movie • 2018
Christopher
It Chapter Two
Movie • 2019
Eddie Kaspbrak
Captive State
Movie • 2019
Ellison
It Happened in L.A.
Movie • 2017
Heath
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two
Movie • 2015
Stu Mac 3 (segment 'Conventional')
Puccini for Beginners
Movie • 2006
Lone Guy at Bistro
Nola
Movie • 2003
Neo-Gothboy
Tough Love
Movie • 2018
Man
Malachance
Movie • 2004
Mika
Granted!
Movie • 2014
Larry
Year of the Rat
Movie • 2013
False True Love
Movie • 2014
Doulo
Movie • 2018
Edwin
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
Movie • 2019
Self
Fan Mail
Movie • 2003
Ricky
What We Found
Movie • 2020
Sgt. Steven Mohler
Fish in the Sea
Movie • 2018
Jack
The Black Phone
Movie • 2022
Max
Making Generation Kill
Movie • 2008
Himself
Black Phone 2
Movie • 2025
Max
Third Watch
TV • 1999
Frankie
Jericho
TV • 2006
Daryl
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
TV • 2000
Zack Capola
Ed
TV • 2000
Gary Morton
The Wire
TV • 2002
Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka
Generation Kill
TV • 2008
Josh Ray Person
50 States of Fright
TV • 2020
Sebastian Klepner
Low Winter Sun
TV • 2013
Damon Callis
Burn Notice
TV • 2007
Dennis Wayne Barfield
Mosaic
TV • 2018
Michael O'Connor
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Mark Dale
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Michael Whelan
The First
TV • 2018
Nick Fletcher
Bosch
TV • 2015
Eddie Arceneaux
SEAL Team
TV • 2017
Reiss Julian
Hawaii Five-0
TV • 2010
Johnny D. / Perry Hutchinson
Poker Face
TV • 2023
Juice