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