Acting
James Ransone
Born 2 June 1979 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA · Died 19 December 2025
74 credits
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.
Known for
Acting 74
- 2025Black Phone 2FilmMax
- 2023Poker FaceSeriesJuice
- 2023V/H/S/85FilmBobby (segment "Dreamkill")
- 2022The Black PhoneFilmMax Shaw
- 2022Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of TangerineFilmSelf
- 2021Small Engine RepairFilmPJ
- 202050 States of FrightSeriesSebastian Klepner
- 2020What We FoundFilmSgt. Steven Mohler
- 2019It Chapter TwoFilmEddie Kaspbrak
- 2019Captive StateFilmEllison
- 2019The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It EndsFilmSelf
- 2018The ClapperFilmDarth Guy
- 2018The FirstSeriesNick Fletcher
- 2018MosaicSeriesMichael O'Connor
- 2018Family BloodFilmChristopher
- 2018Write When You Get WorkFilmSteven Noble
- 2018DouloFilmEdwin
- 2018Tough LoveFilmMan
- 2018Fish in the SeaFilmJack
- 2017SEAL TeamSeriesReiss Julian
- 2017GeminiFilmStan
- 2017It Happened in L.A.FilmHeath
- 2016Mr. RightFilmVon Cartigan
- 2016In a Valley of ViolenceFilmGilly
- 2016Light Up the NightFilmJoe
- 2015BoschSeriesEddie Arceneaux
- 2015Sinister 2FilmEx-Deputy So & So
- 2015TangerineFilmChester
- 2015The TimberFilmWyatt
- 2015Fun Size Horror: Volume TwoFilmStu Mac 3 (segment 'Conventional')
- 2015ConventionalFilmStu Mac 3
- 2015Bloomin Mud ShuffleFilmLonnie
- 2014KristyFilmScott
- 2014CymbelineFilmPhilario
- 2014Electric SlideFilmJan Phillips
- 2014This American Life: Live at BAMFilmDavid
- 2014Fruits De MerFilmGeorge
- 2014Granted!FilmLarry
- 2014False True LoveFilm
- 2013OldboyFilmDr. Tom Melby
- 2013Broken CityFilmTodd Lancaster
- 2013Empire StateFilmAgent Nugent
- 2013Low Winter SunSeriesDamon Callis
- 2013The Man Who Came Out Only at NightFilmThe Man Who Came Out Only at Night
- 2013Year of the RatFilm
- 2012SinisterFilmDeputy
- 2012StarletFilmMikey
- 2012Red Hook SummerFilmKevin
- 2011The Son of No OneFilmOfficer Thomas Prudenti
- 2011The LieFilmWeasel
- 2011The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' RollFilmChip Genson
- 2010Hawaii Five-0SeriesJohnny D. / Perry Hutchinson
- 2010The Next Three DaysFilmHarv
- 2010FreakonomicsFilmHimself
- 2008Generation KillSeriesJosh Ray Person
- 2008Prom NightFilmDetective Nash
- 2008Making Generation KillFilmSelf
- 2007Burn NoticeSeriesDennis Wayne Barfield
- 2006JerichoSeriesDaryl
- 2006Inside ManFilmSteve-O
- 2006Puccini for BeginnersFilmLone Guy at Bistro
- 2005The Good Humor ManFilmJunebug
- 2004A Dirty ShameFilmDingy Dave
- 2004Downtown: A Street TaleFilmBilly
- 2004MalachanceFilmMika
- 2003Ken ParkFilmTate
- 2003NolaFilmNeo-Gothboy
- 2003Fan MailFilmRicky
- 2002The WireSeriesChester 'Ziggy' Sobotka
- 2001The American AstronautFilmBodysuit
- 2000CSI: Crime Scene InvestigationSeriesZack Capola
- 2000EdSeriesGary Morton
- 1999Third WatchSeriesFrankie
- 1990Law & OrderSeriesMark Dale, Michael Whelan
Filmography from TMDB.