James Ransone

Actor Jun 2 (died age 46) Baltimore, Maryland, USA 1990–2025 (35 year career)

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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. Descr…

Known For

Film

The Black Phone

Max

Film

Inside Man

Steve-O

Film

It Chapter Two

Eddie Kaspbrak

Film

Sinister

Deputy

Film

The Next Three Days

Harv

Film

Generation Kill

Josh Ray Person

Film

Mr. Right

Von Cartigan

Film

Black Phone 2

Max

Filmography

Acting (76)

Movies (59)

Black Phone 2

2025

as Max

6.7

V/H/S/85

2023

as Bobby (segment "Dreamkill")

5.7

The Black Phone

2022

as Max

7.5

Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine

as Self

Small Engine Repair

as PJ

What We Found

as Sgt. Steven Mohler

5.0

It Chapter Two

2019

as Eddie Kaspbrak

6.8

The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends

as Self

Captive State

as Ellison

Write When You Get Work

2018

as Steven Noble

3.9

Doulo

2018

as Edwin

Family Blood

as Christopher

The Clapper

as Darth Guy

Fish in the Sea

as Jack

Tough Love

2018

as Man

Gemini

2017

as Stan

5.4

Cabiria, Charity, Chastity

2017

as Anthony the Strongman

It Happened in L.A.

as Heath

Mr. Right

as Von Cartigan

In a Valley of Violence

as Gilly

Light Up the Night

as Joe

Sinister 2

as Ex-Deputy So & So

Tangerine

as Chester

The Timber

as Wyatt

Bloomin Mud Shuffle

as Lonnie

Fun Size Horror: Volume Two

2015

as Stu Mac 3 (segment 'Conventional')

Conventional

as Stu Mac 3

Cymbeline

as Philario

Kristy

as Scott

Electric Slide

as Jan Phillips

This American Life: Live at BAM

2014

as David

8.1

Fruits De Mer

2014

as George

Granted!

2014

as Larry

False True Love

Oldboy

as Dr. Tom Melby

Broken City

as Todd Lancaster

Empire State

as Agent Nugent

Year of the Rat

The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

2013

as The Man Who Came Out Only at Night

Sinister

as Deputy

Starlet

as Mikey

Red Hook Summer

as Kevin

The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll

as Chip Genson

The Lie

as Weasel

The Son of No One

as Officer Thomas Prudenti

The Next Three Days

as Harv

Freakonomics

as Himself

Making Generation Kill

as Himself

Prom Night

as Detective Nash

Inside Man

as Steve-O

Puccini for Beginners

2006

as Lone Guy at Bistro

5.4

The Good Humor Man

2005

as Junebug

4.2

Downtown: A Street Tale

as Billy

A Dirty Shame

as Dingy Dave

Malachance

as Mika

Ken Park

2003

as Tate

6.0

Fan Mail

2003

as Ricky

Nola

2003

as Neo-Gothboy

6.5

The American Astronaut

2001

as Bodysuit

6.7

Television (17)

Poker Face

as Juice

50 States of Fright

as Sebastian Klepner

Mosaic

as Michael O'Connor

The First

as Nick Fletcher

SEAL Team

as Reiss Julian

Bosch

as Eddie Arceneaux

Low Winter Sun

as Damon Callis

Conan

as Self - Guest

Hawaii Five-0

as Johnny D. / Perry Hutchinson

Generation Kill

as Josh Ray Person

Burn Notice

as Dennis Wayne Barfield

Jericho

as Daryl

The Wire

as Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka

8.6

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

as Zack Capola

as Gary Morton

Third Watch

as Frankie

Law & Order

as Mark Dale