James Ransone

Born: 1979-06-02, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.

Filmography

• Law & Order (1990)
• CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000)
• Hawaii Five-0 (2010)
• The Wire (2002)
• Bosch (2015)
• Burn Notice (2007)
• Jericho (2006)
• It Chapter Two (2019)
• Black Phone 2 (2025)
• The Black Phone (2022)
• Ed (2000)
• Sinister (2012)
• Inside Man (2006)
• 50 States of Fright (2020)
• Oldboy (2013)
• The Next Three Days (2010)
• Ken Park (2003)
• Generation Kill (2008)
• Sinister 2 (2015)
• Broken City (2013)
• Captive State (2019)
• Mr. Right (2016)
• Empire State (2013)
• The First (2018)
• The Son of No One (2011)
• A Dirty Shame (2004)
• Tangerine (2015)
• In a Valley of Violence (2016)
• Starlet (2012)
• V/H/S/85 (2023)