Biography
James Ransone
Acting
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…
Career works
76
Movies
59
Series
17
Career average
6.3/10
Birth date
06/02/1979
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Date of death
12/19/2025
Filmography highlights
Movies
Black Phone 2
2025 · 6.7
V/H/S/85
2023 · 5.7
Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine
2022 · 8.0
The Black Phone
2022 · 7.5
Small Engine Repair
2021 · 6.1
What We Found
2020 · 5.0
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019 · 7.1
It Chapter Two
2019 · 6.8
Captive State
2019 · 5.7
Fish in the Sea
2018
Tough Love
2018
Doulo
2018
Family Blood
2018 · 4.6
Write When You Get Work
2018 · 3.9
The Clapper
2018 · 4.9
Series
Poker Face
2023 · 7.4
50 States of Fright
2020 · 7.2
The First
2018 · 6.0
Mosaic
2018 · 6.5
SEAL Team
2017 · 8.0
Bosch
2015 · 7.9
Low Winter Sun
2013 · 6.2
Conan
2010 · 7.2
Hawaii Five-0
2010 · 7.7
Generation Kill
2008 · 7.9
Burn Notice
2007 · 7.5
Jericho
2006 · 7.4
The Wire
2002 · 8.6
Ed
2000 · 7.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000 · 7.6