James Ransone
Acting
Born: Jun 02, 1979 — Died: Dec 19, 2025
From: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| V/H/S/85 | Bobby (segment "Dreamkill") | 2023 | 5.706 |
| Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine | Self | 2022 | 8.0 |
| Small Engine Repair | PJ | 2021 | 6.1 |
| The Clapper | Darth Guy | 2018 | 4.87 |
| Gemini | Stan | 2017 | 5.412 |
| In a Valley of Violence | Gilly | 2016 | 6.111 |
| Mr. Right | Von Cartigan | 2016 | 6.45 |
| Light Up the Night | Joe | 2016 | 5.5 |
| The Timber | Wyatt | 2015 | 5.15 |
| Sinister 2 | Ex-Deputy So & So | 2015 | 5.893 |
| Tangerine | Chester | 2015 | 6.9 |
| Conventional | Stu Mac 3 | 2015 | 6.9 |
| Bloomin Mud Shuffle | Lonnie | 2015 | 3.9 |
| This American Life: Live at BAM | David | 2014 | 8.1 |
| Cymbeline | Philario | 2014 | 3.9 |
| Oldboy | Dr. Tom Melby | 2013 | 5.919 |
| Broken City | Todd Lancaster | 2013 | 5.952 |
| Empire State | Agent Nugent | 2013 | 5.405 |
| The Man Who Came Out Only at Night | The Man Who Came Out … | 2013 | — |
| Sinister | Deputy | 2012 | 6.875 |
| Starlet | Mikey | 2012 | 6.805 |
| Red Hook Summer | Kevin | 2012 | 5.4 |
| The Son of No One | Officer Thomas Prudenti | 2011 | 5.1 |
| The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll | Chip Genson | 2011 | 5.5 |
| The Next Three Days | Harv | 2010 | 7.086 |
| Prom Night | Detective Nash | 2008 | 5.066 |
| Inside Man | Steve-O | 2006 | 7.403 |
| The Good Humor Man | Junebug | 2005 | 4.417 |
| Downtown: A Street Tale | Billy | 2004 | 5.5 |
| Ken Park | Tate | 2003 | 6.0 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1979 |
| From | Baltimore, Maryland, USA |