James Ransone
Acting
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.
Born: June 2, 1979
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Known For
The Wire
Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.
Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine
A feature-length documentary going behind-the-scenes on the making of the 2015 film Tangerine.
Making Generation Kill
A behind the scenes look at HBO's critically acclaimed reality-based seven part miniseries 'Generation Kill' about some marines which was apart of the Iraqi invasion in 2003. You'll get an inside look in how the series was made.
SEAL Team
Military drama following the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them.
Bosch
Harry Bosch, an LAPD homicide detective, stands trial for the fatal shooting of a serial murder suspect. A cold case involving the remains of a missing boy forces Bosch to confront his past. As daring recruit Julia Brasher catches his eye and departmental politics heat up, Bosch will pursue justice at all costs.
Generation Kill
The first 40 days of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of an elite group of U.S. Marines who spearheaded the invasion along with an embedded Rolling Stone reporter. A vivid account of the soldiers and of the forces that guided them in an often-improvised initiative.
Third Watch
The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.
Hawaii Five-0
Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.
Ed
After his wife leaves him and he's fired from his job at a high-profile New York city law firm, Ed Stevens moves back to his small hometown of Stuckeyville where he buys the local bowling alley and attempts to win the heart of his high school crush.
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.
Filmography
as Max
as Bobby (segment "Dreamkill")
as Juice
as Max
as PJ
as Sgt. Steven Mohler
as Sebastian Klepner
as Eddie Kaspbrak
as Ellison
as Nick Fletcher
as Jack
as Man
as Edwin
as Christopher
as Steven Noble
as Darth Guy
as Michael O'Connor
as Heath
as Reiss Julian
as Anthony the Strongman
as Stan
as Joe
as Gilly
as Von Cartigan
as Stu Mac 3
as Stu Mac 3 (segment 'Conventional')
as Ex-Deputy So & So
as Chester
as Lonnie
as Wyatt
as Eddie Arceneaux
as George
as Philario
as Scott
as Larry
as Jan Phillips
as Dr. Tom Melby
as The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
as Agent Nugent
as Damon Callis
as Todd Lancaster
as Mikey
as Kevin
as Deputy
as Weasel
as Officer Thomas Prudenti
as Chip Genson
as Harv
as Himself
as Johnny D. / Perry Hutchinson
as Himself
as Josh Ray Person
as Detective Nash
as Dennis Wayne Barfield
as Daryl
as Lone Guy at Bistro
as Steve-O
as Junebug
as Mika
as Billy
as Dingy Dave
as Tate
as Neo-Gothboy
as Ricky
as Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka
as Bodysuit
as Gary Morton
as Zack Capola
as Frankie
as Mark Dale
as Michael Whelan