James Ransone
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Inside Man
as Steve-O
2006
Ken Park
as Tate
2003
The Good Humor Man
as Junebug
2005
Small Engine Repair
as PJ
2021
Sinister
as Deputy
2012
The Son of No One
as Officer Thomas Prudenti
2011
Starlet
as Mikey
2012
Oldboy
as Dr. Tom Melby
2013
Broken City
as Todd Lancaster
2013
Empire State
as Agent Nugent
2013
Downtown: A Street Tale
as Billy
2004
V/H/S/85
as Bobby (segment "Dreamkill")
2023
Prom Night
as Detective Nash
2008
In a Valley of Violence
as Gilly
2016
The Timber
as Wyatt
2015
Sinister 2
as Ex-Deputy So & So
2015
Tangerine
as Chester
2015
This American Life: Live at BAM
as David
2014
Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine
as Self
2022
Conventional
as Stu Mac 3
2015
TV Appearances
Third Watch
as Frankie
1999
Jericho
as Daryl
2006
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Zack Capola
2000
Ed
as Gary Morton
2000
The Wire
as Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka
2002
Generation Kill
as Josh Ray Person
2008
50 States of Fright
as Sebastian Klepner
2020
Low Winter Sun
as Damon Callis
2013
Burn Notice
as Dennis Wayne Barfield
2007
Mosaic
as Michael O'Connor
2018
Law & Order
as Mark Dale
1990
Law & Order
as Michael Whelan
1990