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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 2, 1979
Died
December 19, 2025
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also Known As
- جیمز رانسون
James Ransone
44.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.9
Max
Black Phone 2
2025
5.6
Bobby (segment "Dreamkill")
V/H/S/85
2023
7.5
Juice
Poker Face
2023
8.0
Self
Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine
2022
7.5
Max
The Black Phone
2022
6.1
PJ
Small Engine Repair
2021
5.0
Sgt. Steven Mohler
What We Found
2020
7.2
Sebastian Klepner
50 States of Fright
2020
7.1
Self
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
6.8
Eddie Kaspbrak
It Chapter Two
2019
Credits
Black Phone 2
as Max
2025
6.9
V/H/S/85
as Bobby (segment "Dreamkill")
2023
5.6
Poker Face
as Juice
2023
7.5
Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine
as Self
2022
8.0
The Black Phone
as Max
2022
7.5
Small Engine Repair
as PJ
2021
6.1
What We Found
as Sgt. Steven Mohler
2020
5.0
50 States of Fright
as Sebastian Klepner
2020
7.2
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
as Self
2019
7.1
It Chapter Two
as Eddie Kaspbrak
2019
6.8
Captive State
as Ellison
2019
5.7
The First
as Nick Fletcher
2018
6.0
Fish in the Sea
as Jack
2018
0.0
Tough Love
as Man
2018
0.0
Doulo
as Edwin
2018
0.0
Family Blood
as Christopher
2018
4.6
Write When You Get Work
as Steven Noble
2018
3.9
The Clapper
as Darth Guy
2018
4.9
Mosaic
as Michael O'Connor
2018
6.5
It Happened in L.A.
as Heath
2017
5.0
SEAL Team
as Reiss Julian
2017
8.0
Cabiria, Charity, Chastity
as Anthony the Strongman
2017
4.3
Gemini
as Stan
2017
5.4
Light Up the Night
as Joe
2016
5.5
In a Valley of Violence
as Gilly
2016
6.1
Mr. Right
as Von Cartigan
2016
6.5
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two
as Stu Mac 3 (segment 'Conventional')
2015
3.9
Conventional
as Stu Mac 3
2015
6.9
Sinister 2
as Ex-Deputy So & So
2015
5.9
Tangerine
as Chester
2015
6.9
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
as Lonnie
2015
3.9
The Timber
as Wyatt
2015
5.0
Bosch
as Eddie Arceneaux
2015
7.9
Fruits De Mer
as George
2014
0.0
Cymbeline
as Philario
2014
3.9
Kristy
as Scott
2014
6.1
🎬
This American Life: Live at BAM
as David
2014
8.1
Granted!
as Larry
2014
0.0
False True Love
2014
0.0
Electric Slide
as Jan Phillips
2014
5.0
Oldboy
as Dr. Tom Melby
2013
5.9
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
as The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
2013
0.0
Empire State
as Agent Nugent
2013
5.4
Low Winter Sun
as Damon Callis
2013
6.1
Broken City
as Todd Lancaster
2013
5.9
Year of the Rat
2013
0.0
Starlet
as Mikey
2012
6.8
Red Hook Summer
as Kevin
2012
5.5
Sinister
as Deputy
2012
6.9
The Lie
as Weasel
2011
5.4
The Son of No One
as Officer Thomas Prudenti
2011
5.1
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
as Chip Genson
2011
5.5
The Next Three Days
as Harv
2010
7.1
Freakonomics
as Himself
2010
6.1
Hawaii Five-0
as Johnny D. / Perry Hutchinson
2010
7.8
Making Generation Kill
as Himself
2008
8.0
Generation Kill
as Josh Ray Person
2008
7.9
Prom Night
as Detective Nash
2008
5.0
Burn Notice
as Dennis Wayne Barfield
2007
7.5
Jericho
as Daryl
2006
7.4
Puccini for Beginners
as Lone Guy at Bistro
2006
5.4
Inside Man
as Steve-O
2006
7.4
The Good Humor Man
as Junebug
2005
4.2
Malachance
as Mika
2004
0.0
Downtown: A Street Tale
as Billy
2004
1.0
A Dirty Shame
as Dingy Dave
2004
5.3
Ken Park
as Tate
2003
6.0
Fan Mail
as Ricky
2003
0.0
Nola
as Neo-Gothboy
2003
6.5
The Wire
as Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka
2002
8.6
The American Astronaut
as Bodysuit
2001
6.7
Ed
as Gary Morton
2000
7.7
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Zack Capola
2000
7.6
Third Watch
as Frankie
1999
7.9
Law & Order
as Mark Dale
1990
7.4
Law & Order
as Michael Whelan
1990
7.4