James Ransone
Acting

James Ransone

Born 2 June 1979 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA · Died 19 December 2025

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

It Chapter Two
Inside Man
Sinister
The Black Phone
The Next Three Days
The Wire
Sinister 2
Oldboy
Hawaii Five-0
SEAL Team
Broken City
Mr. Right
Black Phone 2
V/H/S/85
The Black Phone
Small Engine Repair
What We Found
It Chapter Two
Captive State
The Clapper
Write When You Get Work
Family Blood
Tough Love
Doulo
Fish in the Sea
Gemini
It Happened in L.A.
In a Valley of Violence
Mr. Right
Light Up the Night
The Timber
Sinister 2
Tangerine
Conventional
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two
This American Life: Live at BAM
Cymbeline
Electric Slide
Kristy
Fruits De Mer
False True Love
Granted!
Oldboy
Broken City
Empire State
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
Year of the Rat
Sinister
Starlet
Red Hook Summer
The Son of No One
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
The Lie
The Next Three Days
Prom Night
Inside Man
Puccini for Beginners
The Good Humor Man
Downtown: A Street Tale
A Dirty Shame
Malachance
Ken Park
Nola
Fan Mail
The American Astronaut
James Ransone · Midrow