James Ransone

Known for: Acting

Born: 1979-06-02 – 2025-12-19 (aged 46)

From: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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 (76)

MOVIE★ 6.7
Black Phone 2
2025
as Max
MOVIE★ 5.7
V/H/S/85
2023
as Bobby (segment "Dreamkill")
TV★ 7.4
Poker Face
2023
as Juice
MOVIE★ 8.0
Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine
2022
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.5
The Black Phone
2022
as Max Shaw
MOVIE★ 6.1
Small Engine Repair
2021
as PJ
MOVIE★ 5.0
What We Found
2020
as Sgt. Steven Mohler
TV★ 7.2
50 States of Fright
2020
as Sebastian Klepner
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.8
It Chapter Two
2019
as Eddie Kaspbrak
MOVIE★ 5.7
Captive State
2019
as Ellison
TV★ 6.0
The First
2018
as Nick Fletcher
MOVIE
Fish in the Sea
2018
as Jack
MOVIE
Tough Love
2018
as Man
MOVIE
Doulo
2018
as Edwin
MOVIE★ 4.6
Family Blood
2018
as Christopher
MOVIE★ 3.9
Write When You Get Work
2018
as Steven Noble
MOVIE★ 4.9
The Clapper
2018
as Darth Guy
TV★ 6.5
Mosaic
2018
as Michael O'Connor
MOVIE★ 5.0
It Happened in L.A.
2017
as Heath
TV★ 8.0
SEAL Team
2017
as Reiss Julian
MOVIE★ 4.3
Cabiria, Charity, Chastity
2017
as Anthony the Strongman
MOVIE★ 5.4
Gemini
2017
as Stan
MOVIE★ 5.5
Light Up the Night
2016
as Joe
MOVIE★ 6.1
In a Valley of Violence
2016
as Gilly
MOVIE★ 6.4
Mr. Right
2016
as Von Cartigan
MOVIE★ 6.9
Conventional
2015
as Stu Mac 3
MOVIE★ 3.9
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two
2015
as Stu Mac 3 (segment 'Conventional')
MOVIE★ 5.9
Sinister 2
2015
as Ex-Deputy So & So
MOVIE★ 6.9
Tangerine
2015
as Chester
MOVIE★ 3.9
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
2015
as Lonnie
MOVIE★ 5.2
The Timber
2015
as Wyatt
TV★ 7.9
Bosch
2015
as Eddie Arceneaux
MOVIE
Fruits De Mer
2014
as George
MOVIE★ 3.9
Cymbeline
2014
as Philario
MOVIE★ 6.1
Kristy
2014
as Scott
MOVIE★ 8.1
This American Life: Live at BAM
2014
as David
MOVIE
Granted!
2014
as Larry
MOVIE
False True Love
2014
MOVIE★ 5.0
Electric Slide
2014
as Jan Phillips
MOVIE★ 5.9
Oldboy
2013
as Dr. Tom Melby
MOVIE
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
2013
as The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
MOVIE★ 5.4
Empire State
2013
as Agent Nugent
TV★ 6.2
Low Winter Sun
2013
as Damon Callis
MOVIE★ 6.0
Broken City
2013
as Todd Lancaster
MOVIE
Year of the Rat
2013
MOVIE★ 6.8
Starlet
2012
as Mikey
MOVIE★ 6.9
Sinister
2012
as Deputy
MOVIE★ 5.4
Red Hook Summer
2012
as Kevin
MOVIE★ 5.4
The Lie
2011
as Weasel
MOVIE★ 5.1
The Son of No One
2011
as Officer Thomas Prudenti
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
as Chip Genson
MOVIE★ 7.1
The Next Three Days
2010
as Harv
TV★ 7.2
Conan
2010
as Self - Guest
MOVIE★ 6.1
Freakonomics
2010
as Himself
TV★ 7.7
Hawaii Five-0
2010
as Johnny D. / Perry Hutchinson
MOVIE★ 8.5
Making Generation Kill
2008
as Himself
TV★ 7.9
Generation Kill
2008
as Josh Ray Person
MOVIE★ 5.1
Prom Night
2008
as Detective Nash
TV★ 7.5
Burn Notice
2007
as Dennis Wayne Barfield
TV★ 7.4
Jericho
2006
as Daryl
MOVIE★ 5.5
Puccini for Beginners
2006
as Lone Guy at Bistro
MOVIE★ 7.4
Inside Man
2006
as Steve-O
MOVIE★ 4.4
The Good Humor Man
2005
as Junebug
MOVIE★ 8.0
Malachance
2004
as Mika
MOVIE★ 5.5
Downtown: A Street Tale
2004
as Billy
MOVIE★ 5.3
A Dirty Shame
2004
as Dingy Dave
MOVIE★ 6.0
Ken Park
2003
as Tate
MOVIE★ 6.8
Nola
2003
as Neo-Gothboy
MOVIE
Fan Mail
2003
as Ricky
TV★ 8.6
The Wire
2002
as Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka
MOVIE★ 6.7
The American Astronaut
2001
as Bodysuit
TV★ 7.7
Ed
2000
as Gary Morton
TV★ 7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
as Zack Capola
TV★ 7.9
Third Watch
1999
as Frankie
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Mark Dale