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James Ransone

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James Ransone

Jun 2, 1979 – Dec 19, 202576 titles 59 movies · 17 TV
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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

James PJ Ransone · James Finley Ransone III

Born

Jun 2, 1979 – Dec 19, 2025

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

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