James Ransone

Known for: Acting
Born: June 2, 1979, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Died: December 19, 2025
Movies: 58

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.

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Best-Known Movies

6.8

It Chapter Two

2019

7.4

Inside Man

2006

6.9

Sinister

2012

7.5

The Black Phone

2022

7.1

The Next Three Days

2010

5.9

Sinister 2

2015

5.9

Oldboy

2013

6.0

Broken City

2013

6.4

Mr. Right

2016

6.6

Black Phone 2

2025

Filmography

2025	Black Phone 2	Max
2023	V/H/S/85	Bobby (segment "Dreamkill")
2022	Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine	Self
2022	The Black Phone	Max Shaw
2021	Small Engine Repair	PJ
2020	What We Found	Sgt. Steven Mohler
2019	The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends	Self
2019	It Chapter Two	Eddie Kaspbrak
2019	Captive State	Ellison
2018	Fish in the Sea	Jack
2018	Tough Love	Man
2018	Doulo	Edwin
2018	Family Blood	Christopher
2018	Write When You Get Work	Steven Noble
2018	The Clapper	Darth Guy
2017	It Happened in L.A.	Heath
2017	Gemini	Stan
2016	In a Valley of Violence	Gilly
2016	Light Up the Night	Joe
2016	Mr. Right	Von Cartigan
2015	Conventional	Stu Mac 3
2015	Fun Size Horror: Volume Two	Stu Mac 3 (segment 'Conventional')
2015	Sinister 2	Ex-Deputy So & So
2015	Tangerine	Chester
2015	Bloomin Mud Shuffle	Lonnie
2015	The Timber	Wyatt
2014	Fruits De Mer	George
2014	Cymbeline	Philario
2014	Kristy	Scott
2014	This American Life: Live at BAM	David
2014	Granted!	Larry
2014	False True Love
2014	Electric Slide	Jan Phillips
2013	Oldboy	Dr. Tom Melby
2013	The Man Who Came Out Only at Night	The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
2013	Empire State	Agent Nugent
2013	Broken City	Todd Lancaster
2013	Year of the Rat
2012	Starlet	Mikey
2012	Sinister	Deputy
2012	Red Hook Summer	Kevin
2011	The Lie	Weasel
2011	The Son of No One	Officer Thomas Prudenti
2011	The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll	Chip Genson
2010	The Next Three Days	Harv
2010	Freakonomics	Himself
2008	Making Generation Kill	Self
2008	Prom Night	Detective Nash
2006	Puccini for Beginners	Lone Guy at Bistro
2006	Inside Man	Steve-O
2005	The Good Humor Man	Junebug
2004	Malachance	Mika
2004	Downtown: A Street Tale	Billy
2004	A Dirty Shame	Dingy Dave
2003	Ken Park	Tate
2003	Nola	Neo-Gothboy
2003	Fan Mail	Ricky
2001	The American Astronaut	Bodysuit

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