Acting credits
74
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
James Ransone
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
1.7
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Movies: 58Series: 16
TMDB ID: 5296
IMDb ID: nm0710447
Known for: Acting
Born: June 2, 1979
Died: December 19, 2025
Age: 46
Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1990 - 2025
Years active: 36
Average TMDB rating: 6.4
Wikidata: Q44273
Also known as
جیمز رانسون
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with James Ransone.
6.8
Black Phone 2
as Max
2025 Movie
5.6
V/H/S/85
as Bobby (segment "Dreamkill")
2023 Movie
8.0
Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine
as Self
2022 Movie
7.5
The Black Phone
as Max
2022 Movie
6.1
Small Engine Repair
as PJ
2021 Movie
5.0
What We Found
as Sgt. Steven Mohler
2020 Movie
7.1
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
as Self
2019 Movie
6.8
It Chapter Two
as Eddie Kaspbrak
2019 Movie
5.6
Captive State
as Ellison
2019 Movie
Fish in the Sea
as Jack
2018 Movie
Tough Love
as Man
2018 Movie
Doulo
as Edwin
2018 Movie
4.6
Family Blood
as Christopher
2018 Movie
3.9
Write When You Get Work
as Steven Noble
2018 Movie
4.9
The Clapper
as Darth Guy
2018 Movie
5.0
It Happened in L.A.
as Heath
2017 Movie
4.3
Cabiria, Charity, Chastity
as Anthony the Strongman
2017 Movie
5.4
Gemini
as Stan
2017 Movie
5.5
Light Up the Night
as Joe
2016 Movie
6.1
In a Valley of Violence
as Gilly
2016 Movie
6.5
Mr. Right
as Von Cartigan
2016 Movie
6.9
Conventional
as Stu Mac 3
2015 Movie
3.9
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two
as Stu Mac 3 (segment 'Conventional')
2015 Movie
5.9
Sinister 2
as Ex-Deputy So & So
2015 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with James Ransone.
7.5
Poker Face
as Juice • 1 eps
2023 Series
7.2
50 States of Fright
as Sebastian Klepner • 2 eps
2020 Series
6.0
The First
as Nick Fletcher • 8 eps
2018 Series
6.5
Mosaic
as Michael O'Connor • 6 eps
2018 Series
8.0
SEAL Team
as Reiss Julian • 4 eps
2017 Series
7.9
Bosch
as Eddie Arceneaux • 7 eps
2015 Series
6.1
Low Winter Sun
as Damon Callis • 10 eps
2013 Series
7.8
Hawaii Five-0
as Johnny D. / Perry Hutchinson • 1 eps
2010 Series
7.9
Generation Kill
as Josh Ray Person • 7 eps
2008 Series
7.5
Burn Notice
as Dennis Wayne Barfield • 1 eps
2007 Series
7.4
Jericho
as Daryl • 1 eps
2006 Series
8.6
The Wire
as Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka • 12 eps
2002 Series
7.7
Ed
as Gary Morton • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.6
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
as Zack Capola • 1 eps
2000 Series
7.9
Third Watch
as Frankie • 2 eps
1999 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as Mark Dale • 1 eps
1990 Series