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