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 …
Known For
Filmography
Black Phone 2
2025
V/H/S/85
2023
Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine
2022
The Black Phone
2022
Small Engine Repair
2021
What We Found
2020
The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends
2019
It Chapter Two
2019
Captive State
2019
Fish in the Sea
2018
Tough Love
2018
Doulo
2018
Family Blood
2018
Write When You Get Work
2018
The Clapper
2018
It Happened in L.A.
2017
Cabiria, Charity, Chastity
2017
Gemini
2017
Light Up the Night
2016
In a Valley of Violence
2016
Mr. Right
2016
Conventional
2015
Fun Size Horror: Volume Two
2015
Sinister 2
2015
Tangerine
2015
Bloomin Mud Shuffle
2015
The Timber
2015
Fruits De Mer
2014
Cymbeline
2014
Kristy
2014
This American Life: Live at BAM
2014
Granted!
2014
False True Love
2014
Electric Slide
2014
Oldboy
2013
The Man Who Came Out Only at Night
2013
Empire State
2013
Broken City
2013
Year of the Rat
2013
Starlet
2012
Red Hook Summer
2012
Sinister
2012
The Lie
2011
The Son of No One
2011
The Perfect Age of Rock 'n' Roll
2011
The Next Three Days
2010
Freakonomics
2010
Making Generation Kill
2008
Prom Night
2008
Puccini for Beginners
2006
Inside Man
2006
The Good Humor Man
2005
Malachance
2004
Downtown: A Street Tale
2004
A Dirty Shame
2004
Ken Park
2003
Nola
2003
Fan Mail
2003
The American Astronaut
2001
Poker Face
2023
50 States of Fright
2020
The First
2018
Mosaic
2018
SEAL Team
2017
Bosch
2015
Low Winter Sun
2013
Conan
2010
Hawaii Five-0
2010
Generation Kill
2008
Burn Notice
2007
Jericho
2006
The Wire
2002
Ed
2000
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
2000
Third Watch
1999
Law & Order
1990
Law & Order
1990