Personal Info
Birth date
1979-06-02 (46 Years)
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also known as
جیمز رانسون
James Ransone
Biography
James Finley Ransone III (born June 2, 1979) is an American actor and musician. He is 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 (2021). Description above from the Wikipedia article James Ransone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Law & Order
7.402
Overview:
In cases ripped from the headlines, police investigate serious and often deadly crimes, weighing the evidence and questioning the suspects until someone is taken into custody. The district attorney's office then builds a case to convict the perpetrator by proving the person guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. Working together, these expert teams navigate all sides of the complex criminal justice system to make New York a safer place.Hawaii Five-0
7.751
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Steve McGarrett returns home to Oahu, in order to find his father's killer. The governor offers him the chance to run his own task force (Five-0). Steve's team is joined by Chin Ho Kelly, Danny "Danno" Williams, and Kono Kalakaua.CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
7.636
Overview:
A Las Vegas team of forensic investigators are trained to solve criminal cases by scouring the crime scene, collecting irrefutable evidence and finding the missing pieces that solve the mystery.Bosch
7.923
Overview:
Based on Michael Connelly's best-selling novels, these are the stories of relentless LAPD homicide Detective Harry Bosch who pursues justice at all costs. But behind his tireless momentum is a man who is haunted by his past and struggles to remain loyal to his personal code: “Everybody counts or nobody counts.”The Wire
8.601
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Told from the points of view of both the Baltimore homicide and narcotics detectives and their targets, the series captures a universe in which the national war on drugs has become a permanent, self-sustaining bureaucracy, and distinctions between good and evil are routinely obliterated.SEAL Team
8.038
Overview:
Military drama following the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of Navy SEALs as they train, plan and execute the most dangerous, high stakes missions our country can ask of them.Poker Face
7.584
Overview:
Follow Charlie Cale, a woman with an extraordinary ability to tell when someone is lying, as she hits the road and, at every stop, encounters a new cast of characters and crimes she can't help but solve.Burn Notice
7.466
Overview:
A formerly blacklisted spy uses his unique skills and training to help people in desperate situations.Third Watch
7.918
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The exploits of a group of men and women who serve the City of New York as police officers, firemen, and paramedics, all working the same fictional 55th precinct during the 3pm to 11pm shift - the 'Third Watch'.Low Winter Sun
6.093
Overview:
Seemingly the perfect crime, the murder of a cop by a fellow Detroit detective activates forces that will forever alter the detective's life, and pull him into the heart of the Detroit underworld.Generation Kill
7.9
Overview:
The first 40 days of the war in Iraq as seen through the eyes of an elite group of U.S. Marines who spearheaded the invasion along with an embedded Rolling Stone reporter. A vivid account of the soldiers and of the forces that guided them in an often-improvised initiative.Mosaic
6.561
Overview:
Explore the psychological underpinnings of love and murder in a small mountain resort town while following popular children’s book author and illustrator Olivia Lake, whose literary success makes her a local celebrity in the tight-knit community.Jericho
7.39
Overview:
Jericho is an American action/drama series that centers on the residents of the fictional town of Jericho, Kansas, in the aftermath of nuclear attacks on 23 major cities in the contiguous United States.The First
5.967
Overview:
Follow the first human mission to Mars, exploring the challenges of taking the first steps toward interplanetary colonization. The story focuses not only on the astronauts, but also on their families and loved ones, as well as the ground team on Earth.The Black Phone
7.567
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Finney Blake, a shy but clever 13-year-old boy, is abducted by a sadistic killer and trapped in a soundproof basement where screaming is of little use. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, Finney discovers that he can hear the voices of the killer’s previous victims. And they are dead set on making sure that what happened to them doesn’t happen to Finney.50 States of Fright
7.206
Overview:
A horror anthology series based on urban legends that takes viewers deeper into the horrors that lurk just beneath the surface of America.It Chapter Two
6.834
Overview:
27 years after overcoming the malevolent supernatural entity Pennywise, the former members of the Losers' Club, who have grown up and moved away from Derry, are brought back together by a devastating phone call.Inside Man
7.396
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When an armed, masked gang enter a Manhattan bank, lock the doors and take hostages, the detective assigned to effect their release enters negotiations preoccupied with corruption charges he is facing.Ed
7.7
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After his wife leaves him and he's fired from his job at a high-profile New York city law firm, Ed Stevens moves back to his small hometown of Stuckeyville where he buys the local bowling alley and attempts to win the heart of his high school crush.Sinister
6.867
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True-crime writer Ellison Oswald is in a slump; he hasn't had a best seller in more than 10 years and is becoming increasingly desperate for a hit. So, when he discovers the existence of a snuff film showing the deaths of a family, he vows to solve the mystery. He moves his own family into the victims' home and gets to work. However, when old film footage and other clues hint at the presence of a supernatural force, Ellison learns that living in the house may be fatal.Sinister 2
5.879
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A young mother and her twin sons move into a rural house that's marked for death.Ken Park
6
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Ken Park focuses on several teenagers and their tormented home lives. Shawn seems to be the most conventional. Tate is brimming with psychotic rage; Claude is habitually harassed by his brutish father and coddled, rather uncomfortably, by his enormously pregnant mother. Peaches looks after her devoutly religious father, but yearns for freedom. They're all rather tight, or so they claim.The Next Three Days
7.085
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A married couple's life is turned upside down when the wife is accused of murdering her boss. Her husband John would spend the next few years trying to get her released, but there's no evidence that negates the evidence against her. When the strain of being separated from her husband and son gets to her, John decides to find a way to break her out.Oldboy
5.917
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A man has only three and a half days and limited resources to discover why he was imprisoned in a nondescript room for 20 years without any explanation.Broken City
5.947
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In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise toughness, makes him an unstoppable force - and the mayor's worst nightmare.Tangerine
6.896
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It's Christmas Eve in Tinseltown and Sin-Dee is back on the block. Upon hearing that her pimp boyfriend hasn't been faithful during the 28 days she was locked up, the working girl and her best friend, Alexandra, embark on a mission to get to the bottom of the scandalous rumor. Their rip-roaring odyssey leads them through various subcultures of Los Angeles, including an Armenian family dealing with their own repercussions of infidelity.Cymbeline
3.966
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War erupts between dirty cops and outlaw bikers as a drug kingpin tries to protect his empire.Empire State
5.4
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After failing to get into the police academy, Chris Potamitis settles for a security guard job with an armoured truck company. After he makes the mistake of mentioning the company's lax security to his best friend, He's unwittingly drawn into an elaborate scheme to rob the abundant amounts of cash being stored on their premises—resulting in the largest cash heist in U.S.history.Acting
2023V/H/S/85 as Bobby (segment "Dreamkill")
2023Poker Face (1 Episode) as Juice
2022Merry F*cking Christmas: The Making of Tangerine as Self
2022The Black Phone as Max
2021Small Engine Repair as PJ
2020What We Found as Sgt. Steven Mohler
202050 States of Fright (2 Episodes) as Sebastian Klepner
2019The Summers of It - Chapter Two: It Ends as Self
2019It Chapter Two as Eddie Kaspbrak
2019Captive State as Ellison
2018The First (8 Episodes) as Nick Fletcher
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
2018Mosaic (6 Episodes) as Michael O'Connor
2017It Happened in L.A. as Heath
2017SEAL Team (4 Episodes) as Reiss Julian
2017Cabiria, Charity, Chastity as Anthony the Strongman
2017Gemini as Stan
2016Light Up the Night as Joe
2016In a Valley of Violence as Gilly
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
2015Bosch (7 Episodes) as Eddie Arceneaux
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 as Unknown
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
2013Low Winter Sun (10 Episodes) as Damon Callis
2013Broken City as Todd Lancaster
2013Year of the Rat as Unknown
2012Starlet as Mikey
2012Red Hook Summer as Kevin
2012Sinister as Deputy
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
2010Hawaii Five-0 (1 Episode) as Johnny D. / Perry Hutchinson
2008Making Generation Kill as Himself
2008Generation Kill (7 Episodes) as Josh Ray Person
2008Prom Night as Detective Nash
2007Burn Notice (1 Episode) as Dennis Wayne Barfield
2006Jericho (1 Episode) as Daryl
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
2002The Wire (12 Episodes) as Chester 'Ziggy' Sobotka
2001The American Astronaut as Bodysuit
2000Ed (1 Episode) as Gary Morton
2000CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (1 Episode) as Zack Capola
1999Third Watch (2 Episodes) as Frankie
1990Law & Order (1, 1 Episode) as Mark Dale, Michael Whelan