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James Ransone

(1979–2025) Television Actor United States

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James Ransone was a television actor from the United States.

Quick Facts About James Ransone

Born: June 2, 1979
Died: December 19, 2025
Nationality: United States
Profession: Television Actor
Known for: The Wire, Sinister, It: Chapter Two

About James Ransone

James Finley Ransone III was an American actor. Known for his roles in horror and drama, he played Ziggy Sobotka in the second season of the drama series The Wire, Cpl. Josh Ray Person in the war drama miniseries Generation Kill (2008), Deputy "So-and-So" in the supernatural horror films Sinister (2012) and Sinister 2 (2015), Chester in Tangerine (2015), adult Eddie Kaspbrak in It Chapter Two (2019), and Max in The Black Phone (2021).

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by James Ransone

A lot of my world-view is formed by the places Ive been.

Views

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I can usually play polarizing characters.

Character

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There used to be a period of time when you'd shoot big studio movies where you would shoot a couple of pages…

Big

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I'm friends with a lot of Brits, and they tell me when they're over here what a huge phenomenon 'The Wire' has…

After

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Idris Elba saved my butt in a point in my career that he can do whatever he wants, and I will back…

Decision

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Drama is easy to fool people with, but you can't trick people into laughing.

Drama

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My father was a Vietnam vet, and he was Green Beret.

Father

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I still wrestle with the catharsis of acting. I don't end up playing a lot of likable characters, so I find myself…

Acting

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Music is a very, very powerful tool that filmmakers use to sway people into emotions that they intend you to feel.

Emotions

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A lot of my world-view is formed by the places I've been.

Been

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Animals are a continuous source of inspiration and wonder to me. I would love to play a dog.

Animal

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I always make this comparison between Bob Dylan and David Simon. Not in the most flattering way possible - these two intellectual…

Comparison

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The scariest movies, to me, are like Michael Haneke's 'Amour.'

Like

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Just because I try to read a lot of stuff doesn't mean I can fully conceptualize all of these intense, big, abstract…

Abstract

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Mars would seem, to me, to be the best place to focus our collective effort as a species... I think people would…

Best

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I like theater; I just don't really like actors.

Just

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Only you know what you're trying to accomplish. Any time you're thinking about whether someone's going to like this or not like…

Accomplish

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Can I be a leading man? I don't believe myself to be; I don't think that I am, but I'm in this…

Believe

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I'm not going to say I'm really streetwise, but I might be more than most people.

Going

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I'm such a hater, and will hate on anything.

Anything

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In my twenties, I was a huge, insane risk-taker.

Huge

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I probably don't make as much money as people think I make. I make more than the usual medium household. I'm one…

Actor

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Sometimes actresses are just insane.

Insane

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I don't end up playing a lot of likable characters, so I find myself living in a lot of unlikable skin. As…

End

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'Generation Kill' was not a very glamorous shoot. For all intents and purposes, it was low budget, and all the money they…

Budget

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