James Finley Ransone III (born June 2, 1979) is an American actor. He
is known for his roles as Ziggy Sobotka in the second season of HBO's
crime drama series The Wire, United States Marine Corps Cpl. Josh Ray
Person in the war drama miniseries Generation Kill, The Deputy in the
supernatural horror films Sinister (2012) and Sinister 2 (2015), and
the adult Eddie Kaspbrak in It Chapter Two.Ransone was born and raised
in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Joyce (née Peterson) and James
Finley Ransone II, a Vietnam War veteran. He was educated at the
George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Baltimore,
and went on to attend the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan for one
year.In 2002, Ransone co-starred in the Harmony Korine drama film Ken
Park as Tate. By the age of 27, Ransone had developed a heroin
addiction and a debt of $30,000, but radically altered his lifestyle
by moving to Namibia for eight months, undergoing immersion into his
role as Cpl. Josh Ray Person in the HBO war drama miniseries
Generation Kill.
is known for his roles as Ziggy Sobotka in the second season of HBO's
crime drama series The Wire, United States Marine Corps Cpl. Josh Ray
Person in the war drama miniseries Generation Kill, The Deputy in the
supernatural horror films Sinister (2012) and Sinister 2 (2015), and
the adult Eddie Kaspbrak in It Chapter Two.Ransone was born and raised
in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Joyce (née Peterson) and James
Finley Ransone II, a Vietnam War veteran. He was educated at the
George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology in Baltimore,
and went on to attend the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan for one
year.In 2002, Ransone co-starred in the Harmony Korine drama film Ken
Park as Tate. By the age of 27, Ransone had developed a heroin
addiction and a debt of $30,000, but radically altered his lifestyle
by moving to Namibia for eight months, undergoing immersion into his
role as Cpl. Josh Ray Person in the HBO war drama miniseries
Generation Kill.
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