James Ransone

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, and The Deputy in the supernatural horror films Sinister (2012) and Sinister 2 (2015). 2Early life 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. 2Career In 2002, Ransone co-starred in the Harmony Korine drama film Ken Park as Tate. At 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. In 2010, he was cast in a recurring role in the HBO comedy series How to Make It in America, and the following year, appeared in a recurring role in the HBO drama series Treme. In 2012, he starred in the Sean S. Baker drama film Starle