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James Ransone
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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 (2015), the adult Eddie Kaspbrak in It Chapter Two (2019), and Max in The Black Phone movies. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Ransone, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Show Must Go On
From Freddie Mercury's operatic excess to the raw defiance of punk, this chain traces how cinema captures the transformative power of self-expression.
8 films
The Long Way Home, and Who Pays For It
A chain about sex work, disability and survival that keeps its camera on the worker's face rather than the client's wallet. It begins with a lift shared between...
8 films
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V/H/S/85
2023 · Bobby (segment "Dreamkill")
The Black Phone
2022 · Max Shaw
What We Found
2020 · Sgt. Steven Mohler
It Chapter Two
2019 · Eddie Kaspbrak
Captive State
2019 · Ellison
Mosaic
2018 · Michael O'Connor
Mr. Right
2016 · Von Cartigan
Tangerine
2015 · Chester
Sinister
2012 · Deputy
Inside Man
2006 · Steve-O