James Ransone, best known for his roles in The thread, It: Chapter Two And The black phonedied on December 19. He was 46 years old.
Ransone committed suicide, according to the Los Angeles County medical examiner.
Born June 2, 1979, in Baltimore, Maryland, Ransone studied at the George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology before attending the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan for a year.
He got his first on-screen credit in 2001 American astronautbut he played his most notable role in The thread in 2003. He played Chester ‘Ziggy’ Sobotka in the second season of the HBO drama series, which centered on street drug dealing in Baltimore Harbor.
In 2019, Ransone starred as Eddie Kaspbrak in It: Chapter Twoalongside Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader and Bill Skarsgård. In the sequel, set 27 years after the first encounter with the terrifying Pennywise, the Losers Club has grown up and moved away, until a devastating phone call brings them back.
Ransone also played Max in 2021 The black phone and 2025 Black phone 2with Mason Thames and Ethan Hawke. The first part centered on a 13-year-old boy held in a soundproof basement by a sadistic, masked killer. When a disconnected phone on the wall begins to ring, he soon discovers that he can hear the voices of the murderer’s previous victims.
He also appeared in Anora director Sean Baker’s landmark 2015 film Tangerineplaying Chester, the sleazy, pimping boyfriend of a trans sex worker.
Ransone’s dozens of other acting credits included Impassive face, The SEAL Team, Dead wax, The first, Mosaic, It happened in Los Angeles, Bosch, Sinister 2, Old boy, Weak winter sun, State of the Empire, Tremé, Sinister, How to succeed in America, Hawaii five-0, Generation Kill, Law and order, Nola And Third watch.
