James Ransone

James Finley Ransone III is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Ziggy Sobotka in Seasonof HBOs The Wire, as U.S. Marines Corporal Josh Ray Person in the Iraq Warbased miniseries Generation Kill, and Tate from Ken Park, most notably, for his infamous and somewhat controversial scene depicting autoerotic asphyxiation.

Ransone was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Joyce and James Finley Ransone II. A former musician, at the age of 27, Ransone had developed a heroin habit and a debt of 30,000, but radically altered his lifestyle by moving to Namibia for eight months, undergoing immersion into his role as Person in Generation Kill. He appeared in a small recurring role in the HBO series Treme. In 2011, Ransone and Michael Zegen were cast in recurring roles in the HBO comedy series How to Make It in America. Ransone appeared in the shows pilot episode, and then a further six episodes.

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