"James "PJ" Ransone was born on June 2, 1979, in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended the George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology and then the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan for one year, before dropping out. Before becoming a staple in Sean Baker's early filmography, Ransone's breakout role as Chester Karol "Ziggy" Sobotka in the second season of HBO's "The Wire," set up his reputation as not only someone who disappeared into roles, but an actor who was consumed by them."
"Watching Ziggy was like watching a live-wire pulse back and forth; he's loud and brash in a way that feels quintessential to HBO's 2000s endeavors, as if his nerves have been frayed along the edges. Ransone inhabited him with a mania-driven fervency, like he did many of his characters. It was an edge which often propelled his voice to raise many octaves and forced his body to shake with various tics."
"He went on to star in another David Simon production, "Generation Kill." In it, Ransone played Corporal Josh Ray Person, a wise-cracking young Marine whose age is often overshadowed by his wit, which surpasses the older comrades around him. His boyish face and rail-thin body were similar to the real men the series was attempting to showcase, giving us a startling reminder of how war often corrupts young men into becoming monsters."
James Ransone was born on June 2, 1979, in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended the George Washington Carver Center for Arts and Technology and the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan for one year before dropping out. Early exposure to Larry Clark's Ken Park left an impression tied to themes of addiction, abuse, and neglect. Ransone's breakout role as Chester Karol "Ziggy" Sobotka in The Wire established him as an actor who disappears into roles with manic energy and physical tics. He also played Corporal Josh Ray Person in Generation Kill, portraying youthful corruption by war, and later collaborated with Sean Baker.
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