James Ransone
Biography
James Finley Ransone III was born on June 2, 1979, 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 Towson, Maryland, and attended the School of Visual Arts in Manhattan for one year, before dropping out. After working as a party photographer for Patrick McMullan, he started working in art films. Ransone co-starred in the Larry Clark drama film Ken Park as Tate in 2002. He appeared in The Wire, Inside Man, Generation Kill, Starlet, Low Winter Sun, and Sinister.