**James Ransone** (1979–2025), the versatile Maryland-born character actor best known as the complicated, vulnerable Ziggy Sobotka in HBO’s *The Wire*, brought intensity and individuality to supporting roles across television and film—including *Generation Kill*, *Inside Man*, *Sinister*, *It Chapter Two*, *The Black Phone* (and its sequel), Spike Lee projects, and *Poker Face*—before his death at 46 prompted tributes celebrating the human depth he gave imperfect characters rather than the circumstances of his passing.
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