James Ransone, a character actor best known for playing the troubled son of a crooked union boss on season 2 of HBO’s “The Wire,” committed suicide, authorities said Sunday.
Ransone was 46.
The Los Angeles County Office of Medical Examiner reported that he was found Friday and died by hanging himself inside a shed.
Ransone, a father of two, appeared in 12 episodes of the acclaimed series in 2003, playing Frank Sobotka’s (Chris Bauer) son, Baltimore dock worker Ziggy.
Ransone also had roles in the shows “Generation Kill,” “Treme,” and “Bosch.” His final TV appearance was in a Season 2 episode of “Poker Face” that aired in June.
His big-screen career included roles in the films “Prom Night” (2008), “Sinister” (2012), “Sinister 2” (2015), “Tangerine” (2015), “Mr. Right” (2015), “It Chapter Two” (2019), “The Black Phone” (2021) and “Black Phone 2” (2025).
In 2021, Ransone came forward as a sexual abuse survivor, alleging that a former tutor sexually abused him numerous times at his childhood home in Phoenix, Maryland, the New York Post reported.