Here’s a guide to the career of IT: Chapter Two star James Ransone. Following a guest role on an episode of Law & Order, James Ransone’s first breakout role came with 2002’s Ken Park. This dark drama from director Larry Clark featured some very controversial scenes and remains banned in Australia to this day due to its subject matter. Ransone’s performance certainly got him noticed, however, and he soon appeared in the second season of The Wire as Ziggy Sobotka, which earned him more great reviews and is one of his most famous characters.

More roles on shows like CSI followed but James Ransone has since admitted to being a heavy drug user during this period of his career. He credits moving to Namibia to prepare for HBO’s 2008 miniseries Generation Kill with helping overcome his addictions and straightening out his life. The series again received praise and the actor moved on to a wide assortment of projects, from the poorly-received remake of cult horror Prom Night to Russell Crowe thriller The Next Three Days and an episode of spy show Burn Notice.

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James Ransone has collaborated with Spike Lee a few times, including heist thriller Inside Man and the 2013 remake of Oldboy. One of his most recognizable parts came with the 2012 horror movie Sinister, alongside Ethan Hawke. While Ransone’s deputy character only played a supporting role he tended to steal all his scenes, so for the 2015 sequel he was upgraded to a main character. That same year the actor co-starred in Sean Baker drama Tangerine, which received glowing reviews and was famed for being shot entirely on iPhone 5s.

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James Ransone continued to bounce between movie and TV, including a recurring role on Bosch and Blumhouse western In A Valley Of Violence, which reunited him with Sinister co-star Ethan Hawke. It was around this period that Ransone actually considered quitting the business due to some professional disillusionment, though that’s the time he won the role of Eddie in IT: Chapter Two. Even in a cast that included Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy, both Ransone and Bill Hader were considered the highlights, with Eddie featuring in some of the movie’s best scenes.

Following the positive notices he received for the hit sequel, James Ransone has been keeping busy. In 2019 he appeared in Rupert Wyatt’s sci-fi drama Captive State and played CIA agent Reiss Julian in hit CBS series SEAL Team. The actor’s most recent movie was 2020 thriller What We Found, where he co-starred with Elizabeth Mitchell.

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It’s pronounced Paw-rick, not Pad-raig. Now that’s out of the way, a brief introduction. Padraig has been writing about film online since 2012, when a friend asked if he’d like to contribute the occasional review or feature to their site.

A part-time hobby soon blossomed into a career when he discovered he really loved writing about movies, TV and video games – he even (arguably) had a little bit of talent for it. He has written words for Den of Geek, Collider, The Irish Times and Screen Rant over the years, and can discuss anything from the MCU – where Hawkeye is clearly the best character – to the most obscure cult b-movie gem, and his hot takes often require heat resistant gloves to handle.

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He’s super modern too, so his favorite movies include Jaws, Die Hard, The Thing, Ghostbusters and Batman. He can be found as i_Padds on Twitter making bad puns.

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