The Wire's series finale deliberately avoids closure, but its ambiguous ending makes a larger point about American society.

Ziggy could have been a caricature, but instead, James Ransone made him a fully fleshed-out character, despite antics that ...

James Ransone, the actor who played Ziggy Sobotka in the HBO series "The Wire" and appeared in many other TV shows and movies ...

James Ransone played Ziggy Sobotka, one of the more memorable roles on The Wire. Acclaimed HBO series, The Wire, revolves ...

The Wire Season 5 once again brings to the screens the riveting American crime drama television series created and primarily written by author and former police reporter David Simon. The fifth and ...

The character actor had grown up in Maryland, where “The Wire” was set, and went on to star in horror films like “It Chapter ...

Liam Gaughan is a film and TV writer at Collider. He has been writing film reviews and news coverage for ten years. Between relentlessly adding new titles to his watchlist and attending as many ...

James Ransone, who played Ziggy Sobotka in “The Wire” and a host of other HBO roles, has died. He was 46. Ransone died by ...

Oct. 24, 2006 — -- For David Simon and Ed Burns, writers and producers of the HBO series "The Wire," set in Baltimore, the dramas they craft have less to do with fiction than cold, hard facts.

A journalist with recent completion of a Master’s degree with merit from Manchester Metropolitan University focussed on gathering and reporting stories with technical flair and engaging delivery.