According to the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner’s Office, Ransone died by suicide.
A character actor who often played men with troubled pasts, Ransone was born in Baltimore, Maryland -- the primary setting for “The Wire,” which followed police officers and the drug dealers they investigated during the early 2000s.
He played a dock worker-turned-dealer in 12 episodes of the award-winning show’s second season.
In addition to his work in television, Ransone starred in several Hollywood films, including horror flicks “It: Chapter Two” and “The Black Phone.”
His last on-screen apperances this year were in the Peacock television show “Poker Face” and “Black Phone 2.”
