Finding Passion and Pain through Songwriting: A Reflection with Ziggy Katz

Ransone was best known to television audiences for his role as Ziggy Sobotka, the troubled Baltimore dock worker and son of union leader Frank Sobotka (played by Chris Bauer), in the second season of HBO's The Wire. He appeared in 12 episodes during the show's 2003 run. Ransone became a familiar face across the HBO ecosystem, later appearing in Generation Kill and Treme, and he also had a role on Amazon's Bosch. His final television appearance came earlier this year in a season two episode of Po