James McCaffrey, voice actor of the “Max Payne” games and “Rescue Me” star, dies at 65

James McCaffrey, who lent his voice to the popular video game series “Max Payne” and also appeared in television series such as “Rescue Me,” has died, according to his agent. He was 65 years old.

McCaffrey’s talent agent David Elliot confirmed on Monday that the New York native died on Sunday surrounded by family and friends.

According to Variety and Fox News Digital, McCaffrey’s cause of death was cancer. The Hollywood Reporter and Fox report that the actor was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of cancer that affects the bone marrow.

“I was lying next to him and holding his hand as he took his last breath, for which I will be eternally grateful,” the actor’s wife, Rochelle Boström, told Fox News Digital. “His death is devastating for so many.”

Kevin Dillon, an actor from the series “Entourage,” paid tribute to McCaffrey on Instagram on Sunday.

“James McCaffrey, we were lucky to have known you,” Dillon wrote along with a photo of the actors. “You will be missed, my best friend.”

McCaffrey had a 35-year career in television and film. Over the course of his career, he appeared in several popular television shows, including “Sex and the City,” “Law & Order: Criminal Intent,” “As the World Turns,” “White Collar,” “The Following,” “Madam Secretary,” “Suits,” “Jessica Jones,” and “Blue Bloods.”

In the FX drama “Rescue Me,” he played a New York firefighter killed on September 11, taking on the role of the firefighter to the main character Denis Leary, also a firefighter, over the course of the series’ seven seasons, which ended in 2011.

Video game fans know him as the voice actor for the title role in the video game series “Max Payne.” McCaffrey also voiced FBI agent Alex Casey in the 2010 video game “Alan Wake” and this year’s sequel “Alan Wake 2.” He voiced other characters in 2019’s “Control” and 2008’s “Alone in the Dark.”

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In 2020, McCaffrey told Saratoga Living that his favorite role was that of Jimmy Keefe in the television series “Rescue Me,” which he starred in from 2004 to 2011.

He also said that even though he lent his voice to Max Payne, he is not a big gamer himself.

“I’m not a big fan of video games,” he said. “When I first did Max Payne, I spent six hours a day in a sound booth and had a 400-page script. But I’ve never seen it, I’ve never played it, and I have no desire to. I don’t have a real appreciation for video games.”

McCaffrey leaves behind his wife and daughter Tiernan McCaffrey.

Contributors: The Associated Press

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