James McCaffrey, the voice actor finest identified for voicing the title character within the Max Payne online game collection and a recurring function in Rescue Me, has died. He was 65.
In accordance with a number of sources, McCaffrey died Sunday after a battle with most cancers. McCaffrey was identified with a number of myeloma, a kind of most cancers affecting bone marrow and white blood cells, in line with TMZ, which first reported the information.
His spouse, actress Rochelle Boström, instructed The Hollywood Reporter that McCaffrey died at his house in Larchmont, New York. His supervisor famous to Deadline that the actor was surrounded by household and mates on the time of his dying.
Entourage star Kevin Dillon shared a tribute to his late pal on Instagram, writing, “We were lucky to have known you. My best friend you will be missed 🙏🏼.”
McCaffrey’s first roles date again to the late ’80s and early ’90s, along with his breakout venture being New York Undercover, Fox’s cult basic police drama. He performed the recurring function of Captain Arthur O’Byrne in season 3. He went on to star in NBC’s motion collection, Viper, in its authentic iteration, which solely aired for one season in 1994. McCaffrey reprised his function within the revival collection just a few years later.
Over a 35-year profession, McCaffrey grew to become a acquainted face on episodic TV, showing on Intercourse and the Metropolis, The Massive Simple, Glades, Revenge, White Collar, Madam Secretary, Regulation & Order: Particular Victims Unit and Regulation & Order: Legal Intent, Bull and Fits, amongst many others.
His most memorable and haunting function got here within the acclaimed FX drama Rescue Me. McCaffrey performed Jimmy Keefe, a New York firefighter who died throughout 9/11 and seems as a ghost to his cousin, firefighter Tommy Gavin (Dennis Leary). McCaffrey’s Jimmy appeared all through the present’s seven seasons, serving as a conscience and emotional touchstone for Leary’s troubled, grieving firefighter.
Along with his on-screen roles, McCaffrey is well-known for his voice work, particularly within the gaming world. He voiced Max Payne — the avenging former NYPD officer turned DEA agent whose spouse and daughter had been murdered by junkies — in online game installments launched in 2001, 2003, 2008 and 2012.
Along with his spouse, McCaffrey is survived by the couple’s daughter, Tiarnan.
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