"Max Payne" Voice Actor James McCaffrey Dies at 65

[JamesG.]

James McCaffrey Dies: Max Payne Actor was 65
by Greg Evans
December 18, 2023


James McCaffrey, the voice actor of video game character Max Payne and the haunting presence on the hit FX drama Rescue Me, died Sunday of multiple myeloma cancer. He was 65.

His death was confirmed to Deadline by his manager, who noted that the actor passed away peacefully surrounded by family and friends.



On FX's Rescue Me, he played Jimmy Keefe, a New York firefighter who lost his life on 9/11 and appears as a ghost to – or a memory of – his cousin, firefighter Tommy Gavin, played by the series star Dennis Leary.

McCaffrey’s Jimmy served as a sort of conscience and emotional touchstone for Leary’s troubled, grieving Tommy.



In addition to his on-screen roles, McCaffrey is well known to gamers for his voice work as the title character in the popular Max Payne game franchise, as well as for his voicing of Thomas Zane in the Alan Wake games, among others.

https://deadline.com/2023/12/james-m...ad-1235671289/

[Darren75]

Sad news.

His voice work on the original Max Payne was stellar.

[Starman22]

Just heard and RIP James McCaffrey.

[emailking]

I didn't play Max Payne but I just finished Alan Wake 2. That's very sad.