After a long and courageous fight against cancer, James McCaffrey, an actor who had previously performed the voice of Max Payne in the popular video game series and most recently dubbed Alex Casey in "Alan Wake 2," passed away on Sunday, according to Variety, which confirmed the news with his manager. He was 65 years old.
The news that McCaffrey had been diagnosed with multiple myeloma was initially reported by TMZ, which was the source of the information.
McCaffrey had a career in cinema and television acting for more than three decades prior to beginning his career as a voice actor for video games. His first roles were in the late 1980s and early 1990s, but the police drama "New York Undercover" on Fox was the one that brought him to the forefront of the entertainment industry. In Season 3, he appeared on multiple occasions as Captain Arthur O'Byrne, a recurrent character. After that, he became a star in the NBC action series "Viper," which launched in 1994 and ran for a single season. He later reprised his role for the fourth season of the show when it was brought back to life a few years later.McCaffrey's most notable performance was in the 2004 episode of "Rescue Me" on FX. In the film, he played the role of firefighter James Xavier "Jimmy" Keefe, who passed away on September 11th. Tommy Gavin, the primary character in Denis Leary's film, was his best friend and closest cousin. After making an appearance as a main character in the first three seasons, he went on to play a recurrent role in the fourth and final season of the show. In addition, McCaffrey has had guest appearances on television shows such as "Sex and the City," "Suits," "Blue Bloods," "As the World Turns," "Beautiful People," "She's Gotta Have It," and "Jessica Jones," as well as films such as "The Orphan Killer," "Camp Hope," "Excuse Me for Living," and a greater number of other films.
McCaffrey's voice was well-known to fans of video games because he provided the voice of Max Payne, the stern antihero from the popular third-person shooter series. He performed the voice of Max in all of the games that he appeared in, including the first video game, "Max Pane," which was released in 2001, the sequel, "Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne," which was released in 2003, and the third and final installment, "Max Payne 3," which was released in 2012, for which McCaffrey also did the motion capture. The "bullet time" sequences, slow-motion shootouts, and "Matrix"-like shootouts that were included in the series, which was produced by Remedy Entertainment, became famous. McCaffrey appeared in a cameo role in the film adaption that was released in 2008 and featured Mark Wahlberg.
McCaffrey provided the voice of United States Federal Bureau of Investigation agent Alex Casey in the first "Alan Wake" video game, which was released in 2010, as well as in the sequel "Alan Wake 2," which was just awarded the Game Awards for outstanding story, art direction, and game direction. Additionally, McCaffrey appeared in the films "Control" (2019) and "Alone in the Dark" (2008) playing characters.
Rochelle Bostrom, his wife, and Tiernan McCaffrey, his daughter, are the only people who will remember him.
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