James McCaffrey obit

'MAX PAYNE' STAR JAMES MCCAFFREYDEAD AT 65 ...

After Cancer Battle 

He was not on the list.

James McCaffrey -- an actor best known for voicing the popular video game character Max Payne -- has died after a battle with cancer ... TMZ has learned.

A rep for the star tells us McCaffrey passed away Sunday surrounded by friends and family. We're told he'd been diagnosed with multiple myeloma, and that he ultimately succumbed to the disease.

His rep notes ... "One of Dick Wolf's proteges (""Swift Justice), McCaffrey went on to a successful 35 year career in television and film. Trained at the Actor's Studio, he never lost his love for creating characters; however, his good looks often pushed him toward leading man roles."

Word of McCaffrey's death first started to spread through a post from "Entourage" star Kevin Dillon -- who honored his friend with a photo of the both of them and a remembrance.

Like we mentioned, McCaffrey will perhaps best be remembered for serving as the voice actor for the 'Max Payne' video game series -- which included at least 3 installments -- but his resume went well beyond just that ... with TV and movie roles on big time shows.

The series he famously appeared in was "Rescue Me," where he portrayed Jimmy Keefe for 56 episodes between 2004 and 2011. Other shows he starred in included ... "Revenge," "Beautiful People," "Law & Order: SVU," "As the World Turns," "Swift Justice," "Civil Wars," "Canterbury's Law," "Suits," "Blue Bloods," "Bluff City Law," "She's Gotta Have It" and more.

Of course, he was also one of the leads for the famed "Viper" way back in the '90s. And McCaffrey acted in a number of major films as well -- "The Truth About Cats & Dogs," "The Big Take," "A Gifted Man," "American Splendor," "She Hate Me" ... just to name a few.

McCaffrey is survived by his wife Rochelle Bostrom ... and daughter Tiernan. He was 65.

 

Filmography

Films

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1988    New York's Finest            Maitre d'         Direct-to-video

1990    Bail Jumper            National Guard            Credited as Jim McCaffrey

1993    Telling Secrets            Jackson Merrick            Television film

1994            Schemes           Paul Stewart            Direct-to-video

1995            Burnzy's Last Call            Sal      

1996    The Truth About Cats & Dogs            Roy     

1997    Nick and Jane            Nick    

1997            Shanghai 1937 Frank Taylor            Television film

1999    The Tic Code    Michael           

1999    Coming Soon    Dante  

1999    The Florentine            Jack Ryan   

1999            Switched at Birth            Darryl  

2003            American Splendor            Fred    

2003    Distress            Jack Douglas           

2004    She Hate Me            Bob     

2004    Fresh Cut Grass            Sam    

2005    Hide and Seek            Charlie            Uncredited

2005            Jokebitch         Killer            Short film

2007    Broken English  Perry   

2007    Feel the Noise   Jeffrey Skylar 

2008    Max Payne   FBI Special Agent Jack Taliente            Uncredited cameo

2008    Last Call      Steven 

2009    Sordid Things  Jagger Manchester     

2010    The Pregnancy Pact            Michael Dougan            Television film

2010            Nonames         Mr. Williams          

2010            Meskada        Billy Burns  

2010    Camp Hope    Dr. John    

2011    Busted Walk    Mr. Turner  Short film

2011    One Fall       Werber Bond   

2011    The Orphan Killer            Detective Jones          

2011            Montauk          Roger            Short film

2012            Compliance            Detective Neals          

2012    To Redemption            Nick Reed   

2012    Excuse Me for Living            Barry   

2013    The Suspect            Polaski Sheriff 

2013    Stain Removal            Jules    

2014    A Cry from Within            Father Thomas           

2014    Gun Hill       Alex Web            Television film

2014            Betrayed          Sully            Television film

2014    Like Sunday, Like Rain     Dale    

2015    Sam            Seymour        

2015    Coach of the Year            Fred Call     

2015    I Dream Too Much   Nikki   

2016            Confidence Game            David  

2016    Blind            Howard         

2018    The Big Take            Douglas Brown          

Television series

Year     Title            Role            Notes

1992    Civil Wars            Terence Flanagan            4 episodes

1994–1997            New York Undercover            Captain Arthur O'Byrne / Jack Dale            7 episodes

1994, 1996–1999    Viper            Joe Astor / Michael Payton  34 episodes

1996    Swift Justice  Mac Swift    13 episodes

1997    The Big Easy            Dominick            Episode: "The Gospel According to McSwain"

1998    Sex and the City            Max            Episode: "The Monogamists"

2000    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit            Jesse Hansen            Episode: "Bad Blood"

2001    The Job       Jeff Larsen            Episode: "Foot"

2001    Sex and the City            Paul Denai            Episode: "The Real Me"

2003    Queens Supreme            Johnny Garrett            Episode: "The House Next Door"

2003    Law & Order: Criminal Intent    Daniel Croydon            2 episodes

2003    As the World Turns            Charley Spangler            11 episodes

2003    Hack            Coslow            Episode: "See No Evil"

2003    Law & Order: Special Victims Unit            Peter Forbes            Episode: "Coerced"

2004–2011            Rescue Me       Jimmy Keefe   Main role

55 episodes

2005–2006            Beautiful People            Julian Fiske    12 episodes

2006    3 lbs            Eric Linden            Episode: "The God Spot"

2008            Canterbury's Law            Frank Angstrom            4 episodes

2011    Blue Bloods            Detective William Carter            Episode: "Little Fish"

2011    The Glades  Frank Ford            Episode: "'shine"

2011    A Gifted Man            Milt Sandreski            Episode: "Pilot"

2011–2012            Revenge          Ryan Huntley 4 episodes

2013–2018            Suits            Gordon Specter            3 episodes

2013    White Collar            Lieutenant Gannon            Episode: "At What Price"

2014    The Following            David            2 episodes

2014    Forever            Professor James Browning            S1/E2: "Look Before You Leap"

2017    Bull            Thornton Grey            Episode: "Make Me"

2017–2019            She's Gotta Have It            Danton Phillips  5 episodes

2018    Jessica Jones            Maximillian 'Max' Tatum   2 episodes

2019    Bluff City Law            Tucker Goodman            Episode: "You Don't Need a Weatherman"

2022    Blue Bloods            Sergeant Kevin Coolidge            Episode: "Old Friends"

 

Video games

Year     Title            Role            Notes

2001    Max Payne   Max Payne  

2003    Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne  

2005    Area 51            Additional Voices       

2008    Alone in the Dark            Edward Carnby

2010    Alan Wake   Tom Zane, Alex Casey  

2012    Max Payne 3            Max Payne   Voice and motion capture

2019    Control            Zachariah Trench        

2023    Alan Wake II            Alex Casey