Max Payne and Rescue Me star James McCaffrey passes away at 65 following battle with myeloma

Fellow New York actor and Entourage star Kevin Dillon was among those who took to social media to honor McCaffrey. “#rip James McCaffrey we were lucky to have known you,” he wrote Sunday in an Instagram post that included a photo of the two.

 

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James McCaffrey had a 35-year career in television and film that also included roles in the television shows Blue Bloods and Suits. On the FX drama Rescue Me, he portrayed a New York City firefighter killed on Sept. 11 who appears to Denis Leary’s main character, who is also a firefighter, over the series’ seven-season run, which ended in 2011.

McCaffrey also famously voiced Max Payne, the former NYPD officer who becomes a vigilante after his family is killed, in the video game series of the same name during the early 2000s.

“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,” Elliot wrote in a message. Besides his wife, McCaffrey is survived by his daughter, Tiernan McCaffrey, and other family members.