James McCaffrey, voice of Max Payne and Alex Casey, dies

American actor James McCaffrey died on Sunday, December 17, at the age of 65. He was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a plasma cell cancer from which he eventually died, according to TMZ. But he died surrounded by family and friends.

Of course, McCaffrey has played in many films and TV series, but players will best recognize him from the games of the Remedy studio. He lent his iconic voice Max Payne in all three parts of the series of the same name and specifically reprized his role in this year’s game Alan Wake 2, as an FBI agent and detective, respectively Alex Casey (which is essentially an unlicensed version of Payne). In addition, he played the director of FBK. Zachariah Trench he voiced the poet in Control and the first Alan Wake This Zane (his new version in the second part was already played by Ilkka Willi). Outside of Remedy games, he played a detective. Edward Carnby in the 2008 reboot of Alone in the Dark.

“I am devastated by the sad news of the death of James McCaffrey.” Remedy creative director Sam Lake wrote about this on social networks. “We have worked together for over 25 years. He was a great man and a close friend. It was a key part of the Remedy family. He was an excellent actor. No one could have done what he did better than him.

James was Max Payne, Thomas Zane, Zachariah Trench and finally Alex Casey. I had the honor of sharing the roles of Max Payne and Casey with him. It was a pleasure working with him. I will cherish his memory and miss him. Sincere condolences to his family. Rest in peace Jim.”

Remedy makes no secret of the fact that it often works with the same actors, just playing different characters. But it’s the second big loss for all of RCU this year, with the death in March of Lance Reddick, who played Martin Hatch in Quantum Break and, according to journalist Jason Schreier, was also set to play Warlin Dore in Alan Wake 2. Remedy has finally found a replacement represented by David Harewoods.

News of McCaffrey’s death was unclear for several hours. She was the first to appear in the morning on the Instagram account of American actor Kevin Dillon, a good friend of McCaffrey. The media did not cover the news and there seemed to be some kind of mistake when a young athlete named Frank James McCaffrey died in Ireland on Sunday. However, in the afternoon, TMZ magazine confirmed the news of the actor’s death, citing McCaffrey’s representative. And as unlikely as it may be, it seems that two people with the same name unfortunately died on the same day.