James Perry Mccaffrey

James McCaffrey, who portrayed the firefighter and 9/11 victim Jimmy Keefe on Rescue Me and provided the voice of the title character in Max Payne video games, has died. He was 65.

McCaffrey passed Sunday at his home in Larchmont, New York, after a battle with multiple myeloma, surrounded by family and friends.

McCaffrey also starred in the 1990s as expert driver Michael Payton/Joe Astor on the first and fourth seasons of the NBC drama Viper and as Capt. Arthur O’Byrne on the Fox crime series New York Undercover.

McCaffrey’s Jimmy was killed on 9/11, and his vision hounded friend and fellow New York firefighter Tommy Gavin (Denis Leary) over all seven seasons (2004-11) of the acclaimed FX drama Rescue Me. He said it was his favorite role.

He voiced Max Payne — the avenging former NYPD officer turned DEA agent whose wife and daughter were murdered by junkies — in video game installments released in 2001, 2003, 2008 and 2012. He also voiced FBI agent Alex Casey in Alan Wake video games in 2010 and this year.

Raised in Albany, New York, McCaffrey was a member of The Actors Studio since 1987 and started his own theater company, The Workhouse Theatre, in Tribeca.

The veteran actor also showed up on episodes of Civil Wars; Dick Wolf’s Swift Justice, Law & Order: Criminal Intent and SVU; As the World Turns; Madam Secretary; Bull; Jessica Jones; She’s Gotta Have It; and Blue Bloods and in such films as The Truth About Cats & Dogs (1996), Nick & Jane (1997), The Tic Code(1998), American Splendor (2003) and She Hate Me (2004).

He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Rochelle, daughter Tiarnan, sister Mary Elizabeth, brother Thomas, and many beloved neices, nephews, cousins, and in-laws.

For those able to attend the viewing, the widow would love if you could bring a Christmas ornament, new or old, to hang on their family tree, in order to preserve the holiday as a time of joy, not sorrow. If you’d like to send a monetary gift, please do so in James’ name to either Pat Tillman Foundation or T2T (Tunnel to Towers), two organizations he and his wife were passionate about.