James McCaffrey

James McCaffrey
Born	James G. McCaffrey
Occupation	Actor, voice actor
Years active	1990–present
Known for	Max Payne, Rescue Me

James G. McCaffrey is an actor best known for his role as Max Payne in the Max Payne video game series.

Personal life

McCaffrey's place of birth remains disputed. Some sources cite Albany, New York and IMDb cites Belfast, Northern Ireland. He owns a home in Larchmont, New York.^[1]

Career

McCaffrey's first role was as a mentally challenged teen in Bill II: on His Own: The Bill Sackter Story. He played the lead in the first and last seasons of the series Viper, and the short-lived series Swift Justice, and has appeared on As the World Turns and Sex and the City.

McCaffrey is known as the voice of Thomas Zane in the video game Alan Wake and the title character in the video games Max Payne, Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne, and Max Payne 3; he appeared in a cameo role in the film adaptation of the video game, playing an FBI agent brought in to assist in the capture of Payne. He played deceased New York City firefighter Jimmy Keefe on Rescue Me and portrayed Ryan Huntley on Revenge.^[1] He also starred as Father Thomas in the mystery thriller film A Cry from Within.^[2]

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1990	Bail Jumper	National Guard	Credited as Jim McCaffrey
1990	New York's Finest	Maitre d'	Direct-to-video
1994	Schemes	Paul Stewart	Direct-to-video
1995	Bunzy's Last Call	Sal	N/A
1996	The Truth About Cats & Dogs	Roy	N/A
1997	Nick & Jane	Nick	N/A
1997	Shanghai 1937	Frank Taylor	Television film
1999	The Tic Code	Michael	N/A
1999	Coming Soon	Dante	N/A
1999	The Florentine	Jack Ryan	N/A
1999	Switched at Birth	Darryl	N/A
2003	American Splendor	Fred	N/A
2003	Distress	Jack Douglas	N/A
2004	She Hate Me	Bob	N/A
2004	Fresh Cut Grass	N/A	N/A
2005	Hide and Seek	Charlie	Uncredited
2005	Jokebitch	Killer	Short film
2007	Broken English	Perry	N/A
2007	Feel the Noise	Jeffrey Skylar	N/A
2008	Max Payne	FBI Special Agent Jack Taliente	Uncredited cameo
2008	Last Call	Steven	N/A
2009	Sordid Things	Jagger Manchester	N/A
2010	Pregnancy Pact	Michael Dougan	Television film
2010	Nonames	Mr. Williams	N/A
2010	Meskada	Billy Burns	N/A
2010	Camp Hope	Dr. John	N/A
2011	Busted Walk	Mr. Turner	Short film
2011	One Fall	Werber Bond	N/A
2011	The Orphan Killer	Detective Jones	N/A
2011	Montauk	Roger	Short film
2012	Compliance	Detective Neals	N/A
2012	To Redemption	Nick Reed	N/A
2012	Excuse Me for Living	Barry	N/A
2013	The Suspect	Polaski Sheriff	N/A
2013	Stain Removal	Jules	N/A
2014	A Cry from Within	Father Thomas	N/A
2014	Gun Hill	Alex Web	Television film
2014	Betrayed	Sully	Television film
2014	Like Sunday, Like Rain	Dale	N/A
2015	Douglas Brown	N/A	N/A
2015	Sam	Seymour	N/A
2015	I Dream Too Much	Nikki	Completed
2015	Coach of the Year	Fred Call	Post-production
2015	Confidence Game	David	Filming
2016	Payne & Redemption	The Voice	Rumored

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1992	Civil Wars	Terence Flanagan	N/A
1994–1997	New York Undercover	Captain Arthur O'Byrne / Jack Dale	N/A
1994, 1996–1999	Viper	Joe Astor / Michael Payton	N/A
1996	Swift Justice	Mac Swift	N/A
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	Episode: "A Person of Interest" Episode: "Zoonotic" (Uncredited)
2003	As the World Turns	Charley Spangler	N/A
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
2005–2006	Beautiful People	Julian Fiske	N/A
2006	3 lbs	Eric Linden	Episode: "The God Spot"
2008	Canterbury's Law	Frank Angstrom	N/A
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	N/A
2013	Suits	Gordon	Episode: "The Other Time"
2013	White Collar	Lieutenant Gannon	Episode: "At What Price"
2014	The Following	David	Episode: "For Joe" Episode: "Family Affair"
2014	Forever	Browning	Episode: "Look Before You Leap"

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Max Payne	Max Payne	Voice
2003	Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max Payne		Voice
2005	Area 51	Additional Voices	Voice
2008	Alone in the Dark	Edward Carnby	Voice
2010	Alan Wake	Tom Zane / Alex Casey	Voice
2012	Max Payne 3	Max Payne	Voice and motion capture

References

1. "A Sizzling Fundraiser newsletter". News.larchmonthistory.org. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
2. "A Cry from Within". DC. Retrieved 2012-12-03.

External links

• James McCaffrey at the Internet Movie Database