Fan Casting Alex Balder in John Woo's Max Payne

Max's former NYPD partner, now working private security for the Punchinello family. Alex is a pragmatic, morally compromised man who genuinely loved Max like a brother but made a deal with the mob to survive. He dies in Act I, taking three bullets to the chest while shielding Max from Lupino's men. His death—and his dying warning, "Don't trust the angels"—sends Max down the vengeful spiral that defines the film.