John Cygan (1954

According toThe Hollywood Reporter, Cygan had always been battling cancer.

The Hollywood Reporter first reported Cygan's death, confirmed by his agent and also by longtime friend Michael Chiklis on Twitter.

John Cygan will always be remembered as a loving husband, father, and actor.

John Cygan, an actor with more than two dozen film and TV credits on his resume including "The Commish", died Saturday, May 13, 2017. "Impossible to adequately describe the magnitude of his loss to my family and I". You are loved, adored and horribly missed Johnny.

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A native of New York, Cygan also appeared on episodes of Frasier, Diagnosis Murder, Becker, The X-Files, NYPD Blue, Judging Amy, The Shield (another Chiklis starrer) and Modern Family. Along with providing voice work for games like Final Fantasy 15, Grand Theft Auto 5, Mafia 3 and World of Warcraft Legion, Cygan voiced Canderous in Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.

"Our hearts and all of our love are pouring out to John's handsome wife Cathy and his remarkable children, Annie and Jack", Chiklis continued. "We started our friendship by playing best friends in The Commish..." I know this. Heaven just got a lot funnier.

But his part as Solidus Snake in 2001's Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty is typically regarded as his most well known video game voice role.