Peter Greene, the actor who appeared in films including Pulp Fiction and The Mask, has died. He was 60.
Greene was found dead in his apartment on New York City’s Lower East Side on Friday, his manager told The Hollywood Reporter. No cause of death was immediately given.
Appearing in a plethora of projects across his career, Greene often portrayed villains on screen. In Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 Oscar-winning Pulp Fiction, he played Zed, the sadistic security guard.
In The Mask, he played gangster Dorian Tyrell, the main antagonist to Jim Carrey’s mild-mannered Stanley Ipkiss.
He was a New Jersey native, and began acting in his mid-20s. His first credited role was a 1990 episode of Hardball. He made his film debut in 1992’s Laws of Gravity alongside Edie Falco.
Greene’s additional credits span across film and television, including Judgment Night (1993); Clean, Shaven (1993); The Usual Suspects (1995); Kiss & Tell (1997); Blue Streak (1999); Training Day (2001); a 2001 episode of Law & Order; The Black Donnellys (2007); The Bounty Hunter (2010); and a 2023 episode of the John Wick prequel series The Continental. He also appeared in an episode of 2025’s Dope Thief and played a key role in the opening scene of the first episode of Justified (2010).
He had multiple projects coming up: Mascots with Mickey Rourke and the documentary From the American People: The Withdrawal of USAID, which he was narrating. Jason Alexander and Kathleen Turner were also involved in the latter project.
“He was passionate about shedding light on all the deaths that have happened around the world as a result of America dismantling USAID,” Greene’s manager, Gregg Edwards, told THR, calling Greene “one of the best character actors on the planet.”
Edwards added of Greene, “He was a good friend, who would give you the shirt off his back. He was loved and will be missed.”
Greene is survived by a brother and sister.