Peter Greene, the actor who appeared in movies together with Pulp Fiction and The Masks, has died. He was 60.
Greene was discovered lifeless in his condominium on New York Metropolis’s Decrease East Aspect on Friday, his supervisor instructed The Hollywood Reporter. No reason behind loss of life was instantly given.
Showing in a plethora of initiatives throughout his profession, Greene typically portrayed villains on display. In Quentin Tarantino’s 1994 Oscar-winning Pulp Fiction, he performed Zed, the sadistic safety guard.
In The Masks, he performed gangster Dorian Tyrell, the principle antagonist to Jim Carrey’s mild-mannered Stanley Ipkiss.
He was a New Jersey native, and commenced appearing in his mid-20s. His first credited position was a 1990 episode of Hardball. He made his movie debut in 1992’s Legal guidelines of Gravity alongside Edie Falco.
Greene’s extra credit span throughout movie and tv, together with Judgment Night time (1993); Clear, Shaven (1993); The Regular Suspects (1995); Kiss & Inform (1997); Blue Streak (1999); Coaching Day (2001); a 2001 episode of Regulation & Order; The Black Donnellys (2007); The Bounty Hunter (2010); and a 2023 episode of the John Wick prequel collection The Continental. He additionally appeared in an episode of 2025’s Dope Thief and performed a key position within the opening scene of the primary episode of Justified (2010).
He had a number of initiatives arising: Mascots with Mickey Rourke and the documentary From the American Folks: The Withdrawal of USAID, which he was narrating. Jason Alexander and Kathleen Turner had been additionally concerned within the latter undertaking.
“He was enthusiastic about shedding mild on all of the deaths which have occurred world wide on account of America dismantling USAID,” Greene’s supervisor, Gregg Edwards, instructed THR, calling Greene “top-of-the-line character actors on the planet.”
Edwards added of Greene, “He was a very good pal, who would provide the shirt off his again. He was cherished and shall be missed.”
Greene is survived by a brother and sister.