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Actor Peter Greene, known for his roles in “The Mask” and “Pulp Fiction,” has died, as confirmed by several media outlets. He was 60 years old.
Greene was found unresponsive inside his apartment in New York City’s Lower East Side neighborhood and later pronounced dead at the scene on Friday afternoon, according to his manager Gregg Edwards.
The New York Daily News was the first to report his death. Police do not suspect foul play and the cause of his death is yet to be determined, according to the New York Post.
Greene was known for playing mobster Dorian Tyrell, the main antagonist in the 1994 Jim Carrey-starring superhero slapstick “The Mask,” and played the role of Zed, a security guard who rapes mob boss Marsellus Wallace, in Quentin Tarantino’s crime classic “Pulp Fiction.”
Greene, a character actor originally from Montclair, New Jersey, played villains in other films such as “Judgment Night,” “The Bounty Hunter” and “Training Day.”
The actor, who starred in the 1993 drama “Clean, Shaven” and appeared in “The Usual Suspects,” has also been cast in a role in the upcoming Mickey Rourke-directed indie thriller “Mascots,” according to Edwards.
His manager told the Daily News that Greene was a “unique individual” who “cared about people.”
“One of the most brilliant character actors on the planet,” Edwards said.

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Greene was scheduled to undergo surgery to remove a benign tumor near his lungs, but was otherwise in good shape and was riding his bike “everywhere” around the Big Apple, Edwards said.
The actor had a history of drug addiction. A 1996 profile in Premier magazine noted that he ran away from home as a teenager and lived on the streets of New York City, according to TV Insider. He hid in movie theaters from drug dealers who tried to kill him and eventually found his way into acting.
In early 1996, Greene attempted suicide before seeking addiction treatment soon after.
“He fought his demons but overcame them,” Edwards told the New York Post.
Edwards, who managed Greene for more than a decade, told the Daily News that Greene’s death was a “shock” to him and, despite the actor’s reputation as someone difficult to work with, he was “really a kind-hearted person.”


