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Greene rose to prominence in the early 1990s and worked steadily in Hollywood for more than three decades.
WASHINGTON — Peter Greene, a prolific character actor best known for playing menacing villains in films like “Pulp Fiction” and “The Mask,” has died. He was 60.
Greene was found dead Friday, Dec. 12, in his Manhattan apartment following a wellness check, his manager Gregg Edwards confirmed to Deadline and NBC News. A cause of death has not been disclosed.
“Nobody played a bad guy better than Peter,” Edwards told NBC News. “But he also had, you know, a gentle side that most people never saw, and a heart as big as gold.”
Born Oct. 8, 1965, in Montclair, New Jersey, Greene began acting in New York City in his 20s. His first onscreen role came in 1990 on the NBC crime drama “Hardball,” followed by his feature film debut in “Laws of Gravity” in 1992, opposite Edie Falco.
Greene rose quickly in the early 1990s, earning critical acclaim for his starring role in “Clean, Shaven,” which screened at the Cannes Film Festival. In 1994, he appeared in two of the year’s most high-profile films, Quentin Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction,” where he played the villain Zed, and “The Mask,” starring opposite Jim Carrey as crime boss Dorian Tyrell.
He went on to work steadily in film and television, with notable roles in “The Usual Suspects,” “Training Day,” “Blue Streak” and “The Bounty Hunter.” On television, Greene appeared on “The Black Donnellys,” “Life on Mars” and “Chicago P.D.”
Edwards told Deadline that Greene had two upcoming projects, including the film “Mascots” and a documentary narration titled “From the American People: The Withdrawal of USAID.”
Greene is survived by a brother and a sister, Edwards confirmed.
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