Peter Greene, "Pulp Fiction" and "The Mask" Actor, Dies at 60

Peter Greene, a character actor known for playing bad guys in such blockbuster movies as "Pulp Fiction" and "The Mask", died at his Manhattan apartment on Friday, his manager confirmed. He was 60.

"Greene was found dead inside his Lower East Side apartment," manager Gregg Edwards said.

The cause of death is unknown at this time.

Born on October 8, 1965, in Montclair, New Jersey, Greene made his screen acting debut in an episode of the short-lived 1990 NBC crime drama series Hardball and his feature debut in the 1992 film "Laws of Gravity," in which he starred opposite Edie Falco.

It was a fast rise from there. In 1993, Greene headlined the film "Clean, Shaven," which screened at the 1994 Cannes Film Festival.

In 1994, he starred in two big movies. He played a villain, Zed, in Quentin Tarantino’s "Pulp Fiction," which won the Palme d’Or at that year’s Cannes Film Festival, and the main antagonist, Dorian Tyrell, opposite Jim Carrey in "The Mask".

Greene has continued to work steadily since. He starred in such films as "Kiss & Tell," "Blue Streak," "End Game," and "The Bounty Hunter" and had memorable turns in "The Usual Suspects" and "Training Day".

On TV, he was a series regular on the NBC drama series "The Black Donnellys" and recurred on ABC’s "Life on Mars" and NBC’s "Chicago P.D."

Greene most recently appeared in an episode of the John Wick prequel series The Continental.

Greene is survived by a brother and a sister.