Peter Greene, the character actor who appeared in main '90s movies like Pulp Fiction and The Masks, has died.

Greene died at 60 in his Manhattan residence on Friday, the actor's supervisor, Gregg Edwards, confirmed in an announcement obtained by Leisure Weekly. A reason behind loss of life was not offered.

Edwards advised NBC Information that he spoke with Greene earlier this week and that somebody requested a wellness verify on him after stories that music had been taking part in within the actor's residence for greater than 24 hours straight.

Born in Montclair, N.J., in 1965, Greene started performing in his mid-20s, making his display debut in a 1990 episode of Hardball. His first movie, 1992's crime drama Legal guidelines of Gravity, forged him within the lead position reverse Edie Falco. The film additionally featured a rating by the Police alum Stewart Copeland.

In 1993, Greene performed a supporting position in Judgment Night time, the motion movie starring Emilio Estevez, Cuba Gooding Jr., Denis Leary, Stephen Dorff, and Jeremy Piven. That very same yr, he led the drama Clear, Shaven.

Greene performed memorable villains in two of probably the most seminal movies of the last decade in 1994. In Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction, he portrayed Zed, one among two thugs who rapes Ving Rhames' Marsellus Wallace within the basement of a pawn store earlier than Bruce Willis' Butch shoots him within the crotch.

The actor additionally performed Dorian Tyrell, the primary antagonist within the film The Masks, a mobster who overthrows his boss Niko (Orestes Matacena) and clashes with Jim Carrey's titular protagonist. Whereas donning the magical Masks, Greene's character was performed by Garret T. Sato and wrestler Jeep Swenson.

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The next yr, Greene performed the uncredited minor character Redfoot the Fence within the Oscar-winning crime thriller The Normal Suspects, portrayed a mercenary within the Steven Seagal motion sequel Beneath Siege 2: Darkish Territory, and headlined the motion film Bang reverse Lucy Liu.

Greene appeared in additional than 60 motion pictures following that early run, together with the Martin Lawrence comedy Blue Streak, the Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke crime drama Coaching Day, and the Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler rom-com The Bounty Hunter. He teamed up with Hawke once more in 2020 for the biopic Tesla.

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The actor was additionally a collection common on the short-lived NBC drama The Black Donnellys and appeared within the opening scene of the FX Western Justified. He was a recurring forged member on reveals like ABC's Life on Mars, NBC's Chicago P.D., CMT's Nonetheless the King, and ABC's For Life. He additionally appeared in episodes of reveals like Legislation & Order, Hawaii 5-0, and the John Wick spinoff collection The Continental.

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