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Peter Greene

Peter Greene

Acting

October 8, 1965 – December 12, 2025 (died at 60)
Montclair, New Jersey, USA
Male
68 Movies
10 TV Shows

Peter Greene (born Peter Green; October 8, 1965 – December 12, 2025) was an American character actor generally known for portraying villains. He was best known for his roles in the 1994 films The Mask, in which he played the main antagonist Dorian Tyrell, and Pulp Fiction, where he portrayed Zed, a sadistic security guard. He did not pursue a career in acting until his mid 20s. He initially landed several roles in cinema and television in the early 1990s. His breakthrough came in 1994-1995 with roles in Pulp Fiction, The Mask, Clean, Shaven, and The Usual Suspects. He often played villains such as in Under Siege 2: Dark Territory, Training Day, and martial arts/crime film Fist of the Warrior. He struggled with heroin and cocaine addiction in the 1990s. He was arrested for drug-related crimes multiple times. He worked with director Jordan Alan twice. Once on the film Kiss and Tell, a dark comic turn for the actor and then again 4 years later in The Gentleman Bandit (aka Gentleman B). After Greene's arrests in 1998 for drug-related crimes, Alan put the actor through rehab to get him through the second film and eventually, after coming upon Greene doing heroine with Mike Starr, he was forced to replace Greene's voice because of the vocal problems caused by drugs. Despite these problems, Mr. Alan vouched for Greene to producer Tobe Jaffe for the movie Blue Streak, in which he played Martin Lawrence's nemesis. He continued to mostly work as a character actor. He appeared in the short-lived television drama The Black Donnellys and in the opening scene of the premier of the FX series Justified. He also appeared as a policeman in Prodigy of Mobb Deep's video for "A,B,C's", as well as the focal character in House of Pain's video for "Fed Up". He died at his Lower East Side apartment in Manhattan, New York City, on December 12, 2025, at the age of 66. In February 2026, the cause of death was declared an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound to the left axilla causing injury of the brachial artery. Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Greene, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

The Mask
The Mask

The Mask

1994 7.0

as Dorian Tyrrell

Age 28 (now 60)
Blue Streak
Blue Streak

Blue Streak

1999 6.5

as Deacon

Age 33 (now 60)
Pulp Fiction
Pulp Fiction

Pulp Fiction

1994 8.5

as Zed

Age 28 (now 60)
The Bounty Hunter
The Bounty Hunter

The Bounty Hunter

2010 5.8

as Earl Mahler

Age 44 (now 60)
Clean, Shaven
Clean, Shaven

Clean, Shaven

1995 6.5

as Peter Winter

Age 29 (now 60)
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory

1995 5.9

as Merc #1

Age 29 (now 60)
Judgment Night
Judgment Night

Judgment Night

1993 6.5

as Sykes

Age 28 (now 60)
Little Dixie
Little Dixie

Little Dixie

2023 5.8

as Karl Roach

Age 57 (now 60)
The Rich Man's Wife
The Rich Man's Wife

The Rich Man's Wife

1996 5.4

as Cole Wilson

Age 30 (now 60)
Scenes of the Crime
Scenes of the Crime

Scenes of the Crime

2002 5.5

as Rick

Age 36 (now 60)
Body Brokers
Body Brokers

Body Brokers

2021 6.2

as Dr. Riner

Age 55 (now 60)
Permanent Midnight
Permanent Midnight

Permanent Midnight

1998 5.9

as Gus

Age 32 (now 60)
End Game
End Game

End Game

2006 5.4

as Philip Keifer aka Jack Baldwin

Age 40 (now 60)
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds

H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds

2005 5.2

as Matt Herbert

Age 39 (now 60)
The Black Donnellys
The Black Donnellys

The Black Donnellys

2007 7.7

as Derek 'Dokey' Farrell

Age 41 (now 60)
13 eps
Laws of Gravity
Laws of Gravity

Laws of Gravity

1992 6.9

as Jimmy

Age 26 (now 60)