Peter Greene

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 19941995 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 artscrime film Fist of the Warrior He struggled with heroin and cocaine addiction in the 1990s He was arrested for drugrelated 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 Greenes arrests in 1998 for drugrelated 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 Greenes 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 Lawrences nemesis He continued to mostly work as a character actor He appeared in the shortlived 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 Deeps video for ABCs as well as the focal character in House of Pains 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 selfinflicted gunshot wound to the left axilla causing injury of the brachial artery Description above from the Wikipedia article Peter Greene licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia