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Peter Greene
Known for: ActingPeter 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
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Pulp Fiction
as Zed 
The Mask
as Dorian Tyrrell 
Blue Streak
as Deacon 
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
as Merc #1 
The Bounty Hunter
as Mahler 
The Black Donnellys
as Derek 'Dokey' Farrell 
City of Lies
as Commander Fasulo 
Body Brokers
as Dr. Riner 
Brutal
as Cario Morello 
Judgment Night
as Sykes 
Tesla
as Nichols 
Little Dixie
as Karl Roach 
Clika
as Lieutenant Jones 
Permanent Midnight
as Gus 
Confession
as Detective William Fletcher 
The Rich Man's Wife
as Cole Wilson 
Scenes of the Crime
as Rick 
H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
as Matt Herbert 
Ticker
as Det. Artie Pluchinsky 
After Midnight
Producer 
End Game
as Philip Keifer aka Jack Baldwin 
Out of Exile
as Whitman Rader 
Once Fallen
as Sonny 
Fist of the Warrior
as John Lowe 
Brothers in Arms
as Bert 
Pet Shop Days
as Dealer 
Clean, Shaven
as Peter Winter 
Black Cat Run
as D.J. Wheeler 
Nobody's Baby
as Vern 
Dead and Deader
as Dr. Scott 
Double Tap
as Nash 
Laws of Gravity
as Jimmy 
The Mick and the Trick
as Patrick Shannon 
The Child
as Martin Engler 
Trading Favors
as Teddy 
The Kill Hole
as Peter Krebbs 
Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?)
Producer 
Assassin's Vow
as Priest 
Cold Betrayal
as Gilbert 
New York, New York
as Downey 
Let's Get Lost
as Ray