
Acting
Born October 8, 1965 · Montclair, New Jersey, USA
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

Clika
2026

Pet Shop Days
2025

Beggarman
2025

The Mick and the Trick
2024

Cold Betrayal
2024

Buckle Up
2023

Little Dixie
2023

Out of Exile
2023

The Crusaders
2022

Body Brokers
2021

Tesla
2020

Let's Get Lost
2020

Samir
2019

Exit 0
2019

City of Lies
2018

New York, New York
2016

Turnabout
2016
Sweet Lorraine
2015
Stanley's Adventures
2013

The Grasslands
2012

A Porn Star Is Born
2012

The Child
2012

The Kill Hole
2012

Brutal
2012

The Shoemaker
2012

Earthling
2011

Once Fallen
2010

The Bounty Hunter
2010

Clown
2008

Fist of the Warrior
2007

Final Engagement
2007

Assassin's Vow
2007

Dead and Deader
2006

End Game
2006

Confession
2005

H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds
2005

Brothers in Arms
2005

Gentleman B.
2003

Scenes of the Crime
2002

Under the Influence
2002

Dead Dogs Lie
2001

Training Day
2001

Ticker
2001

Nobody's Baby
2001

Shadow Hours
2000

Blue Streak
1999

Out in Fifty
1999

Black Cat Run
1998

Permanent Midnight
1998

Kiss & Tell
1997

Double Tap
1997

Coyote Run
1997

Trading Favors
1997

The Rich Man's Wife
1996

Lowball
1996

Bang
1995

The Usual Suspects
1995

Under Siege 2: Dark Territory
1995

Clean, Shaven
1995

Pulp Fiction
1994

The Mask
1994

Judgment Night
1993

Laws of Gravity
1992