CHARACTER ACTOR

‘Pulp Fiction’ Star Dies at 60

The highly regarded character actor also appeared in “The Mask” and “The Usual Suspects.”

Peter Greene, who played Zed in Pulp Fiction, was found dead in his Lower East Side apartment on Friday, his longtime manager, Gregg Edward, confirmed to the New York Post. He was 60. A neighbor told the New York Daily News that he found Greene in his ground-floor apartment after neighbors reported hearing loud Christmas music since Wednesday. The cause of death is not yet known. The paper reported that a handwritten note was on his apartment door, including the line “I’m still a Westie”—a reference to the Irish-American gang that once operated out of Hell’s Kitchen. The Usual Suspects actor became known to audiences as an onscreen villain. “Truly one of the great actors of our generation. His heart was as big as there was,” Edward said. Greene, who had a starring role in The Mask, was set to appear in a thriller, Mascots, with Mickey Rourke. The film’s writer-director, Kerry Mondragón, broke down in tears when he heard the news, Edward said. Greene had a surgery scheduled to remove a benign tumor, but was otherwise healthy and fit, his manager said. Greene told Premier magazine that he struggled with addiction in the 1990s. “Bottom line, he was really a good-hearted person and a brilliant, brilliant actor,” Edward said.