Peter Greene, character actor known for iconic villains, dies at 60

Peter Greene, a quality histrion champion known for his relation arsenic the villain Zed successful "Pulp Fiction," has died. He was 60.

He died successful his location successful New York City, his manager, Gregg Edwards, confirmed connected Friday. His origin of decease was not instantly released.

"He was conscionable a terrific guy," said Edwards. "Arguably 1 of the top quality actors connected the planet; Has worked with everybody."

Born successful Montclair, New Jersey, Greene landed immoderate of his archetypal starring roles successful "Laws of Gravity" successful 1992 and "Clean, Shaven" successful 1993, according to IMDB.

Actor Peter Greene extracurricular the SVA Theatre astatine the Tribeca Film Festival connected April 18, 2016 successful New York City. Bobby Bank/GC Images

In 1994, helium played the memorable villain successful Quentin Tarantino's "Pulp Fiction." That aforesaid year, helium played different starring villain other Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz successful "The Mask."

Greene was moving connected 2 projects erstwhile helium died, including a documentary astir the national government's withdrawal of backing from the U.S. Agency for International Development, according to Edwards.

"We've been friends for implicit a decade," said Edwards. "Just the nicest man."

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