The Mask & Pulp Fiction Star Peter Greene’s Cause of Death Confirmed

Two months after the beloved character actor Peter Greene passed away in his Manhattan apartment, officials have finally determined the cause of his death. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in New York City has released its findings regarding the star of Pulp Fiction and The Mask.

The New York City medical examiner confirms Peter Greene’s cause of death

According to the Medical Examiner’s report obtained by Deadline, Peter Greene’s cause of death was a gunshot wound “of left axilla with injury of brachial artery.” The axilla refers to the armpit region. The wound resulted in extensive bleeding, and officials ruled the manner of death as accidental.

The actor was found in his Lower East Side apartment on December 12 after neighbors alerted authorities. They had reportedly heard Christmas music blaring from Greene’s residence nonstop for several days, prompting a wellness check. Greene, who built a prolific career spanning nearly 100 film and television roles, was candid about past struggles with addiction but had reportedly maintained sobriety for at least two years before his death.

The New Jersey-born actor made his screen debut in a 1990 episode of the NBC crime drama Hardball, followed by his feature film debut in the 1992 movie Laws of Gravity. However, 1994 proved to be his breakout year with two iconic roles. In Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction, Greene played Zed, the sadistic security guard responsible for one of the film’s most harrowing sequences. That same year, he appeared opposite Jim Carrey in The Mask as the primary antagonist Dorian Tyrell, a mobster who betrays his boss and ultimately becomes the film’s central villain.

Furthermore, Greene’s talent extended far beyond his 1994 breakout performances. He delivered a haunting portrayal of a man with schizophrenia in the critically acclaimed 1993 film Clean, Shaven. Even appeared in ensemble classics, including The Usual Suspects (1995) as the fence Redfoot, and Training Day (2001) as a corrupt narcotics officer opposite Denzel Washington.

At the time of his death, Greene was working on a documentary about USAID, serving as co-producer and narrator alongside Jason Alexander and Kathleen Turner.

Source: Comingsoon.net