>>22237Greene's death was first reported by the New York Daily News. His manager Gregg Edwards confirmed he was found dead in his apartment in a statement obtained by PEOPLE Dec. 13.
Edwards told NBC News that a wellness check was conducted at Greene’s home after music was heard playing in his apartment for over 24 hours. He had spoken with the actor earlier in the week.
“Nobody played a bad guy better than Peter,” Edwards told the outlet. “But he also had, you know, a gentle side that most people never saw, and a heart as big as gold.”
Greene’s first screen role was in 1990 in an episode of the NBC crime drama series Hardball. His film debut came two years later in the movie Laws of Gravity, starring alongside Edie Falco.
The New Jersey-born actor starred in several breakout roles in the early 1990s, including the films Clean Shaven (1993), The Mask (1994) as the antagonist, Dorian Tyrell, starring opposite Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz, as well as Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (1994), in which he notably played the antagonist Zed.
Greene also made memorable appearances in the movies Kiss & Tell (1997), The Usual Suspects (1995), Blue Streak (1999), and Training Day (2001), the latter of which saw him act opposite Denzel Washington and Ethan Hawke.
