Actor Peter Greene, known for playing villains in films such as The Mask e Pulp Fictiondied as a result of an accidental shooting at himself, according to information confirmed by the New York IML to the portal TMZ. Greene was found dead in his apartment in Manhattan, New York, in December last year.
According to the vehicle, the official report classifies the death as accidental, caused by a gunshot wound in the left armpit that hit the brachial artery. The incident resulted in a fatal hemorrhage.
Career
Peter Greene was born in Montclair, in the state of New Jersey, on October 8, 1965. He began his acting career at the age of 20 in New York, taking on roles in cinema and television, with emphasis on playing criminal and villainous characters.
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In 1994, he played the villain Dorian in The Mask, starring Jim Carey. In the same year, he faced another emblematic character: Zed, in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction.
Both roles helped Greene cement his image as an actor who played dark characters excellently.
In 1993, Greene starred in the film Clean, Shaven, in which he played a man with schizophrenia suspected of murder.
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The performance was praised by critics from The New York Times, who stated that Greene transformed the role into “an intensely anguished and volatile character, someone who didn’t even need to cut herself to get the audience’s attention”.
In addition to leading roles, Greene had notable appearances in The Usual Suspects in which he played Redfoot, a fence who provides information to a group of criminals about a jewelry store robbery that ends with the victim’s death.
In Training Day, Jeff played, a detective who ends up being shot by Alonzo Harris, Denzel Washington’s character, in the context of an attempt to cover up the cold-blooded murder of a former narcotics division agent.
