Pulp Fiction actor Peter Greene has died at home aged 60, manager Gregg Edwards confirms

Actor Peter Greene - who shot to global fame as Zed in Pulp Fiction - has died aged 60. His manager, Gregg Edwards, announced news the star died at his New York home on Friday.

He came to popular attention after appearing in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 classic Pulp Fiction as the sadistic villain, Zed, and in the same year as bad guy Dorian in the Jim Carrey-fronted, The Mask.

Speaking to NBC News, Edwards said: "Nobody played a bad guy better than Peter. But he also had, you know, a gentle side that most people never saw, and a heart as big as gold."

Having spoken with the actor earlier in the week, Edwards said he was told music had been playing at Greene's apartment for more than 24 hours, prompting a wellness check that revealed his tragic passing. The cause of Greene's death, first reported by the New York Daily News, has not been confirmed but ‘foul play’ is not suspected.

Born in Montclair, New Jersey, Greene began acting in his 20s while living in New York City. As well as Pulp Fiction and The Mask, Greene also appeared in cult classics The Usual Suspects, as Redfoot, and Training Day, as Jeff.

Tributes have poured in for the much-loved actor, famous for playing the villain in movies. Music producer Shooter Jennings wrote on X: "Met him when I first moved to LA in 2000. He was a very nice, very bright dude. We hung out for a year and then I never really saw him again. Thought about him a lot. RIP"

Fans also remembered the star with one posting to X: “The pilot episode of Justified is one of my favourite roles of his. The back and forth at that table between him and Timothy was epic. The kill that started Raylan’s Kentucky adventure. Damn man they don't make bad guys like him no more. RIP to one of my favorite movie bad guys. Very sad.”

Another wrote: “Such, an underrated actor: especially, when it came to playing villains. I just watched, Judgement Night (for like, the hundredth time ever), last week; he was intimidatingly good, as (Denis Leary) Fallon's second-in-command. R.I.P., good sir.”

One shared their most memorable moment, saying: “Damn. The Usual Suspects, too. Flicking that cigarette in Stephan Baldwin’s face has stuck with me for years.” And another recalled a chance meeting with the star, writing: “I met him in Montclair when I was going to college at the bus stop. Really nice guy didnt know who he was but knew he looked familiar. I then got on the bus and looked up Pulp Fiction and saw it was him. RIP”

Edwards said the actor is survived by a sister and a brother.