Peter Greene

Last updated
Peter Greene
Peter Greene 2014.jpg
Greene at the Chiller Theatre Expo in 2014
Born
Peter Green

(1965-10-08) October 8, 1965 (age 58)
Occupation(s)Actor, producer
Years active1990–present
Height6 ft 2+12 in (1.89 m)

Peter Greene (born Peter Green; October 8, 1965) is an American actor. A character actor, he is generally known for portraying villains. He is best known for the roles in the 1994 films The Mask , where he plays the film's antagonist, Dorian Tyrell, and Pulp Fiction , in which he portrayed Zed, a sadistic security guard, rapist, and serial killer who serves as an antagonist in the film.

Contents

Other credits include Judgment Night (1993), Clean, Shaven (1994), Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995), The Usual Suspects (1995), Kiss & Tell (1997), Training Day (2001), The Black Donnellys (2007), Life on Mars (2009), New York New York (2016), and The Continental (2023).

Early life

A native of Montclair, New Jersey, [1] Greene did not pursue a career in acting until his mid-20s. He initially landed several roles in cinema and television in the early 1990s.

Film career

Greene had roles in Pulp Fiction ; [2] The Mask ; [2] Clean, Shaven ; and The Usual Suspects in 1994 and 1995. [2] In Pulp Fiction, Greene appeared as Zed, who rapes Marsellus Wallace. [2] The Mask saw him play the villainous Dorian Tyrell opposite Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz. [2] Greene played the schizophrenic Peter Winter in Clean, Shaven. [2] The Usual Suspects saw him play the character of Redfoot. [2] Greene often plays villains, such as in Judgment Night , [2] Under Siege 2: Dark Territory , [2] Training Day [2] as a corrupt narcotics officer) and martial arts/crime film Fist of the Warrior (opposite Ho-Sung Pak, Roger Guenveur Smith and Sherilyn Fenn. [2]

Greene worked with director Jordan Alan twice: once on the film Kiss & Tell (1997), [2] a dark comic turn and then again four years later in The Gentleman Bandit (aka Gentleman B). [2] After Greene's arrests in 1998 for drug related crimes, Alan had to put the actor through rehab to get him through the second film and eventually, after coming upon Greene doing heroin with Mike Starr, he was forced to replace Greene's voice because of the vocal problems caused by drugs. Despite these problems, Alan vouched for Greene to producer Tobe Jaffe for the movie Blue Streak , [2] in which Greene played Martin Lawrence's nemesis.

Greene has continued to work mostly as a character actor. He appeared in the short-lived television drama The Black Donnellys . [2] He also appeared as a policeman in Prodigy and Mobb Deep's video for "A,B,C's", as well as the focal character in House of Pain's video for "Fed Up". [2] Greene appeared in the opening scene of the premiere of the FX series Justified where he was characterized as a "thuggish Peter Weller lookalike" by reviewer Scott Tobias, writing for The A.V. Club. [3] He has appeared in two films by director Eric Brian Hughes: Turnabout and Exit 0. Greene appears in the digital series The Jersey Connection by filmmaker Tim Firtion. [2] Greene was featured in the 2020 TV series For Life in a small role as an Aryan Brother named "Wild Bill" Miller. [2]

Personal life

Greene struggled with heroin and cocaine addiction in the 1990s. [4] In 2007, Greene was arrested for possessing crack cocaine. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
1992 Laws of Gravity Jimmy
1993 Clean, Shaven Peter Winter
Judgment Night Sykes
1994 Pulp Fiction Zed
The Mask Dorian Tyrell
1995 The Usual Suspects Redfoot The Fence
Bang Adam
Under Siege 2: Dark Territory Mercenary #1
1996LowballJohn
Coyote RunClifton Santier
The Rich Man's Wife Cole Wilson
SnakelandJohnnyShort
1997 Do Me a Favor Teddy
Double TapNash
Kiss & Tell Detective John Finnigan
1998 Permanent Midnight Gus
Black Cat RunD.J. WheelerTV movie
1999 Out in Fifty Tony Grayson
Blue Streak Deacon
2000 Shadow Hours Detective Steve Andrianson
2001 Nobody's Baby Vern
Ticker Detective Artie Pluchinsky
Training Day Detective Jeff
Scenes of the Crime Rick
Dead Dogs LieMarcus Devlin
2002 The Gentleman Bandit Manny Breen
Under the InfluenceStephen Tally
2004 Black Cloud Norm Olsen
2005ConfessionDetective William Fletcher
H. G. Wells' War of the Worlds Matt Herbert
Brothers in ArmsBert
2006 End Game Jack Baldwin
Love Hollywood StyleTheodor Caruso
Dead & DeaderDr. ScottTV movie
2007Final EngagementPriestVideo
I'm Calling FrankBobby
2008ClownClownShort
2009Blue KnightSergeant DonatoShort
Forget Me NotBoyfriendShort
Fist of the Warrior John Lowe
2010Caller IDDean of Admissions
The Bounty Hunter Earl Mahler
Earthling Swinnert
Once Fallen Sonny
Once MoreJackShort
2011Keep Your Enemies CloserAlex DeckerShort
A Pornstar Is BornRon GoldmanVideo
The GrasslandsBaby John
Shanghai HotelMr. Capuzzi
2012The ShoemakerDutchieShort
BrutalCarlo Morello
The Kill Hole Peter Krebbs
The ChildMartin Engler
2013Checkmate, Keep Your Enemies CloserAlex DeckerShort
2015Sweet LorraineMarcus
2016TurnaboutLeo
New York New York Downey
2018 City of Lies Commander Fasulo
2019Exit 0The Writer
Samir Valentine
2020 Tesla Nichols
Let’s Get LostRayShort
PricelessThe DevilShort
2021 Body Brokers Dr. Riner
Return to DangerGilbert
2022The CrusadersHughieShort
Out of ExileWhitman Rader
The Mick and the TrickPatrick Shannon
2023Little DixieKarl Roach
Buckle UpReacher

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
1990 Hardball -Episode: "Prescription for Murder"
1992 As the World Turns HitmanEpisode: "Episode #1.9169" & "#1.9170"
2001 Law & Order Francis 'Taz' PartellEpisode: "Bronx Cheer"
2007 The Black Donnellys Derek Timothy "Dokey" FarrellMain Cast
2009 Life on Mars Jimmy McManusRecurring Cast
2010 Justified Thomas "Tommy Bucks" BuckleyEpisode: "Fire in the Hole"
2012 Hawaii Five-0 Rick PetersonEpisode: "Mai Ka Wa Kahiko (Out of the Past)"
2016 Chicago P.D. Rory JensenRecurring Cast: Season 3
2017 Still the King Hank the ShankRecurring Cast: Season 2
2020 For Life Wild Bill MillerRecurring Cast: Season 1
2021The Jersey ConnectionJordan Blaine [5] Episode: "Prologue: Time Destroys Everything"
2023 The Continental Uncle CharlieEpisode: "Brothers in Arms"

Music Videos

YearArtistSongRole
1996 House of Pain "Fed Up"Mechanic
2008 Prodigy "ABC"Detective
2017 Necro "Dead Body Disposal"Killer
2019 Jadakiss "Me"Bank Robber
2022 R.A. the Rugged Man "Dragon Fire"Big Boss [6]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Irvine Welsh</span> Scottish novelist

Irvine Welsh is a Scottish novelist and short story writer. His 1993 novel Trainspotting was made into a film of the same name. He has also written plays and screenplays, and directed several short films.

<i>Pulp Fiction</i> 1994 crime film by Quentin Tarantino

Pulp Fiction is a 1994 American independent crime film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino from a story he conceived with Roger Avary. It tells four intertwining tales of crime and violence in Los Angeles, California. The film stars John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Tim Roth, Ving Rhames, and Uma Thurman. The title refers to the pulp magazines and hardboiled crime novels popular during the mid-20th century, known for their graphic violence and punchy dialogue.

<i>Trainspotting</i> (film) 1996 film by Danny Boyle

Trainspotting is a 1996 British black comedy-drama film directed by Danny Boyle and starring Ewan McGregor, Ewen Bremner, Jonny Lee Miller, Kevin McKidd, Robert Carlyle, and Kelly Macdonald in her film debut. Based on the 1993 novel of the same title by Irvine Welsh, the film was released in the United Kingdom on 23 February 1996.

<i>The Usual Suspects</i> 1995 film by Bryan Singer

The Usual Suspects is a 1995 thriller film directed by Bryan Singer and written by Christopher McQuarrie. It stars Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio del Toro, Kevin Pollak, Chazz Palminteri, Pete Postlethwaite, and Kevin Spacey.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leif Garrett</span> American actor and singer (born 1961)

Leif Garrett is an American actor, singer, and television personality. He worked as a child actor, then in the 1970s became famous as a teen idol in music. He later received much publicity for his drug abuse and legal troubles.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Trevor Goddard</span> English actor (1962–2003)

Trevor Joseph Goddard was an English actor. He was best known for playing Kano in the martial arts film Mortal Kombat, Lieutenant Commander Mic Brumby in the television series JAG and main villain Keefer in the action film Men of War.

Zed or ZED may refer to:

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gary Dourdan</span> American actor

Gary Dourdan is an American actor. He is known for portraying Warrick Brown on the television series CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Shazza Zulu on the television series A Different World and Mickey Monroe in crime thriller Righteous Villains.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eric Stoltz</span> American actor, director and film producer

Eric Stoltz is an American actor, director and producer. He played Rocky Dennis in the biographical drama film Mask (1985), which earned him the nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Peter Firth</span> English actor (born 1953)

Peter Macintosh Firth is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Sir Harry Pearce in the BBC One programme Spooks; he is the only actor to have appeared in every episode of the programme's ten-series lifespan. He has given many other television and film performances, most notably as Alan Strang in Equus (1977), earning both a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award nomination for the role.

<i>Angels Revenge</i> 1979 film

Angels Revenge, or Angels Brigade, is a 1979 American action comedy film. It was directed by Greydon Clark and distributed by Arista Films. It is also known as Angels' Brigade and Seven from Heaven.

<i>The Mask</i> (1994 film) Film by Chuck Russell

The Mask is a 1994 American superhero comedy film directed by Chuck Russell and produced by Bob Engelman from a screenplay by Mike Werb and a story by Michael Fallon and Mark Verheiden. It is the first installment in the Mask franchise, based on the comic book series of the same name published by Dark Horse Comics. It stars Jim Carrey in the title role along with Peter Riegert, Peter Greene, Amy Yasbeck, Richard Jeni, and Cameron Diaz in her film debut. Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss, an ordinary man who finds a magical wooden mask that transforms him into the titular green-faced troublemaker that has the ability to cartoonishly alter himself and his surroundings at will. Filming began on August 30, 1993, and concluded in October 1993.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Saul Rubinek</span> Canadian actor and director (born 1948)

Saul Hersh Rubinek is a German-born Canadian actor, director, producer, and playwright.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Mia Wallace</span> Fictional character in Pulp Fiction

Mia Wallace is a fictional character portrayed by Uma Thurman in the 1994 Quentin Tarantino film Pulp Fiction. It was Thurman's breakthrough role and earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. The character became a cultural icon.

<i>The Mask</i> (video game) 1995 video game

The Mask is a 1995 side-scrolling action video game created by American studio Black Pearl Software for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System which is based on the film of the same name. The film, in turn, was loosely based on the Dark Horse comic book series of the same name.

<i>Clean, Shaven</i> 1993 American film

Clean, Shaven is a 1993 drama film written, produced and directed by Lodge Kerrigan, in which Peter Winter is a man with schizophrenia desperately trying to get his daughter back from her adoptive mother. The film attempts to subjectively view schizophrenia and those who are affected by it.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Scott Wilson (actor)</span> American film and television actor (1942–2018)

Scott Wilson was an American actor. He had more than 50 film credits, including In the Heat of the Night, In Cold Blood, The Great Gatsby, Dead Man Walking, Pearl Harbor, and Junebug. In 1980, Wilson received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for his role in William Peter Blatty's The Ninth Configuration. He played veterinarian Hershel Greene on the AMC television series The Walking Dead. He also had a recurring role on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation as casino mogul Sam Braun, as well as a lead role on the Netflix series The OA as Abel Johnson.

<i>The Mask</i> (comics) Comic book series

The Mask is an American comic book series created by Doug Mahnke and John Arcudi and published by Dark Horse Comics. Its artists include Mark Badger, Chris Warner and Keith Williams. The series tells the story of a supernatural mask that grants its wearers nearly limitless power, often at the cost of their sanity. The original trilogy of The Mask, The Mask Returns, and The Mask Strikes Back was published as a limited series, from 1991 to 1995, and has since expanded into various spin-offs and other media. The series is known for its dark tone and graphic violence.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Rodney Harvey</span> American actor (1967–1998)

Rodney Michael Harvey was an American actor, model, and dancer.

References

  1. "Montclair's The Indie Lounge' brings passion projects to light". NorthJersey.com - Community News. 24 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "Peter Greene Credits". tvguide.com. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
  3. "Justified: Pilot". TV Club. 16 March 2010.
  4. 1 2 "'Pulp' actor's drug drama". nydailynews.com. 26 July 2007.
  5. "The 2019 New Jersey Web Festival". NewJerseyStage.com. September 12, 2019.
  6. "Dragon Fire (Music Video 2022)". IMDb .