“Pulp Fiction” actor Peter Greene has died after accidentally shooting himself. What the coroners report shows

Peter Greene, the actor known for Quentin Tarantino's cult film “Pulp Fiction” and numerous other productions, died in December after suffering a fatal accidental gunshot wound, according to a coroner's report cited by Variety.

He died of “a gunshot wound to the left axilla with laceration of the brachial artery,” according to the New York City Medical Examiner's Office. The bullet entered his left armpit and caused a major hemorrhage after damaging the artery that supplies blood to the arm, elbow, forearm and hand. Greene's death was ruled accidental.

The actor was found dead in his apartment in New York on December 12 of last year. He was 60 years old.

According to US media reports, a rent-seeking neighbor notified his landlord and the police to request a check on Greene's condition after hearing music playing non-stop in the actor's apartment for several days.

The brand noted at the time that the actor was working at a fast pace and had up to three films lined up for 2026: “Cliko”, “Mascots” with Mickey Rourke and a documentary he was narrating, about USAID, a subject he was passionate about.

“He was passionate about bringing to light all the deaths that occurred around the world as a result of the United States disbanding USAID,” the actor's rep said.

The roles for which Peter Greene was known

He played Zed, a sadistic and rapist security guard, in Quentin Tarantino's 1994 film Pulp Fiction, and was also known for playing the villain Dorian in Jim Carrey's 1994 film The Mask.

“Nobody played a villain better than Peter,” Gregg Edwards, his manager, said after the actor's death. “But he also had a soft side, which most people didn't see, and a heart as big as gold,” he added.

In addition to supporting roles, Greene starred in the 1993 film Clean, Shaven, in which he played a schizophrenic man who is suspected of murder and who sometimes self-mutilates.

The review in The New York Times appreciated that Greene's performance transformed the role he played “into a convincingly tormented and unstable character, someone who didn't even have to cut himself to get the audience's attention.”

Greene also had roles in The Usual Suspects and Training Day, among others. He has acted in more than 100 films and series in total.