Peter Greene

Peter Greene

ActorProducer
Born
May 10, 1959
Died
December 12, 2025
Awards
10 wins, 14 nominations

Born in Montclair, New Jersey. He discovered acting in his mid 20s in New York, where he was trained at Lee Strasberg's studio. Then his deep voiced, tall and pale persona showed up on TV and films in 1990. His first leading roles were in Laws of Gravity (1992) and Clean, Shaven (1993), the latter…

Biography

Born in Montclair, New Jersey. He discovered acting in his mid 20s in New York, where he was trained at Lee Strasberg's studio. Then his deep voiced, tall and pale persona showed up on TV and films in 1990. His first leading roles were in Laws of Gravity (1992) and Clean, Shaven (1993), the latter of which got him noticed by Quentin Tarantino. The next year, he played the memorable role of the raping torturer Zed in Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (1994).

He was then cast as the leading villain opposite Jim Carrey and Cameron Diaz in The Mask (1994), and as Redfoot in highly acclaimed crime drama The Usual Suspects (1995). In addition, the same year he had a supporting role as a bad guy in the Steven Seagal film Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995).

Greene has also played memorable roles in the films Blue Streak (1999), Ticker (2000) Training Day (2002), Brothers in Arms (2005), End Game (2006), Fist of the Warrior (2007), The Bounty Hunter (2010), Once Fallen (2010), and the TV series The Black Donellys (2007).

He's made guest appearances in the TV series Hawaii Five-O (2010) and Justified (2010), appeared as a policeman in Prodigy of Mobb Deep's music video for "A,B,C's", and was the focal point of House of Pain's music video for "Fed Up".

Recently, Greene delivered an emotionally-charged performance as 'Jordan Blaine' in the season two premiere of Tim Firtion's award-winning crime drama/thriller web series, The Jersey Connection (2018). The project has garnered many awards on the festival circuit, with Greene receiving two wins and another five nominations for his acting performance.

Greene continues to work primarily as a character actor.

Actor

ClikaClika(2026)as Lieutenant Jones
Dope ThiefDope Thief(2025)as Biker Leader
BeggarmanBeggarman(2025)as Vinny
The Time Travel HillsThe Time Travel Hills(2024)as Jeremy Clark
The Mick and the TrickThe Mick and the Trick(2024)as Patrick Shannon

Producer

CrossCross(2023)
LowballLowball(1996)
3 Days Rising3 Days Rising

Thanks

Organized CriminalOrganized Criminal(2012)

Archive Footage

TCM Remembers 2025TCM Remembers 2025(2025)as Self - Actor
Round Up: Deposing 'the Usual Suspects'Round Up: Deposing 'the Usual Suspects'(2002)as Redfoot

Known for

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Ben Stiller and Peter Greene in Permanent Midnight (1998)Peter Greene in Pulp Fiction (1994)Peter Greene in Justified (2010)Peter Greene in The Black Donnellys (2007)Peter Greene in Clean, Shaven (1993)Peter Greene in Clean, Shaven (1993)

Credit Score: Peter Greene

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#NameScoreYearWinNomKnownWinsNomsVotes
1Pulp Fiction281.2519948.8172434186
2The Usual Suspects50.0019958.5221238590
3Training Day8.0020017.812517078
4Dead Dogs Lie6.5020017.60066
5The Black Donnellys4.0020078.10014715
6The Mask3.9019947.001470221
7Turnabout3.2520167.00018069
8Under the Influence3.2520026.80045
9Blue Streak3.2519996.40094425
10Clean, Shaven3.2519957.0006537