“Pulp Fiction” star Peter Green has died from an accidental gunshot wound, Page Six has confirmed.
The 60-year-old “The Mask” star, who was found dead inside his Lower East Side apartment on Dec. 12, 2025, died from a gunshot wound to the left axilla and brachial artery damage, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner announced Wednesday.
According to TMZ, which first reported the news, this means that Green accidentally shot himself in the left side, causing the bullet to damage arteries that supply blood throughout his body in his arm, elbow, forearm, and hand.
Greene was found unresponsive in her Clinton Street apartment around 3:25 p.m. on December 12 and was pronounced dead. Police told the Post at the time that foul play was not suspected.
The late actor’s death was confirmed by his longtime manager Greg Edwards, who paid tribute to Green as a “wonderful man” in a statement to the Post.
“Truly one of the great actors of our generation. His heart was bigger than this,” Edwards said. “I will miss him. He was a great friend.”
Mr Edwards also revealed that Mr Green was scheduled to undergo knife surgery to remove a benign tumor near his lungs on the day he was found dead, and that Mr Green had been “totally normal” during his last phone call.
“He was talking about it and he was hoping I was going to be OK and he was praying for me to be OK, just like I was praying for him to be OK,” he told the Post about their last conversation. “We’re good friends. I love the guy…We’ve been friends for over 10 years.”
Neighbors claimed that when police discovered his body, the character actor was found lying “face down” on the floor holding a strange note.
“Peter was lying face down on the floor, his face was bruised and blood was pouring everywhere…” a neighbor told the New York Daily News at the time.
The strange note, which reads “I’m still a Westie,” is reportedly a reference to an Irish-American gang that was active in Hell’s Kitchen in the 1970s.
Before his death, Green was preparing to star in the independent thriller Mascots, co-starring Mickey Rourke.
Edwards said the thriller’s writer and director, Kelly Mondragon, was shocked and “very upset” by the news of Green’s sudden death.
“He worked with a lot of great actors and directors,” Edwards said.
Born in Montclair, New Jersey in 1965, Green made a name for himself portraying villains throughout the ’90s.
Two of his most popular roles were the sadistic security guard and serial killer Zed in Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction in 1994, and the rogue mafia officer Dorian Tyrell in Chuck Russell’s The Mask the same year.
Green had more than 95 acting credits at the time of his death and had appeared in other big screen hits, including “Laws of Gravity,” “Clean, Shaved,” “Blue Streaks” and “Training Day.”
“He was one of the greatest character actors on the planet,” Green’s longtime manager said after his death. “He was a good friend who would give you the shirt off his back. He was loved and will be missed.”
“No one has ever played a bad guy like Peter,” Edwards added. “But he also had a kinder side that most people never saw and a heart as big as gold.”
