WASHINGTON — Peter Greene, a prolific character actor best known for playing menacing villains in films like “Pulp Fiction” and “The Mask,” has died. He was 60.

Greene was found dead Friday, Dec. 12, in his Manhattan apartment following a wellness check, his manager Gregg Edwards confirmed to Deadline and NBC News . A cause of death has not been disclosed.

“Nobody played a bad guy better than Peter,” Edwards told NBC News. “But he also had, you know, a gentle side that most people never saw, and a heart as big as gold.”

Born Oct. 8, 1965, in Montclair, New Jersey, Greene began acting in New York City in his 20s. His first onscreen role came in 1990 on the NBC crime drama “Hardball,” followed by his feature film debut in “Laws of Gravity” in 1992, opposite Edie Falco.

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