Actor Peter Greene<\/a>, who specialized in playing villains like the sadistic security guard Zed in “Pulp Fiction,” died after he accidentally shot himself in the armpit, the New York City medical examiner said Wednesday.<\/p>\nThe medical examiner’s office’s determination was released two months after Greene, 60, was found dead on Dec. 12 inside his apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan.<\/p>\n
“Cause of death: Gunshot wound of left axilla with injury of brachial artery,” it said. The death was determined to be an accident.<\/p>\n
The ME’s office did not provide any other details on Greene’s death.<\/p>\n
Greene carved out a career playing foul fiends including Dorian in the Jim Carrey movie \u201cThe Mask,\u201d which like “Pulp Fiction” also came out in 1994.<\/p>\n
Greene also had a starring role in the 1993 film \u201cClean, Shaven,\u201d in which he played a man with schizophrenia who is suspected in a murder and who, at times, self-mutilates.<\/p>\n
And he played memorable parts in movies like \u201cThe Usual Suspects\u201d and \u201cTraining Day,\u201d among others.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
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