Washington DC, Dec. 14 -- Peter Greene, a New York character actor who often played villains and criminals, including Zed in Quentin Tarantino's 'Pulp Fiction,' was found dead in his New York apartment on Friday. He was 60, reported Variety.

His manager Gregg Edwards told NBC News, as quoted by Variety, that he was found in his apartment on the Lower East Side.

In the Jim Carrey movie "The Mask" the same year, Greene played the villain Dorian Tyrell.

His role as the sadistic security guard Zed in 'Pulp Fiction' became one of his most memorable.

"Nobody played a bad guy better than Peter," Edwards told NBC as quoted by Variety.

"But he also had, you know, a gentle side that most people never saw, and a heart as big as gold," said Edwa...