Overview
- Greene was found unconscious around 3:25 p.m. Friday in his Clinton Street apartment on Manhattan’s Lower East Side and was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said.
- His death was confirmed by longtime manager Gregg Edwards, who described him as a devoted friend and an exacting performer.
- The Office of Chief Medical Examiner will establish the cause of death following its examination.
- Edwards said Greene was set to begin filming the independent thriller Mascots in January with Mickey Rourke, and writer-director Kerry Mondragón was shaken by the news.
- Over a three-decade career he logged roughly 95 credits, earning lasting notice as Zed in Pulp Fiction and Dorian Tyrell in The Mask after early struggles that included addiction and a 1996 suicide attempt followed by treatment.