Tommy Lister Jr.

Tommy "Tiny" Lister (born Thomas Lister, Jr.; June 24, 1958 – December 10, 2020) was a character actor and former wrestler best known for his role as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the Friday series of movies. He also had a short-lived professional wrestling career, wrestling Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after appearing as "Zeus" in Hogan's movie No Holds Barred. Lister was blind in his right eye. Lister had numerous guest appearances in TV series, including playing Klaang (the first Klingon ever to make contact with humans, not counting Worf in Star Trek: First Contact) in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. He also co-starred in an episode of the courtroom series Matlock as Mr. Matlock's in-prison bodyguard. Lister also appeared as Sancho in the music video for Sublime's song "Santeria". He was also in the video for Michael Jackson's song "Remember the Time". He also made a guest appearance in Austin Powers in Goldmember, as a prisoner in the Hard Knock Life spoof.

Known For: Acting

Born: Compton, California, USA, 1958-06-24

Died: 2020-12-10

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1985	Runaway Train	Guard	69
2	1986	Wired to Kill	Sleet	31
3	1987	Extreme Prejudice	Monday	62
4	1987	Prison	Tiny	57
5	1989	No Holds Barred	Zeus	47
6	1989	WWE SummerSlam 1989	Zeus	66
7	1989	Think Big	Z	63
8	1990	WWF SuperTape	Zeus	0
9	1992	Universal Soldier	GR55	63
10	1992	Trespass	Cletus	63
11	1993	Posse	Obobo	53
12	1994	Immortal Combat	Yanagi	49
13	1995	Friday	Deebo	71
14	1995	Hologram Man	Eightball	41
15	1995	The Set Up	Leon	44
16	1995	Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead	House	65
17	1996	WCW Uncensored 1996	Z-Gangsta	0
18	1996	Phat Beach	Tiny	53
19	1996	Street Corner Justice	Angel Aikens	53
20	1997	The Fifth Element	President Lindberg	76
21	1997	Below Utopia	Tiny	53
22	1997	Gang Related	Cutless Supreme	63
23	1997	Jackie Brown	Winston	74
24	1998	I Got the Hook-Up	T-Lay	54
25	1998	Butter	House	28
26	1999	Stealth Fighter	Berg	41
27	1999	Supreme Sanction	Lester	58
28	1999	Judgment Day	Brother Clarence	51
29	2000	The Cheapest Movie Ever Made		0
30	2000	Next Friday	Debo	64
31	2000	Circus	Moose	50
32	2000	Shark in a Bottle	The Recruiter	62
33	2000	Little Nicky	Cassius	59
34	2001	The Duo		0
35	2001	Out Kold		50
36	2001	The Wash	Bear	55
37	2002	Austin Powers in Goldmember	Prisoner #2	60
38	2003	Keepin' It Real	A-Train Tranton	20
39	2003	Vegas Vampires	Andrew Johnson	37
40	2004	Blast	Smiley	48
41	2004	Never Die Alone	Rockie	54
42	2004	Dracula 3000	Humvee	28
43	2004	Slammed	Bubba	50
44	2004	Full Clip	Bumaye	55
45	2004	A Night In Compton	Rainmaker	25
46	2005	Choices II: The Setup		68
47	2006	One Night with the King	Hegai, the Royal Eunuch	66
48	2006	Who Made the Potatoe Salad?		47
49	2007	Ascension Day		0
50	2007	Da Block Party 2		0
51	2007	Bone Dry	Mitch	53
52	2008	Monster Ark	Sgt. Gentry	46
53	2008	Unemployed	Big Dane	30
54	2009	Super Capers	Sarge	44
55	2009	Holy Water	SixPac Jordan	57
56	2010	The Lazarus Papers	Tiny Delaney	40
57	2010	First Dog	Big Mike	66
58	2011	Hopelessly in June	Pastor G	50
59	2011	Cornered	Cpt. Williams	0
60	2012	We the Party	No Shame	50
61	2012	Beyond the Trophy	Billy Thomas	31
62	2012	Highway	Wilbert	34
63	2012	Heaven's Door	Ben Wilson	56
64	2013	K-11	Detroit	57
65	2013	American Lowrider	Crazy Loc	56
66	2014	Beyond the Game	Tommy	80
67	2015	Diamond Cartel	Louie	57
68	2022	The Allnighter	Preston	42
69	2022	Renegades	Apollo	57
70		The Body Sculptor	Donovan Ray Cooke	0
71	1986	Blue City	Tiny	49
72	1986	Armed and Dangerous	Bruno	56
73	1987	Beverly Hills Cop II	Orvis	65
74	1987	Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1		0
75	1989	WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89	Zeus (Interview)	0
76	1989	Midnight	Security Guard	20
77	1989	Hulkamania 4	Zeus	0
78	1990	Secret Agent 00 Soul		53
79	1991	9 1/2 Ninjas!	Cutter	25
80	1991	Driving Me Crazy	Cubey	37
81	1991	Talkin' Dirty After Dark	Bigg	45
82	1994	Don Juan DeMarco	Rocco Compton	67
83	1996	Barb Wire	Bouncer	40
84	1996	White Cargo	Zeno	28
85	1999	Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies	Tillaver	55
86	2001	Soulkeeper	Chad	52
87	2003	Confidence	Harlin	63
88	2004	My Baby's Daddy	Drive-By	47
89	2006	Forbidden Fruits	Jade	60
90	2008	The Dark Knight	Tattooed Prisoner	85
91	2008	Terra Nova	Sewing Dude	61
92	2008	The Pink Conspiracy	The Duke	28
93	2008	The Rimshop	Duncan	20
94	2011	Sunday Morning Rapture	Himself	60
95	2011	The Trap Door	Jomo	20
96	2015	The Amazing Wizard of Paws	Mr. Tiny	40
97	2015	The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)	Inmate 178	37
98	2015	American Justice	Justice	44
99	2016	Woman Scorned		0
100		Crossed	Winston 'Biggs' Yates	0
101	1986	8 Million Ways to Die	Nose Guard	55
102	1987	Glory Years		50
103	1987	Warm Hearts, Cold Feet	Mack 'Truck' Jones	47
104	1988	The Night Before	Bartender	61
105	1989	Homer and Eddie	Man in Bar with Gun	56
106	1989	WWE Survivor Series 1989	Zeus	79
107	1989	Chameleons	Luther	0
108	1993	The Meteor Man	Digit	58
109	1994	Against the Wall	Prisoner	61
110	1994	Men of War	Blades	52
111	1996	A Thin Line Between Love and Hate	Tyrone	57
112	1998	The Players Club	XL	63
113	2001	Vegas, City of Dreams	Llord's Security Chief	23
114	2003	Super Spy: The Final Exit	Officer Johnson	0
115	2003	Love Chronicles	Alfonso	100
116	2003	Hellborn	Smithy	32
117	2004	Hair Show	Agent Little	56
118	2005	County General	Big Murder	20
119	2005	Santa's Slay	Gas Station Attendant	54
120	2007	Miss B's Hair Salon	Mr. Biggs	20
121	2007	The Grand	German's Bodyguard	60
122	2008	The Hustle	Dog Thief	62
123	2008	Block Party Madness	Slim	0
124	2013	White T	Mad Rapper	48
125	2015	Silent No More	Blake	0
126	2015	Tamales and Gumbo	Uncle Mark	0
127	2015	Death's Door	Jomo	44
128	2015	If I Tell You I Have to Kill You	Gabriel	0
129	2016	Zootopia	Finnick (voice)	77
130	2016	Hollywont		35
131	2017	Hickey	Henry	42
132	2017	Boone: The Bounty Hunter	Man in TV Show (uncredited)	51
133	2017	On the Court	King Cain	100
134	2018	Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece	Superfly	50
135	2019	I Got the Hook Up 2	T-Lay	56
136	2019	Night Walk	Kareem	46
137	2021	Domino: Battle of the Bones	Twelvespeed	40
138	2023	The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine	Martin	43

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1984	The Bill		67
2	1984	1st & Ten	Otis	65
3	1986	Matlock	Johnny Mack	72
4	1986	Matlock	Tiny	72
5	1986	WWF Wrestling Challenge	Zeus	68
6	1990	The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air	Tiny	79
7	1991	Step by Step		77
8	1992	Martin	Apollo	77
9	1992	Renegade	Marvin Montgomery	66
10	1993	Walker, Texas Ranger	Hicks	70
11	1993	NYPD Blue	Bob (uncredited)	70
12	1994	ER	Patient	78
13	1995	The Parent 'Hood		73
14	1995	In the House		74
15	1996	Moesha		68
16	1996	Nash Bridges	Mr. Switch	66
17	1996	Malcolm & Eddie		75
18	1996	The Jamie Foxx Show		68
19	1998	Damon	Alfonse	100
20	1998	The Magic Hour	Self	50
21	1999	L.A. Heat		73
22	2001	Star Trek: Enterprise	Klaang	76
23	2009	Nite Tales: The Series	Wrestler	0
24	2010	Fish Hooks	Mr. Mussels (voice)	65
25	2010	Regular Show	Bobby (voice)	86
26	2012	Key & Peele	Driver	76