Cast
Tommy Lister Jr.
Acting
Cast
Tommy Lister Jr.
Known for
Acting
Born
1958-06-24
From
Compton, California, USA
Died
2020-12-10
Also known as Zeus, Z-Gangsta, Tommy Lister
Biography
Tommy "Tiny" Lister (born Thomas Lister, Jr.; June 24, 1958 β 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.
β
8.5
MOVIE2008
The Dark Knight
as Tattooed Prisoner
β
7.7
MOVIE2025
Zootopia 2
as Finnick (voice) (archive sound)
β
7.8
MOVIE2016
Zootopia
as Finnick (voice)
β
7.6
MOVIE1997
The Fifth Element
as President Lindberg
β
6.0
MOVIE2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Prisoner #2
β
3.8
MOVIE2015
The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
as Inmate 178
β
6.5
MOVIE1995
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
as House
β
7.1
MOVIE1995
Friday
as Deebo
β
7.4
MOVIE1997
Jackie Brown
as Winston
β
6.4
MOVIE1992
Universal Soldier
as GR55
β
5.8
MOVIE2000
Little Nicky
as Cassius
MOVIE1990
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
as Zeus
β
3.3
MOVIE2005
County General
as Big Murder
β
6.5
MOVIE1987
Beverly Hills Cop II
as Orvis
β
7.0
MOVIE1985
Runaway Train
as Guard
β
6.5
MOVIE2000
Next Friday
as Debo
β
5.4
MOVIE1993
Posse
as Obobo
β
6.7
MOVIE2006
One Night with the King
as Hegai, the Royal Eunuch
β
5.5
MOVIE1986
8 Million Ways to Die
as Nose Guard
β
6.3
MOVIE1987
Extreme Prejudice
as Monday
β
5.7
MOVIE1986
Armed and Dangerous
as Bruno
β
6.8
MOVIE1994
Don Juan DeMarco
as Rocco Compton
β
5.7
MOVIE1999
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
as Tillaver
β
4.1
MOVIE1996
Barb Wire
as Bouncer
β
6.3
MOVIE2003
Confidence
as Harlin
β
6.4
MOVIE1997
Gang Related
as Cutless Supreme
β
5.0
MOVIE2013
American Lowrider
as Crazy Loc
β
4.9
MOVIE2004
Blast
as Smiley
β
2.8
MOVIE2004
Dracula 3000
as Humvee
β
6.1
MOVIE1994
Against the Wall
as Prisoner
β
6.3
MOVIE1998
The Players Club
as XL
β
6.3
MOVIE2006
Forbidden Fruits
as Jade
β
5.5
MOVIE2004
Never Die Alone
as Rockie
β
3.4
MOVIE2003
Hellborn
as Smithy
β
3.8
MOVIE1991
Driving Me Crazy
as Cubey
β
4.3
MOVIE2003
Vegas Vampires
as Andrew Johnson
β
5.2
MOVIE1994
Men of War
as Blades
β
10.0
MOVIE2001
Adam Sandler Goes to Hell
as Self
β
5.8
MOVIE1993
The Meteor Man
as Digit
β
5.6
MOVIE2001
The Wash
as Bear
β
6.2
MOVIE1988
The Night Before
as Bartender
β
5.5
MOVIE2005
Santa's Slay
as Gas Station Attendant
β
5.8
MOVIE1987
Prison
as Tiny
β
5.1
MOVIE2017
Boone: The Bounty Hunter
as Man in TV Show (uncredited)
β
6.5
MOVIE1992
Michael Jackson: Remember The Time
as Sentry (uncredited)
β
4.5
MOVIE1998
Butter
as House
β
4.2
MOVIE1995
Hologram Man
as Eightball
β
4.3
MOVIE2017
Hickey
as Henry
β
5.5
MOVIE1998
I Got the Hook-Up
as T-Lay
β
5.8
MOVIE2007
The Grand
as German's Bodyguard
β
5.0
MOVIE1991
Talkin' Dirty After Dark
as Bigg
β
5.0
MOVIE1996
Street Corner Justice
as Angel Aikens
β
5.5
MOVIE2004
Full Clip
as Bumaye
β
3.5
MOVIE2016
Hollywont
β
5.7
MOVIE1996
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
as Tyrone
β
7.0
MOVIE1989
Chameleons
as Luther
β
5.1
MOVIE1999
Judgment Day
as Brother Clarence
β
6.1
MOVIE1989
Think Big
as Z
β
6.3
MOVIE1992
Trespass
as Cletus
β
3.6
MOVIE2022
The Allnighter
as Preston
β
5.7
MOVIE2009
Holy Water
as SixPac Jordan
β
5.5
MOVIE2022
Renegades
as Apollo
β
4.3
MOVIE1999
Stealth Fighter
as Berg
β
5.5
MOVIE2004
Hair Show
as Agent Little
β
4.8
MOVIE1986
Blue City
as Tiny
β
7.0
MOVIE2001
The Duo
β
5.6
MOVIE2019
I Got the Hook Up 2
as T-Lay
β
5.0
MOVIE2000
Circus
as Moose
β
3.4
MOVIE2023
The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine
as Martin
β
5.1
MOVIE2001
Soulkeeper
as Chad
β
6.6
MOVIE2010
First Dog
as Big Mike
β
5.2
MOVIE1996
Phat Beach
as Tiny
β
5.6
MOVIE1994
Immortal Combat
as Yanagi
β
5.3
MOVIE2006
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
as Monster
β
3.7
MOVIE2010
The Lazarus Papers
as Tiny Delaney
β
5.6
MOVIE1989
Homer and Eddie
as Man in Bar with Gun
β
7.1
MOVIE2000
Shark in a Bottle
as The Recruiter
β
6.3
MOVIE2008
The Hustle
as Dog Thief
β
5.3
MOVIE2015
Diamond Cartel
as Louie
β
5.0
MOVIE2011
Hopelessly in June
as Pastor G
β
2.0
MOVIE2011
The Trap Door
as Jomo
β
4.6
MOVIE2004
My Baby's Daddy
as Drive-By
β
5.3
MOVIE1997
Below Utopia
as Tiny
β
5.2
MOVIE2014
Beyond the Game
as Tommy
β
5.2
MOVIE1999
Supreme Sanction
as Lester
β
5.7
MOVIE2008
Terra Nova
as Sewing Dude
β
6.7
MOVIE2003
Love Chronicles
as Alfonso
β
6.0
MOVIE1987
Glory Years
β
5.6
MOVIE2012
Heaven's Door
as Ben Wilson
β
3.4
MOVIE2009
Super Capers
as Sarge
β
1.0
MOVIE2015
Silent No More
as Blake
β
3.9
MOVIE2015
Death's Door
as Jomo
MOVIE2007
Da Block Party 2
as CJ's Father
β
5.4
MOVIE2013
K-11
as Detroit
β
7.8
MOVIE1989
WWE Survivor Series 1989
as Zeus
β
4.7
MOVIE2012
We the Party
as No Shame
β
6.9
MOVIE2005
Choices II: The Setup
β
5.0
MOVIE2004
Slammed
as Bubba
β
3.9
MOVIE2018
Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece
as Superfly
MOVIE2007
Ascension Day
β
4.6
MOVIE2019
Night Walk
as Kareem
β
4.7
MOVIE1989
Midnight
as Security Guard
β
2.8
MOVIE2008
The Pink Conspiracy
as The Duke
β
5.6
MOVIE1990
Secret Agent 00 Soul
β
5.3
MOVIE1987
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
as Mack 'Truck' Jones
β
4.0
MOVIE2021
Domino: Battle of the Bones
as Twelvespeed
β
2.9
MOVIE1991
9 1/2 Ninjas!
as Cutter
β
6.7
MOVIE1989
WWE SummerSlam 1989
as Zeus
β
3.5
MOVIE2012
Beyond the Trophy
as Billy Thomas
β
4.8
MOVIE2013
White T
as Mad Rapper
β
4.6
MOVIE2008
Monster Ark
as Sgt. Gentry
β
5.3
MOVIE2007
Bone Dry
as Mitch
β
3.0
MOVIE2012
Highway
as Wilbert
β
4.7
MOVIE1989
No Holds Barred
as Zeus
MOVIE2016
Woman Scorned
β
6.0
MOVIE2003
Keepin' It Real
as A-Train Tranton
β
5.3
MOVIE2008
Unemployed
as Big Dane
MOVIE2008
Block Party Madness
as Slim
MOVIE2015
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
as Gabriel
β
3.4
MOVIE2001
Vegas, City of Dreams
as Llord's Security Chief
β
4.2
MOVIE1995
The Set Up
as Leon
β
2.0
MOVIE2007
Miss B's Hair Salon
as Mr. Biggs
MOVIE2015
Tamales and Gumbo
as Uncle Mark
β
4.1
MOVIE1996
White Cargo
as Zeno
β
2.0
MOVIE2008
The Rimshop
as Duncan
β
4.3
MOVIE1986
Wired to Kill
as Sleet
β
5.7
MOVIE2001
Out Kold
β
4.3
MOVIE2015
American Justice
as Justice
β
8.0
MOVIE1996
WCW Uncensored 1996
as Z-Gangsta
β
4.0
MOVIE2015
The Amazing Wizard of Paws
as Mr. Tiny
β
9.0
MOVIE1989
Hulkamania 4
as Zeus
β
5.9
MOVIE1997
The Good Bad Guy
β
6.0
MOVIE2017
Sunday Morning Rapture
as Himself
MOVIE1987
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
MOVIE1989
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89
as Zeus (Interview)
β
7.0
MOVIE2003
Super Spy: The Final Exit
as Officer Johnson
β
4.0
MOVIE2004
A Night In Compton
as Rainmaker
β
10.0
MOVIE2017
On the Court
as King Cain
MOVIETBA
Crossed
as Winston 'Biggs' Yates
MOVIETBA
The Body Sculptor
as Donovan Ray Cooke
MOVIE2011
Cornered
as Cpt. Williams
β
10.0
MOVIE2000