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.
167 acting credits
Acting · 167
Regular Show
2010
Zootopia 2
2025
ER
1994
The Dark Knight
2008
Star Trek: Enterprise
2001
Matlock
1986
Nash Bridges
1996
NYPD Blue
1993
Renegade
1992
Zootopia
2016
Step by Step
1991
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993
Martin
1992
Key & Peele
2012
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990
Moesha
1996
The Fifth Element
1997
Fish Hooks
2010
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
WWF Wrestling Challenge
1986
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996
Friday
1995
The Parent 'Hood
1995
In the House
1995
Malcolm & Eddie
1996
Jackie Brown
1997
USA High
1997
L.A. Heat
1999
The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
2015
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
1st & Ten
1984
Beverly Hills Cop II
1987
Universal Soldier
1992
Little Nicky
2000
Damon
1998
The Magic Hour
1998
Next Friday
2000
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies
1999
Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead
1995
Runaway Train
1985
Barb Wire
1996
Trespass
1992
Saul of the Mole Men
2007
The Meteor Man
1993
Don Juan DeMarco
1994
The Wash
2001
Armed and Dangerous
1986
Men of War
1994
Confidence
2003
Dracula 3000
2004
Posse
1993
Renegades
2022
The Players Club
1998
One Night with the King
2006
Holy Water
2009
8 Million Ways to Die
1986
The Grand
2007
Gang Related
1997
Santa's Slay
2005
Extreme Prejudice
1987
Never Die Alone
2004
A Thin Line Between Love and Hate
1996
Circus
2000
Prison
1987
Hair Show
2004
Blast
2004
Blue City
1986
Boone: The Bounty Hunter
2017
The Night Before
1988
My Baby's Daddy
2004
Soulkeeper
2001
The Set Up
1995
Against the Wall
1994
Nite Tales: The Series
2009
Terra Nova
2008
Super Capers
2009
Judgment Day
1999
Butter
1998
Immortal Combat
1994
White T
2013
Beyond the Game
2014
Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece
2018
Hologram Man
1995
The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine
2023
We the Party
2012
Chameleons
1989
Below Utopia
1997
K-11
2013
Homer and Eddie
1989
The Hustle
2008
Diamond Cartel
2015
Think Big
1989
Stealth Fighter
1999
Supreme Sanction
1999
Slammed
2004
Driving Me Crazy
1991
WWE Survivor Series 1989
1989
Night Walk
2019
Highway
2012
Beyond the Trophy
2012
I Got the Hook-Up
1998
Phat Beach
1996
Monster Ark
2008
First Dog
2010
No Holds Barred
1989
Glory Years
1987
Love Chronicles
2003
Forbidden Fruits
2006
White Cargo
1996
WWE SummerSlam 1989
1989
Midnight
1989
Talkin' Dirty After Dark
1991
The Good Bad Guy
1997
The Lazarus Papers
2010
Heaven's Door
2012
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
2015
I Got the Hook Up 2
2019
Who Made the Potatoe Salad?
2006
Full Clip
2004
Domino: Battle of the Bones
2021
The Rimshop
2008
WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89
1989
Street Corner Justice
1996
Vegas, City of Dreams
2001
American Lowrider
2013
Hellborn
2003
9 1/2 Ninjas!
1991
Hollywont
2016
Out Kold
2001
Secret Agent 00 Soul
1990
The Allnighter
2022
Shark in a Bottle
2000
The Pink Conspiracy
2008
Miss B's Hair Salon
2007
Warm Hearts, Cold Feet
1987
Bone Dry
2007
Unemployed
2008
WWE SuperTape: Volume 1
1990
Choices II: The Setup
2005
Super Spy: The Final Exit
2003
Hickey
2017
Hopelessly in June
2011
The Amazing Wizard of Paws
2015
American Justice
2015
Ascension Day
2007
Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
1987
Block Party Madness
2008
Tamales and Gumbo
2015
Crossed
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Death's Door
2015
Hulkamania 4
1989
Silent No More
2015
Cornered
2011
Da Block Party 2
2007
The Body Sculptor
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Keepin' It Real
2003
Vegas Vampires
2003
Wired to Kill
1986
The Cheapest Movie Ever Made
2000
Sunday Morning Rapture
2017
The Trap Door
2011
On the Court
2017
The Duo
2001
WCW Uncensored 1996
1996
County General
2005
Woman Scorned
2016
A Night In Compton
2004