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.
2010 • TV
1994 • TV
2001 • TV
1993 • TV
1997 • Movie
1995 • Movie
as President Lindberg
as Deebo
as Sarge
as CJ's Father
as Winston
as Prisoner #2
as Tiny Delaney
as Eightball
as GR55
as Cassius
as Bear
as Apollo
as Debo
as Louie
as Detroit
as Humvee
as The Recruiter
as Smiley
as Preston
as Bubba
Executive Producer
as Bobby (voice)
1 episodes
as Patient
1 episodes
as Klaang
1 episodes
as Bob (uncredited)
1 episodes
as Johnny Mack
1 episodes
as Tiny
2 episodes
as Hicks
1 episodes
as Mr. Switch
2 episodes
as Marvin Montgomery
1 episodes
as Tiny
1 episodes
as Zeus
15 episodes
as Apollo
1 episodes
as Security Guard #2
1 episodes
as Driver
1 episodes
as Security Guard
1 episodes
as Adam - Groom
1 episodes
as Zeus
3 episodes
as Mr. Mussels (voice)
110 episodes
2 episodes
1 episodes
