
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
June 24, 1958
Died
December 10, 2020 (62 years old)
Compton, California, USA
Also Known As
- Zeus
- Z-Gangsta
- Tommy Lister
- Tommy Tiny Lister
- Tommy Duane Lister
Tommy Lister Jr.
Biography
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

Zootopia 2
2025

The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine
2023

Renegades
2022

Night Walk
2019

I Got the Hook Up 2
2019

Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece
2018

Boone: The Bounty Hunter
2017

Hickey
2017

Zootopia
2016

American Justice
2015

The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
2015

Diamond Cartel
2015

The Amazing Wizard of Paws
2015

K-11
2013

Heaven's Door
2012

We the Party
2012

Key & Peele
2012

First Dog
2010

Regular Show
2010

Fish Hooks
2010

The Lazarus Papers
2010

Holy Water
2009

Super Capers
2009

Terra Nova
2008









