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.

Filmography

• 2025Zootopia 2 — Finnick (voice) (archive sound), In Memory Of
• 2023The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine — Martin
• 2022Renegades — Apollo
• 2022The Allnighter — Preston
• 2021Domino: Battle of the Bones — Twelvespeed
• 2019I Got the Hook Up 2 — T-Lay
• 2019Night Walk — Kareem
• 2018Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece — Superfly
• 2017Boone: The Bounty Hunter — Man in TV Show (uncredited)
• 2017Hickey — Henry
• 2017On the Court — King Cain
• 2016Hollywont
• 2016Woman Scorned
• 2016Zootopia — Finnick (voice)
• 2015American Justice — Justice
• 2015Death's Door — Jomo
• 2015Diamond Cartel — Louie
• 2015If I Tell You I Have to Kill You — Gabriel
• 2015Silent No More — Blake
• 2015Tamales and Gumbo — Uncle Mark
• 2015The Amazing Wizard of Paws — Mr. Tiny
• 2015The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) — Inmate 178
• 2014Beyond the Game — Tommy
• 2013American Lowrider — Crazy Loc
• 2013K-11 — Detroit
• 2013White T — Mad Rapper
• 2012Beyond the Trophy — Billy Thomas
• 2012Heaven's Door — Ben Wilson
• 2012Highway — Wilbert
• Key & Peele — Driver
• 2012We the Party — No Shame
• 2011Cornered — Cpt. Williams
• 2011Hopelessly in June — Pastor G
• NTSF:SD:SUV:: — Dallas
• 2011The Trap Door — Jomo
• 2010First Dog — Big Mike
• Fish Hooks — Mr. Mussels (voice)
• Regular Show — Bobby (voice)
• 2010The Lazarus Papers — Tiny Delaney
• 2009Holy Water — SixPac Jordan
• Nite Tales: The Series — Wrestler
• 2009Super Capers — Sarge
• 2008Block Party Madness — Slim
• 2008Monster Ark — Sgt. Gentry
• 2008Terra Nova — Sewing Dude
• 2008The Dark Knight — Tattooed Prisoner
• 2008The Hustle — Dog Thief
• 2008The Pink Conspiracy — The Duke
• 2008The Rimshop — Duncan
• 2008Unemployed — Big Dane
• 2007Ascension Day
• 2007Bone Dry — Mitch
• 2007Da Block Party 2 — CJ's Father
• 2007Miss B's Hair Salon — Mr. Biggs
• Saul of the Mole Men — John Henry Irons
• 2007The Grand — German's Bodyguard
• 2006Forbidden Fruits — Jade
• 2006One Night with the King — Hegai, the Royal Eunuch
• 2006Who Made the Potatoe Salad? — Monster
• 2005Choices II: The Setup
• 2005County General — Big Murder
• 2005Santa's Slay — Gas Station Attendant
• The Boondocks — Filbert Slowlove (voice)
• 2004A Night In Compton — Rainmaker
• 2004Blast — Smiley
• 2004Dracula 3000 — Humvee
• 2004Full Clip — Bumaye
• 2004Hair Show — Agent Little
• 2004My Baby's Daddy — Drive-By
• 2004Never Die Alone — Rockie
• 2004Slammed — Bubba
• 2003Confidence — Harlin
• 2003Hellborn — Smithy
• 2003Keepin' It Real — A-Train Tranton
• 2003Love Chronicles — Alfonso
• 2003Super Spy: The Final Exit — Officer Johnson
• 2003Vegas Vampires — Andrew Johnson
• 2002Austin Powers in Goldmember — Prisoner #2
• 2001Out Kold
• 2001Soulkeeper — Chad
• Star Trek: Enterprise — Klaang
• 2001The Duo
• 2001The Wash — Bear
• 2001Vegas, City of Dreams — Llord's Security Chief
• 2000Circus — Moose
• 2000Little Nicky — Cassius
• 2000Next Friday — Debo
• 2000Shark in a Bottle — The Recruiter
• 2000The Cheapest Movie Ever Made
• 1999Judgment Day — Brother Clarence, Executive Producer
• L.A. Heat
• 1999Stealth Fighter — Berg
• 1999Supreme Sanction — Lester
• 1999Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies — Tillaver
• 1998Butter — House
• Damon — Alfonse
• 1998I Got the Hook-Up — T-Lay
• 1998The Players Club — XL
• 1997Below Utopia — Tiny
• 1997Gang Related — Cutless Supreme
• 1997Jackie Brown — Winston
• 1997The Fifth Element — President Lindberg
• 1997The Good Bad Guy
• USA High — Tony
• 1996A Thin Line Between Love and Hate — Tyrone
• 1996Barb Wire — Bouncer
• Malcolm & Eddie
• Moesha — Security Guard #2
• Nash Bridges — Mr. Switch
• 1996Phat Beach — Tiny
• 1996Street Corner Justice — Angel Aikens
• The Jamie Foxx Show — Adam - Groom
• 1996WCW Uncensored 1996 — Z-Gangsta
• 1996White Cargo — Zeno
• 1995Friday — Deebo
• 1995Hologram Man — Eightball
• In the House
• The Parent 'Hood
• 1995The Set Up — Leon
• 1995Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead — House
• 1994Against the Wall — Prisoner
• 1994Don Juan DeMarco — Rocco Compton
• ER — Patient
• 1994Immortal Combat — Yanagi
• 1994Men of War — Blades
• NYPD Blue — Bob (uncredited)
• 1993Posse — Obobo
• 1993The Meteor Man — Digit
• Walker, Texas Ranger — Hicks
• Martin — Apollo
• Renegade — Marvin Montgomery
• 1992Trespass — Cletus
• 1992Universal Soldier — GR55
• 19919 1/2 Ninjas! — Cutter
• 1991Driving Me Crazy — Cubey
• Step by Step — Security Guard
• 1991Talkin' Dirty After Dark — Bigg
• 1990Hulkamania Forever — Zeus
• 1990Secret Agent 00 Soul
• The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air — Tiny
• 1990WWE SuperTape: Volume 1 — Zeus
• 1989Chameleons — Luther
• 1989Homer and Eddie — Man in Bar with Gun
• 1989Hulkamania 4 — Zeus
• 1989Midnight — Security Guard
• 1989No Holds Barred — Zeus
• 1989Think Big — Z
• 1989WWE SummerSlam 1989 — Zeus
• 1989WWE Survivor Series 1989 — Zeus
• 1989WWE Wrestling at The Meadowlands: May '89 — Zeus (Interview)
• 1988The Night Before — Bartender
• 1987Beverly Hills Cop II — Orvis
• 1987Extreme Prejudice — Monday
• 1987Glory Years
• 1987Prison — Tiny
• 1987Robert Townsend: Partners in Crime: Vol. 1
• 1987Warm Hearts, Cold Feet — Mack 'Truck' Jones
• 19868 Million Ways to Die — Nose Guard
• 1986Armed and Dangerous — Bruno
• 1986Blue City — Tiny
• Matlock — Johnny Mack, Tiny
• WWF Wrestling Challenge — Zeus
• 1986Wired to Kill — Sleet
• 1985Runaway Train — Guard
• WWE Saturday Night's Main Event — Zeus
• 1st & Ten — Otis
• Crossed — Winston 'Biggs' Yates
• The Body Sculptor — Donovan Ray Cooke

Appearances as themselves (3)

• 2017Sunday Morning Rapture — Himself
• 2001Adam Sandler Goes to Hell — Self
• The Magic Hour — Self