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Tommy Lister Jr.
Compton, California, USA
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…
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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.
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2025
Zootopia 2
Movie Finnick (voice) (archive sound)
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2023
The Haunting of Hell Hole Mine
Movie Martin
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2022
Renegades
Movie Apollo
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2022
The Allnighter
Movie Preston
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2021
Domino: Battle of the Bones
Movie Twelvespeed
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2019
Night Walk
Movie Kareem
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2019
I Got the Hook Up 2
Movie T-Lay
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2018
Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece
Movie Superfly
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2017
Sunday Morning Rapture
Movie Himself
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2017
On the Court
Movie King Cain
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2017
Boone: The Bounty Hunter
Movie Man in TV Show (uncredited)
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2017
Hickey
Movie Henry
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2016
Woman Scorned
Movie
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2016
Hollywont
Movie
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2016
Zootopia
Movie Finnick (voice)
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2015
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You
Movie Gabriel
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2015
Death's Door
Movie Jomo
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2015
Tamales and Gumbo
Movie Uncle Mark
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2015
American Justice
Movie Justice
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2015
The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence)
Movie Inmate 178
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2015
Diamond Cartel
Movie Louie
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2015
The Amazing Wizard of Paws
Movie Mr. Tiny
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2015
Silent No More
Movie Blake
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2014
Beyond the Game
Movie Tommy
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2013
American Lowrider
Movie Crazy Loc
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2013
White T
Movie Mad Rapper
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2013
K-11
Movie Detroit
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2012
Heaven's Door
Movie Ben Wilson
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2012
Highway
Movie Wilbert
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2012
Beyond the Trophy
Movie Billy Thomas
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2012
We the Party
Movie No Shame
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2012
Key & Peele
TV show Driver
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2011
Cornered
Movie Cpt. Williams
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2011
The Trap Door
Movie Jomo
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2011
NTSF:SD:SUV::
TV show Dallas
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2011
Hopelessly in June
Movie Pastor G
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2010
First Dog
Movie Big Mike
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2010
Regular Show
TV show Bobby (voice)
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2010
Fish Hooks
TV show Mr. Mussels (voice)
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2010
The Lazarus Papers
Movie Tiny Delaney
