Tommy Lister Jr. profile
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Tommy Lister Jr.

24th June 1958 Compton, California, USA Acting

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.

137 Movies 28 TV Shows 170 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

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Zootopia 2 26th November 2025 as Finnick (voice) (archive sound)
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Hickey 10th January 2017 as Henry
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Zootopia 11th February 2016 as Finnick (voice)
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K-11 15th March 2013 as Detroit
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Cornered 30th December 2011 as Cpt. Williams
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Blast 11th November 2004 as Smiley
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Butter 13th October 1998 as House
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Posse 14th May 1993 as Obobo
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Damon 22nd March 1998 as Alfonse
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Moesha 23rd January 1996 as Security Guard #2
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ER 19th September 1994 as Patient
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NYPD Blue 21st September 1993 as Bob (uncredited)
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Renegade 19th September 1992 as Marvin Montgomery
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Martin 27th August 1992 as Apollo