Tiny Lister

Tommy "Tiny" Lister (born Thomas Lister, Jr.; June 24, 1958) is 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 is blind in his right eye.

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.

Lister is 6' 5" (196 cm) tall and weighs 300 lbs (136 kg). Lister, has appeared on The Trinity Broadcasting Network. He is an evangelical born-again Christian. Lister also attended California State University, Los Angeles where he was the 1982 NCAA Division II National Shot Put Champion, and currently the university athletic department sponsors an annual track meet in his name.

Filmography

Tiny Lister - filmography

Wishmaster 2 - Evil Never Dies on DVD (1999)
Starring: Paul Johansson, Holly Fields, Bokeem Woodbine
Director: Jack Sholder
Certificate:
Morgana Kuleshov, a thief, is saved from a gunshot by the opal she has stolen. She remains innocent of the fact that the jewel holds a monster called Djinn, who has the power to capture souls. Finding her dreams becoming nightmares she calls in the help of her brother who is a priest...

55% from 800 members

Supreme Sanction on DVD (1998)
Starring: Michael Madsen, Kristy Swanson, David Dukes
Director: John Terlesky
Certificate:
When an assassin aborts an assignment to eliminate a journalist who is holding potentially threatening information, the Government that trained her will not rest until she is dead.

51% from 76 members

Below Utopia on DVD (1997)
Starring: Alyssa Milano, Ice-T, Justin Theroux
Director: Kurt Voss
Certificate:
Daniel (Justin Theroux) returns home for a holiday family reunion with new girlfriend, Susanne (Alyssa Milano), in tow. The festivities soon end, however, when a group of bloodthirsty maniacs begin to "dismember" the family. It's up to Danny and Suzie to stop the killing or be killed. Featuring an ..read more »

45% from 227 members

Friday - Blu-ray (1995)
Starring: Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tiny Lister
Director: F. Gary Gray
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Thoroughly charming and totally hilarious day-in-the-life comedy in which co-writer Ice Cube plays the stoic Craig opposite Chris Tucker's Smokey, a brilliantly rendered hyperactive marijuana enthusiast. The two twentysomethings, Craig recently wrongly fired and Smokey terminally slacking and ..read more »

73% from 343 members
Not currently released

Friday (1995)
Starring: Nia Long, Bernie Mac, Tiny Lister
Director: F. Gary Gray
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Thoroughly charming and totally hilarious day-in-the-life comedy in which co-writer Ice Cube plays the stoic Craig opposite Chris Tucker's Smokey, a brilliantly rendered hyperactive marijuana enthusiast. The two twentysomethings, Craig recently wrongly fired and Smokey terminally slacking and ..read more »

71% from 6,379 members
Not currently released

Men Of War on DVD (1994)
Starring: Dolph Lundgren, Charlotte Lewis, B.D. Wong
Director: Perry Lang
Certificate:
A group of mercenaries are tasked with forcing the inhabitants of a South Pacific island to sign over their mineral rights to a large corporation. However, on arrival they realise that the island's destruction is out of the question and that it must be protected at all costs.

57% from 97 members

Posse on DVD (1993)
Starring: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Richard Jordan
Director: Mario Van Peebles
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
This shoot-'em-up revisionist Western traces the little-known legend of black cowboys in the Old West, who participated in settling the frontier and played an unrecognised role in U.S. history. During the Spanish-American War, a multi-racial group of U.S. soldiers go on a dangerous mission under ..read more »

54% from 491 members

Tiny Lister facts

5 most recent films

Wishmaster 2 - Evil Never Dies - 3.0 stars
Supreme Sanction - 2.5 stars
Below Utopia - 2.5 stars
Friday - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Friday - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Friday - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Friday - 3.5 stars
Men Of War - 3.0 stars
Wishmaster 2 - Evil Never Dies - 3.0 stars
Posse - 2.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Below Utopia - 2.5 stars
Supreme Sanction - 2.5 stars
Posse - 2.5 stars
Wishmaster 2 - Evil Never Dies - 3.0 stars
Men Of War - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Nia Long - 3 times - show films
John Witherspoon - 3 times - show films
Paula Jai Parker - 3 times - show films
Ice Cube - 3 times - show films
Chris Tucker - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

F. Gary Gray - 3 times - show films
Mario Van Peebles - 2 times - show films
Jack Sholder - 1 times - show films
Perry Lang - 1 times - show films
Kurt Voss - 1 times - show films

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