Tommy Lister Jr.

Tommy Lister Jr.

Tommy Lister Jr.

Lister in 2018
Born
Thomas Duane Lister Jr.

June 24, 1958

Compton, California, U.S.
Died December 10, 2020 (aged 62)

Marina del Rey, California, U.S.
Other names Tiny, Tom, Deebo
Occupation(s) Actor, professional wrestler
Years active 1984–2020
Spouse
Felicia Forbes
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(m. 2003)​
Children 1
Ring name(s) Zeus[1]
Z-Gangsta[1]
Billed height 6 ft 5 in (196 cm)[2]
Billed weight 300 lb (136 kg)[1][2]
Billed from Parts unknown[2]
Debut April 25, 1989[1]
Retired March 24, 1996

Tommy Debo “Tiny” Lister Jr.[3][4] (born Thomas Duane Lister Jr.; June 24, 1958 – December 10, 2020)[5] was an American character actor and occasional professional wrestler known for his roles as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the 1995 film Friday and its 2000 sequel, and as President Lindberg in The Fifth Element. He had two short professional wrestling stints, with Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after appearing as Zeus in the 1989 film No Holds Barred and resuming the feud as Z-Gangsta in 1996 for World Championship Wrestling (WCW).[1] He was born with a detached and deformed retina and was blind in his right eye, which drooped, a unique look that he turned to his advantage in film.[6] He played in both comedies and dramas, usually cast as ‘the heavy/big bully’.

Early life[edit | edit source]

Lister was born on June 24, 1958, in Compton, California, to Thomas Duane Lister and Mildred (Edwards) Lister. Since his birth, he had a deformed and detached retina in his right eye, causing permanent blindness.[6]

Lister attended Palomar Junior College before transferring to Long Beach City College for his sophomore year. While at Long Beach, he recorded a 52 ft (16 m) shot put throw, which helped to earn him a scholarship to California State University, Los Angeles. In his senior year, he won the national shot put title with a mark of over 61 ft 8 in (18.8 m). Lister was the 1982 NCAA Division II National Shot Put Champion.[7][6]

After college, Lister competed for the Converse Track Club, eventually raising his shot put mark to 64 ft 3 in (19.58 m), before trying out with the New Orleans Breakers of the United States Football League.[6] He was cut after two exhibition games and opted to pursue acting instead.[8]

Acting career[edit | edit source]

Lister was mostly recognized as the antagonist known as Deebo from 1995’s Friday.[9] Deebo was the neighborhood’s dog-eat-dog thug and bruiser to every character, including Ice Cube‘s main character Craig Jones. He reprised the role in the film’s sequel, Next Friday (2000), but did not appear in the third film of the series, Friday After Next (2002). He did, however, appear in Cube’s directorial debut The Players Club. He played the role of Obodo in Mario Van Peebles‘ Posse (1993), along with Tone Loc.[8]

Lister had numerous guest appearances on TV series, including playing Klaang, the first Klingon to make contact with humans, in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Enterprise.[10] He co-starred in a two-part episode of the courtroom series Matlock as Mr. Matlock’s in-prison bodyguard. He appeared in season 7 episode 9 of In the Heat of the Night,[11] and in season 1 episode 15 of ER. He also starred in the sitcom 1st & Ten as Otis.

Lister’s film roles included playing in The Dark Knight[7] and Austin Powers in Goldmember.[9][10] Lister was featured in The Fifth Element as the Galactic President.[12][7][13] He appeared in the Adam Sandler film Little Nicky as Nicky’s older brother Cassius.[11]

Lister was the main police officer in Chamillionaire‘s “Ridin’” video and reprised his role as a police officer in Chamillionaire’s 2012 single “Show Love”. He has appeared in the Ice Cube videos for “Friday” (from the Friday soundtrack) and “You Can Do It” (from the Next Friday soundtrack). Lister appeared via both original footage and clips from the film. He was in the videos for Young Bleed‘s “How You Do Dat”, French Montana‘s “I Told ‘Em” and 50 Cent‘s “Many Men (Wish Death)“. Lister portrayed Sancho in the Sublime music video “Santeria“.[11]

In the Quentin Tarantino film Jackie Brown,[14] he played bail agent Winston, who “finds people who don’t want to be found”. In 2015, Lister filmed Busy Day in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[15] Lister had a supporting role in the 2016 Disney animated movie Zootopia as the voice of the diminutive fennec fox, Finnick.[7] He appeared in a commercial that year for Ball Park-brand beef jerky, advertised as “tough, but tender.”[7][16]

In the 40 years of his acting career, Lister accumulated more than 200 acting credits.[17][18][19][8][20][21][22][23][24][25][11][10][9][12][26][27][7][13][28][29][30][31][32]

Cast as an habitual ‘bad guy’ in films, his career prospered. He was a frequent collaborator with Ice Cube. Lister later became the spokesperson for Monster Energy Drink in the 2010s.[33]

Professional wrestling career[edit | edit source]

World Wrestling Federation (1989–1990)[edit | edit source]

Lister appeared in the 1989 wrestling movie No Holds Barred,[9][12] which was financed by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and starred Hulk Hogan. Lister’s role was Zeus, a brutal monster heel.[7][11] No Holds Barred inspired a feud in the WWF during the latter half of 1989. Lister was billed as “Zeus: The Human Wrecking Machine”,[2][9][12][7] and used the same “monster heel” gimmick in his matches by no-selling his opponent’s moves. He would yell, “Aw! Aw!” and pound on his chest several times during his interviews and in the ring. Zeus would eventually demand Hogan to face him in the ring.[12]

Citing jealousy for being billed under Hogan and anger over losing to Hogan in the film, Zeus wanted to beat him in “real life“. Zeus formed an alliance with fellow Hogan rival “Macho Man” Randy Savage to feud with Hogan and his friend, Brutus “The Barber” Beefcake. The two teams faced off at the 1989 SummerSlam event in a tag team match which saw Hogan and Beefcake prevail as the victors, with Hogan pinning Zeus.[7][34] Following SummerSlam, Zeus formed an alliance with “The Million Dollar Man” Ted DiBiase leading into that year’s Survivor Series.

At the event, the team of The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Jake “The Snake” Roberts, and Demolition) faced The Million Dollar Team (Ted DiBiase, Zeus, and The Powers of Pain). Zeus was eliminated from the match via disqualification after refusing to break a chokehold on Hogan and shoving the referee away.[7][2] The Hulkamaniacs went on to win the match, defeating the other team.[35] After the Survivor Series, the feud between Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake versus Randy Savage and Zeus ended with a steel cage match on December 27, 1989, at the No Holds Barred pay-per-view event. Hogan and Beefcake were once again victorious in what would be Zeus’s last match in the WWF. Lister’s final WWF appearance was a promotional spot for the 1990 Royal Rumble.[7][36]

World Wrestling Council (1990)[edit | edit source]

On July 7, 1990, Zeus fought Abdullah the Butcher in a double countout at a World Wrestling Council show in Puerto Rico.[37]

World Championship Wrestling (1996)[edit | edit source]

Lister spent March 1996 in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Z-Gangsta, as part of The Alliance to End Hulkamania, culminating in failure at Uncensored. He debuted the previous week with fellow actor/wrestler Robert Swenson,[38] who was billed as The Ultimate Solution.[9]

Legacy and awards[edit | edit source]

U.S. national shot put title with a mark of over 61 ft 8 in (18.8 m) and 1982 NCAA Division II National Shot Put Champion.[7][6][39]

The athletic department of Lister’s alma mater Cal State LA sponsors an annual track meet in his name.[40]

In 2016, he was nominated for the “Best Bad Mu#&a Award” at the All Def Movie Awards. In 2014 at the Orlando Urban Film Festival, he won “Best Star Spotlight” for his performance in No Weapon Formed Against Us.[41]

Personal life[edit | edit source]

Marriage[edit | edit source]

He was married to Felicia Forbes, formerly of Cape Town, where they married.[42]

They had one son, Thomas Duane Lister III.[43]

Cuisine

Lister was known on film and movie sets for his love of chicken caesar salad.[28]

Legal issues[edit | edit source]

On August 31, 2012, Lister agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to commit mortgage fraud, in a scheme that led to $3.8 million in losses.[6] He was charged with fraudulently buying homes in order to withdraw $1.1 million in home equity loans.[44] In April 2014, he was out on bail and was confident of avoiding prison. He stated, “What’s so cool about God and our government is that you can make a mistake and they will forgive you if you just a good person and doing right.”[6]

Health problems[edit | edit source]

By age 55, Lister had type 2 diabetes.[6]

Lister was diagnosed with COVID-19 around August 2020 and overcame the illness.[9] He became ill with symptoms similar to COVID-19 a second time in early December, exhibiting weakness and trouble breathing, which forced him to cancel shooting for a film.[45] His manager Cindy McGowen, who said it was not normal for him to miss filmings, became concerned and sent her assistant to his house to give him vitamins and antibiotics.[46]

Death[edit | edit source]

On December 10, 2020, police performing a wellness check found Lister dead in his home in Marina del Rey, California; he was 62 years old. The coroner’s office investigated his cause of death,[47] which was originally suspected to be from complications of COVID-19.[9][36][46][45][48] However, the final autopsy report revealed that the cause of death was hypertension and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.[49]

In a Twitter encomium, Ice Cube recalled Lister’s sense of humor: “RIP Tiny ‘Deebo’ Lister. America’s favorite bully was a born entertainer who would pop into character at the drop of a hat terrifying people on and off camera. Followed by a big smile and laugh … Thank you for being a good dude at heart. I miss you already.”[10]

In Wrestling[edit | edit source]

  • Nickname and Theme music
    • “The Human Wrecking Machine”

Championships and accomplishments[edit | edit source]

Filmography[edit | edit source]

Film[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role Notes
1985 Runaway Train Jackson
1986 8 Million Ways to Die Nose Guard
Blue City ‘Tiny’
Armed and Dangerous Bruno
Wired to Kill Sleet
1987 Warm Hearts, Cold Feet Mack ‘Truck’ Jones TV movie
Extreme Prejudice Monday
Beverly Hills Cop II Orvis
Prison Tiny
Glory Years Tony TV movie
1988 The Night Before Bartender
1989 No Holds Barred Zeus
Homer and Eddie Man in Bar with Gun
Midnight Security Guard
Think Big ‘Z’
Chameleons Luther TV movie
1990 Secret Agent 00 Soul –
1991 9 1/2 Ninjas! Cutter
Trabbi Goes to Hollywood Cubey
Talkin’ Dirty After Dark Bigg
1992 Universal Soldier GR86
The Boys Bodybuilder TV movie
Trespass Cletus
1993 Posse Obobo
The Meteor Man Digit
1994 Immortal Combat Yanagi
Men of War Blades
1995 Hologram Man Eightball Video
Don Juan DeMarco Rocco Compton
Friday Deebo
Things to Do in Denver When You’re Dead House
The Set-Up Leon
The Kangaroo Sadran
1996 A Thin Line Between Love and Hate Tyrone
Barb Wire Bouncer
Phat Beach Tiny
White Cargo Zeno
Street Corner Justice Angel Aikens
1997 Killer per caso Mobster #2
The Fifth Element President Lindberg
Below Utopia Tiny
Gang Related Cutlass Supreme
Hoover Park Q
Jackie Brown Winston
A Time to Revenge Corporal Hollis
1998 The Players Club XL
I Got the Hook Up T-Lay
Butter House
Judgment Day Brother Clarence Video
1999 Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies Tillaver Video
Supreme Sanction Lester TV movie
Stealth Fighter Berg
Shark in a Bottle The Recruiter
2000 Next Friday Deebo
Circus ‘Moose’
Little Nicky Cassius
The Cheapest Movie Ever Made Kevin
2001 The Duo ‘Tiny’ Lister Jr.
Vegas, City of Dreams Llord’s Security Chief
Out Kold Sweet
Soulkeeper Chad
The Wash Bear
2002 Austin Powers in Goldmember Prisoner #2
2003 Confidence Harlin
Keepin’ It Real A-Train Tranton
Love Chronicles Alfonso
Hellborn Smithy
2004 My Baby’s Daddy Drive By
Never Die Alone Rockie
Knocked the “F” Out –
A Night in Compton Rainmaker
Dracula 3000 Humvee
Slammed Bubba
El Padrino T-Bone
Hair Show Agent Little
Blast Smiley
Full Clip Bumaye
Choices 2 –
2005 County General Big Murder
Santa’s Slay Gas Station Attendant
The Rev Tiny TV movie
2006 Forbidden Fruits Jade Video
One Night with the King Hagai
The Still Life (2007 film) Art buyer
Who Made the Potatoe Salad? Mr. Monster
2007 Da Block Party 2 CJ’s Father Video
Vegas Vampires Andrew Johnson
Ascension Day Will Video
The Pink Conspiracy The Duke
The Grand German’s Bodyguard
Bone Dry Mitch
Lady Samurai Big Luther
2008 The Hustle Dog Thief
Terra Nova Sewing Dude
The Dark Knight Tattooed Prisoner
Monster Ark Sgt. Gentry TV movie
Block Party Madness Slim Video
Unemployed Big Dane
The Rimshop Duncan
Miss B’s Hair Salon Mr. Biggs
2009 Super Capers Sarge
Holy Water ‘SixPac’ Jordan
2010 First Dog Big Mike
The Lazarus Papers Tiny Delaney
Lean Like a Cholo Crazy Loc
Food Stamps Reggie The Mail Man
2011 The Sixth Priest Short
Hopelessly in June Pastor G
The Trap Door Jomo Video
Cornered Cpt. Williams
The Preacher’s Family Jackson Hines
2012 Noah Roaring Giant (voice)
We the Party ‘No Shame’
72 Hours with Empire Deebo Short
Beyond the Trophy Billy Thomas
Hillbilly Highway Wilbert
K-11 ‘Detroit’
Heaven’s Door Ben Wilson
Silent No More Blake
2013 White T Mad Rapper
Comedy of Errorz –
2014 Engage the Vision Deebo Short
Vultures in the Void Space Clown Short
2015 Tiny and the Optometrist Himself Short
American Justice Justice
The Amazing Wizard of Paws Diner Manager Video
The Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence) Inmate 178
The Whole World at Our Feet Louie
Tamales and Gumbo Uncle Mark
Death’s Door Jomo
If I Tell You I Have to Kill You Gabriel
No Weapon Formed Against Us Jackson Hines
2016 Woman Scorned Brandon Short
Zootopia Finnick (voice)
Hickey Henry
Beyond the Game Ezra
Of Sentimental Value Tee
Hauntsville Kaine
2017 2016 Rondo
Boone: The Bounty Hunter Man in TV Show
Busy Day Johnny Burns
2018 Fury of the Fist and the Golden Fleece Superfly
2019 Slasher Party Smiley Face
I Got the Hook Up 2 T-Lay
2020 She’s the One Carjacker
Hell Hole Martin
2021 Domino: Battle of the Bones Twelvespeed
Welcome to Our World Reggie The Mail Man
Money Is King Detective Willams Video
2022 The Allnighter Preston
Renegades Apollo

Television[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role Notes
1984 Webster Football Player Episode: “You Can’t Go Home Again”
1984-1987 1st & Ten Otis Recurring cast: season 1 & 4
1986 Matlock Johnny Mack Episode: “The Seduction”
1987 Perfect Strangers Leroy Episode: “Hello, Elaine”
1989 Hard Time on Planet Earth John Henry Episode: “The Hot Dog Man”
CBS Summer Playhouse – Episode: “B-Men”
Matlock Tiny Episode: “The Prisoner: Part 1 & 2”
1991 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air Tiny Episode: “72 Hours”
1993 Renegade Marvin Montgomery Episode: “The Champ”
Walker, Texas Ranger Hicks Episode: “Storm Warning”
In the Heat of the Night Tommy ‘T.K.’ Kendricks Episode: “Every Man’s Family”
1995 ER Patient Episode: “Feb 5, ’95”
Step by Step Security Guard Episode: “Where Have You Gone, Joe DiMaggio?”
The Parent ‘Hood Leroy Moland Episode: “The Bully Pulpit”
Martin Apollo Episode: “Housekeeper From Hell”
1996 NYPD Blue Bob Episode: “Burnin’ Love”
WCW Monday Nitro Z-Gangsta Episode: “Sullivan’s Secret Weapons”
Moesha Security Guard #2 Episode: “A Concerted Effort: Part 1”
1997 Malcolm & Eddie Zeus Episode: “Lockdown”
In the House Mono Episode: “Dial ‘M’ for Marion”
The Jamie Foxx Show Adam Episode: “I Do, I Didn’t”
Sparks Larry Episode: “Won’t You Be My Neighbor”
L.A. Heat A.K. Episode: “Rap Sheet”
USA High Tony Episode: “Mr. Tiffani”
1998 Damon Alfonse Episode: “My Brother’s So-Called Life”
2001 Nash Bridges Mr. Switch Episode: “Blood Bots” & “Cat Fight”
Enterprise Klaang Episode: “Broken Bow”
2005 All of Us Bandito Episode: “Creeping with the Enemy”
2007 Saul of the Mole Men John Henry Recurring cast
2008 Under One Roof Punkin Episode: “Release Therapy”
Chocolate News Otis ‘Lighting’ Jones Episode: “Episode #1.8”
2009 Nite Tales: The Series Wrestler Episode: “Trapped”
2010 Laugh Track Mash-ups Mr. Oppenheimer Episode: “Ralphie n’ Me”
2010-2013 Fish Hooks Mr. Mussels (voice) Recurring cast
2011 Regular Show Bobby (voice) Episode: “My Mom” & “See You There”
2012 FCU: Fact Checkers Unit Tiny Episode: “James Franco Is Preggers”
Key & Peele Driver Episode: “Episode #2.7”
Tiny Is My Girl Sophie Main cast
2013 NTSF:SD:SUV:: Dallas Episode: “TGI Murder”
The Rev Tiny Starr Main cast
2014 The Boondocks Filbert Slowlove (voice) Episode: “The New Black”
Taylor’d Problems Big T Episode: “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?”
Johnny Dynamo Mo Lotto Recurring cast: season 2
2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! Major Aikens Episode: “Simon Helberg Wears a Sky Blue Button Down Jeans”
Mann and Wife Lieutenant Marshall Main cast: season 1
On the Court King Cain Recurring cast
Da Jammies Additional Voices (voice) Episode: “Will the Real Dolla…” & “3:10”

Music videos[edit | edit source]

Year Song Title Artist
1986 “Man Size Love“ Klymaxx
1989 “Happy” The Boys
1992 “Remember the Time“ Michael Jackson
1995 “Friday“ Ice Cube
1996 “Santeria“ Sublime
1997 “Party Ain’t A Party” Queen Pen
“Luv 2 Luv Ya” Timbaland & Magoo
1999 “You Can Do It“ Ice Cube
2003 “Many Men (Wish Death)“ 50 Cent
2006 “Ridin’“ Chamillionaire feat. Krayzie Bone
2007 “Put your Locs on” Down AKA Kilo
2011 “My World“ Iggy Azalea
2012 “Good Girls, Bad Guys“ Falling In Reverse
“Show Love“ Chamillionaire feat. D.A.
2013 “So Blue“ Akon
2014 “Touchdown (Remix)” O.T. Genasis feat. Busta Rhymes and French Montana

Video games[edit | edit source]

Year Title Role Notes
2005 50 Cent: Bulletproof Big Rig/Gangbanger (voice)
2006 Scarface: The World Is Yours Rocky T. – Babylon Club Doorman (voice)
2023 WWE 2K23 Zeus

References[edit | edit source]

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