Tommy "Tiny" Lister is an American character actor and former wrestler known for his role as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the Friday trilogy series of movies. He also had a short-lived professional wrestling career, wrestling Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation after appearing as "Zeus" in Hogan's movie No Holds Barred. Lister is blind in his right eye. Lister has had numerous guest appearances in TV series, including playing Klaang in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. He also co-starred in a two-part episode of the courtroom series Matlock as Mr. Matlock's in-prison... bodyguard. Lister performed a cameo as a prisoner in The Dark Knight as well as Austin Powers in Goldmember in the Hard Knock Life spoof. He also appeared as "Sancho" in the music video for Sublime's song "Santeria", and in the video for Michael Jackson's song "Remember the Time". Lister is best known as Zeus from "No Holds Barred." He reprised his "Friday" role of "Deebo" for its sequel Next Friday.
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