Tommy "Tiny" Lister
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Hardly diminutive, Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. has made his imposing presence felt in a multitude of films since the mid-'80s. Originally a professional wrestler nicknamed Zeus and Z-Gangsta, the 6' 5" 275 lb. Lister retired in 1985 to pursue an acting career. After making his movie debut in director Hal Ashby's final film 8 Million Ways to Die (1985), Lister spent the rest of the 1980s working primarily in A and B movies heavy on action, including Runaway Train (1985), Beverly Hills Cop II (1987), and Walter Hill's Extreme Prejudice (1987). Lister earned his first starring role playing his wrestling alter ego Zeus in the Hulk Hogan vehicle No Holds Barred (1989). Lister continued his run of B films in the early '90s, as well as appearing in Walter Hill's higher profile actioner Trespass (1992) with future co-star Ice Cube, and Jean-Claude Van Damme's Universal Soldier (1992). As the 1990s went on, Lister played roles in a more varied assortment of films, including the quirky Johnny Depp/Marlon Brando/Faye Dunaway romantic fantasy Don Juan DeMarco (1995) and the Quentin Tarantino-wannabe noir Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995). Lister got to act for Tarantino himself in Jackie Brown, as well as play the President in Luc Besson's The Fifth Element. Lister's 1990s career also benefited from the decade's surge in African-American filmmaking, beginning with his starring role in Mario Van Peebles' Western Posse (1993). Lister subsequently starred as neighborhood bully Deebo opposite Ice Cube in the sleeper hit comedy Friday (1995). After appearing in comedian Martin Lawrence's A Thin Line Between Love and Hate (1996), Lister played a supporting role in Ice Cube's directorial debut The Players Club (1998), and starred as a hood in Master P's I Got the Hook-Up (1998). Adding to his eclectic credits in 2000, Lister notched another hit reprising his role as Deebo in the sequel Next Friday (2000), and co-starred as one of Satan's sons in the Adam Sandler comedy Little Nicky (2000).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | I Got the Hook-Up 2 |
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— | 2019 |
No Score Yet | Sunday Morning Rapture |
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— | 2017 |
98% | Zootopia |
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$341.3M | 2016 |
17% | The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence) |
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$470 | 2015 |
No Score Yet | Friday 20th Anniversary |
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— | 2015 |
No Score Yet | Death's Door |
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— | 2015 |
No Score Yet | The Amazing Wizard Of Paws |
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— | 2014 |
No Score Yet | American Justice |
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— | 2014 |
20% | K-11 |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | White T |
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— | 2013 |
No Score Yet | Beyond The Trophy |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Highway (Hillbilly Highway) |
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— | 2012 |
28% | We the Party |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Silent No More |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Doorway to Heaven (Heaven's Door) |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | Hopelessly In June |
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— | 2012 |
No Score Yet | First Dog |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | The Trap Door |
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— | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Thorns from a Rose |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | The Lazarus Papers |
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— | 2010 |
7% | Holy Water |
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— | 2010 |
No Score Yet | Lean Like a Cholo (Perfect Sunday) (American Lowrider) |
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— | 2010 |
6% | Super Capers |
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— | 2009 |
64% | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa |
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$180M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Unemployed |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Monster Ark |
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— | 2008 |
94% | The Dark Knight |
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$533.4M | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Block Party Madness |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Nite Tales |
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— | 2008 |
No Score Yet | Bone Dry |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Miss B's Hair Salon |
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— | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Rim Shop |
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— | 2007 |
19% | One Night With the King |
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$13.4M | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Da Block Party 2 |
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— | 2006 |
No Score Yet | Knocked the |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Blast! |
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— | 2005 |
No Score Yet | Forbidden Fruits |
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— | 2005 |
17% | Hair Show |
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$0.3M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Dracula 3000 |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | A Night in Compton |
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— | 2004 |
26% | Never Die Alone |
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$5.6M | 2004 |
4% | My Baby's Daddy |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | El Padrino |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Choices 2 |
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— | 2004 |
No Score Yet | Vegas Vampires |
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— | 2004 |
69% | Confidence |
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$12.2M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Asylum of the Damned |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Slammed! |
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— | 2001 |
8% | The Wash |
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$9.8M | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Out Kold |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | The Duo! |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Soulkeeper |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Keepin' It Real |
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— | 2001 |
22% | Little Nicky |
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$38.6M | 2000 |
9% | Circus |
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— | 2000 |
21% | Next Friday |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Supreme Sanction |
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— | 1999 |
9% | Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies |
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— | 1999 |
17% | I Got The Hook-Up |
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— | 1998 |
31% | The Players Club |
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— | 1998 |
87% | Jackie Brown |
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— | 1997 |
53% | Gang Related |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Body Count |
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— | 1997 |
71% | The Fifth Element |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | Street Corner Justice |
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— | 1996 |
No Score Yet | Phat Beach |
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— | 1996 |
27% | Barb Wire |
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— | 1996 |
12% | A Thin Line Between Love and Hate |
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— | 1996 |
33% | Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | The Set Up |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Hologram Man |
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— | 1995 |
78% | Friday |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Secret Agent 00 Soul |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Men of War |
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— | 1994 |
No Score Yet | Immortal Combat |
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— | 1993 |
25% | The Meteor Man |
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— | 1993 |
33% | Posse |
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— | 1993 |
35% | Universal Soldier |
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— | 1992 |
69% | Trespass |
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— | 1992 |
No Score Yet | Driving Me Crazy |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Talkin' Dirty After Dark |
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— | 1991 |
No Score Yet | Think Big |
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— | 1990 |
No Score Yet | 9 1/2 Ninjas! |
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— | 1990 |
0% | Homer & Eddie |
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— | 1989 |
10% | No Holds Barred |
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— | 1989 |
40% | Prison |
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— | 1988 |
No Score Yet | The Night Before |
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— | 1988 |
47% | Beverly Hills Cop II |
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— | 1987 |
70% | Extreme Prejudice |
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— | 1987 |
No Score Yet | Wired To Kill |
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— | 1986 |
10% | Armed and Dangerous |
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— | 1986 |
No Score Yet | Blue City |
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— | 1986 |
0% | 8 Million Ways To Die |
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$1.4M | 1986 |
86% | Runaway Train |
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— | 1985 |
88% | Hollywood Shuffle |
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— | 1982 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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Malcolm & Eddie
1996-2000
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No Score Yet |
The Jamie Foxx Show
1996-2001
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No Score Yet |
ER
1994-2009
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No Score Yet |
In the Heat of the Night
1988-1995
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No Score Yet |
Walker, Texas Ranger
1993-2001
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No Score Yet |
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
1990-1996
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No Score Yet |
Matlock
1986-1995
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No Score Yet |
Regular Show
2010-2018
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Quotes from Tommy "Tiny" Lister's Characters
Finnick: | You kiss me tomorrow, I'll bite your face off! |
Nick Wilde: | Flash, flash, a hundred yard dash. |
President Lindberg: | You have 20 seconds.... |
Deebo: | THAT'S MY BIKE, PUNK! |
Deebo: | THAT'S MY BIKE, PUNK! |
Deebo: | That's my bike, punk! |