Tommy Lister

Who is Tommy Lister?

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 and his role as President Lindberg in The Fifth Element. He also had a short-lived professional wrestling career, wrestling Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling 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".