Thomas Lister junior
Thomas Duane " Tiny " Lister junior (born June 24, 1958 in Compton , California - † December 10, 2020 in Marina del Rey , California) was an American actor and wrestler .
Life
Lister was 1.96 m tall and weighed around 135 kg, which gave the characters he embodied a strong presence. He was blind in his right eye from birth, which in most films was masked by contact lenses and trick technology.
He was best known for his role as Deebo in the Friday films with Ice Cube and Chris Tucker and as President Lindberg in Luc Besson's The Fifth Element .
In 1989, after a role in The Hammer , he got into the ring as a wrestler and feuded there with Hulk Hogan , without being allowed to defeat him. Then he turned back to his film career. In 1995 he surprisingly reappeared as a wrestler under the name Ze Gangsta : In the WCW , as a member of the Dungeon of Doom, he faced Hogan again in order to defeat him again. Then he turned his back on wrestling and devoted himself only to his acting career. From 1984 until his death, Lister starred in around 200 film and television productions.
In August 2012, Lister was charged with fraud ; he is said to have embezzled a total of around 3.8 million US dollars with five accomplices. He confessed in court and escaped prison sentence.
Lister initially survived a COVID-19 infection in 2020 , but suffered increased breathing problems in the days before his death at the age of 62.
Filmography (selection)
- 1985: Runaway Train
- 1986: 8 Million Ways to Die
- 1986: Two under full steam (Armed and Dangerous)
- 1986–89: Matlock (TV series, 3 episodes)
- 1987: Extinguished (Extreme Prejudice)
- 1987: Beverly Hills Cop II
- 1988: An Excellent Adventure Night (The Night Before)
- 1988: Prison - Return from Hell (Prison)
- 1989: The Hammer (No Holds Barred)
- 1991: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ( The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air , TV series, episode 1x23 72 hours )
- 1992: Trespass
- 1992: Trabbi goes to Hollywood (Driving Me Crazy)
- 1992: Universal Soldier
- 1993: Posse - The Revenge of Jessie Lee (Posse)
- 1993: Meteor Man (The Meteor Man)
- 1994: Men of War
- 1995: Friday
- 1995: Don Juan DeMarco
- 1996: Barb Wire
- 1996: Street Corner Justice
- 1997: The fifth element (Le Cinquième Élément)
- 1997: Jackie Brown
- 1998: I got the hook up
- 1999: Wishmaster 2 : Evil Never Dies
- 1999: Judgment Day - Doomsday (Judgment Day)
- 2000: Next Friday
- 2000: Little Nicky - Satan Junior (Little Nicky)
- 2001: The Wash
- 2001: Soulkeeper
- 2002: Austin Powers in Goldmember (Austin Powers in Goldmember)
- 2003: Confidence
- 2004: Dracula 3000
- 2004: El Padrino
- 2005: Santa's Slay - Bloody Christmas (Santa's Slay)
- 2006: One Night with the King (One Night with the King)
- 2008: The Dark Knight
- 2008: On the hunt for the Monster Ark (Monster Ark)
- 2010: First Dog - Back Home (First Dog)
- 2012: K-11 - The Prison (K-11)
- 2014: The Human Centipede III (Final Sequence)
- 2015: American Justice
- 2016: Zoomania ( Zootopia , voice)
Web links
- Tiny Lister Jr. website ( February 10, 2018 memento on Internet Archive )
- Tiny Lister in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, who played Deebo in 'Friday,' dies. In: apnews.com. December 11, 2020, accessed December 11, 2020 (American English).
- ↑ Thomas Golianopoulos: Say Hello to the Bad Guy. In: grantland.com. May 29, 2014. Retrieved December 11, 2020 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lister, Thomas junior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lister, Tom junior; Lister, Tom Duane; Lister, Tiny |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 24, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Compton , California , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 2020 |
| Place of death | Marina del Rey , California , United States |