Actors - Tom Lister, Jr.

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Tom "Tiny" Lister Jr. is an actor and former professional wrestler.

Lister first rose to fame in the 1989 wrestling movie No Holds Barred
, which co-starred Hulk Hogan. Lister's role was Zeus, an unfazable monster heel who brutally beat his opponents into submission. Hogan's character is able to defeat Zeus in the film.

He has had numerous guest appearances in TV series, including playing "Klaang" in the pilot episode of Star Trek: Enterprise. He is best known however as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the series of Friday movies in 1995 and 2000.

Wrestling career

"No Holds Barred" inspired a feud in the World Wrestling Federation ring during the latter half of 1989. Lister was billed as Zeus, and used the same "unfazable monster heel" gimmick in his matches – by no selling his opponent's more lethal moves – as he trounced jobbers in matches across the country.

Zeus' one vulnerable area – which opponents like Hogan eventually figured out – was his eyes. The opponents would poke his eyes and then get the upper hand vs. Zeus.

Eventually, Zeus demanded a series of matches against Hogan, citing "jealousy" for being billed under Hogan. Hogan, however, was able to defeat Zeus rather easily in a series of tag-team matches; usually, Zeus' partner was either Randy "Macho Man" Savage or "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase, with Hogan teaming with Brutus "the Barber" Beefcake. It wasn't long before Zeus (and Lister as well) departed from the WWF.

Lister also spent a short time in the WCW as "Ze Gangsta" as part of "The Alliance To End Hulkamania" during the mid-1990s. Lister's WCW career was equally as short-lived as his WWF run.

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