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Tommy "Tiny" Lister (born Thomas Lister, Jr.; June 24, 1958) is an American character actor and retired professional wrestler known for his roles as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the film ''Friday'' and its sequels, and as President Lindberg in ''The Fifth Element''. He also had a short-lived professional wrestling career, wrestling Hulk Hogan in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) and World Championship Wrestling (WCW) after appearing as Zeus in Hogan's movie ''No Holds Barred''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tommy "Tiny" Lister, Jr.'s Profile )〕 Lister is blind in his right eye. Lister has had numerous guest appearances in TV series, including playing Klaang (the first Klingon ever to make contact with humans) 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 had short appearences 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". ==Acting career== Lister is best known as Deebo from ''Friday''. Deebo was the neighborhood bully and antagonist for Ice Cube's character, Craig Jones. He reprised the role in the film's sequel, ''Next Friday'', but did not appear in the third film of the series, ''Friday After Next''. Lister was also featured in ''The Fifth Element'' as the cool-headed Galactic President, a departure from his usual thug characters. ''The Fifth Element'' also featured Lister's ''Friday'' co-star Chris Tucker, although their characters never interact in the film. He appeared in the Adam Sandler film ''Little Nicky'' as Nicky's older brother Cassius. Lister was the main police officer in Chamillionaire's "Ridin'" video, and reprised his role as a police officer in Chamillionaire's 2012 single ''Show Love''. He has also appeared in the Ice Cube videos for "Friday" (from the ''Friday'' soundtrack) and "You Can Do It" (from the ''Next Friday'' soundtrack). Lister appeared via both original footage and film clips from the movie. He was also in the videos for Young Bleed's "How You Do Dat"; French Montana's "I Told 'Em" and 50 Cent's "Many Men". Lister also portrayed Sancho in the Sublime music video "Santeria". In the Quentin Tarantino film ''Jackie Brown'', he played bail agent Winston, who "finds people who don't want to be found". He briefly appears in ''The Dark Knight'' as an honorable convict caught in one of the Joker's schemes. Lister recently appeared in a Coors Light commercial with his ''Friday'' co-star Ice Cube, as part of Ice Cube's continued role of challenging a can or bottle of beer to be "colder" than him. The commercial saw Lister try to intimidate a bottle by cracking his knuckles at it while glaring menacingly, then get "snowed on" by an aluminum pint bottle after Ice Cube ducked out of the way. In 2013, Lister appeared in ads for Texas attorney Brian Loncar as well as Louisville, Ky., attorney Daryl Issacs, playing the role of the owner of "Deebo Insurance" company. The latter advertisement includes the slogan "don't get Deebo'd by the other insurance company, call me...". As of 2015, Lister is filming ''Busy Day'' in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The film is produced by Tamas Nadas.〔http://www.busydayproductions.us/cast〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tom Lister, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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