In 2012, documents showed that Lister had become a cooperating witness with the FBI after he pleaded guilty in a multi-million-dollar mortgage fraud scheme. Lister attended Palomar Junior College before transferring to Long Beach City College for his sophomore year. In Australia, the show premiered in July 2009 on the FOX8 channel. Lister was the 1982 NCAA Division II National Shot Put Champion. He previously wrestled for World Championship Wrestling (WCW) and World Wrestling Federation. Thomas "Tiny" Lister Jr. (born June 24, 1958) is an American character actor and occasional professional wrestler known for his roles as the neighborhood bully Deebo in the 1995 film Friday and its 2000 sequel and as President Lindberg in The Fifth Element . Powered by. Roy Wayne Farris, better known by the ring name The Honky Tonk Man, is an American retired professional wrestler. READ NEXT: Teenage Porn Star Controversy Rocks California High School, Tom ‘Tiny’ Lister Jr. aka Deebo Is Not Dead, Copyright © 2020 Heavy, Inc. All rights reserved. [3] He was cut after two exhibition games, and opted to pursue acting instead. [8], On August 31, 2012, Lister agreed to plead guilty to conspiring to commit mortgage fraud, in a scheme that led to $3.8 million in losses. Listed #500 in Pro Wrestling Illustrated's Top 500 wrestlers in the world in 1991. He did, however, appear in Cube's director debut The Players Club. Lister's final WWF appearance was a promotional spot for the 1990 Royal Rumble. That Instagram account makes no reference to Lister’s “death.” In that Instagram bio, Lister refers to himself as a “Man of God & highly accomplished actor from Compton, CA. [5] Lister had a supporting role in the 2016 Disney animated movie Zootopia as the voice of the diminutive fennec fox, Finnick. He has been named as one of the best technical wrestlers, and greatest villains, in pro wrestling history. [3] He was charged with fraudulently buying homes in order to withdraw $1.1 million in home equity loans. The two teams faced off at the 1989 SummerSlam event in a tag team match which saw Hogan and Beefcake prevail as the victors, with Hogan pinning Zeus. He is best recalled by mainstream audiences for his time in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he wrestled as "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase. Theodore Marvin DiBiase Sr. is an American retired professional wrestler, manager, ordained minister and color commentator. He has commonly been listed as 6' 7", even though he is 6'5" especially back in his wrestling days. Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Zeus: SummerSlam 1989. It took place on March 27, 1988, at the Historic Atlantic City Convention Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Lust and jealousy surrounding her led to the team's demise and subsequent feud. The film is produced by the World Wrestling Federation under a "Shane Distribution Company" copyright and was released by New Line Cinema on June 2, 1989. His wrestling exploits can be seen on Summerslam (1989), Survivor Series (1989) and WWF Superstars (1986).However, unlike many musclebound athletic types, "Tiny" Lister is a reasonable actor, and he has managed to notch up appearances in over 80 movies, expanding upon his original "fierce bodyguard" roles to now include comedic and rather quirky performances in films such as Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead (1995), the African-American western Posse (1993), as the Federated Territories President in the science fiction epic The Fifth Element (1997), the cult comedy Friday (1995) and its sequel, Next Friday (2000).Lister has also recently appeared on screen with Adam Sandler in Little Nicky (2000), and with Mike Myers in Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002), plus he's been seen in a slew of B-horror films including Soulkeeper (2001), Hellborn (2003) and Dracula 3000 (2004).

No Holds Barred inspired a feud in the WWF during the latter half of 1989. It took place on Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 1989, at the Rosemont Horizon in Rosemont, Illinois. After the Survivor Series, the feud between Hulk Hogan and Brutus Beefcake versus Randy Savage and Zeus ended with a steel cage match on December 27, 1989 at the No Holds Barred pay-per-view event.

Citing jealousy for being billed under Hogan and anger over losing to Hogan in the movie, Zeus now wanted to beat him in "real life". At the event, the team of The Hulkamaniacs (Hulk Hogan, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, and Demolition) faced The Million Dollar Team (Ted DiBiase, Zeus, and the Powers of Pain).

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If you ever want a 6' 5", musclebound, broad-shouldered, shaved-head actor to play a terrifying bodyguard, a soldier of fortune or a fearsome gangster, then Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. is the man you want.

She died as a result of an acute toxicity on May 1, 2003 in the home she shared with wrestler Lex Luger.

[1] He is blind in his right eye. Lister was accused of smacking his girlfriend’s phone out of her hands. Lister also spent a short time in World Championship Wrestling (WCW) as Z-Gangsta, as part of The Alliance to End Hulkamania in March 1996, culminating at Uncensored. Motivational speaker to the youth.”, Hulk Hogan and Brutus "The Barber" Beefcake vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage and Zeus: SummerSlam 1989Hulk Hogan teams up with Brutus Beefcake against Randy Savage and Zeus at Meadowlands Arena on August 28, 1989 in a showdown between the stars of the 1989 film "No Holds Barred." Thomas Duane Lister Jr. Nicknames: Zeus The Human Wrecking Machine Tiny : Height: 6' 5" (1.96 m) Mini Bio (2) If you ever want a 6' 5", musclebound, broad-shouldered, shaved-head actor to play a terrifying bodyguard, a soldier of fortune or a fearsome gangster, then Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr. is the man you want. Zeus was eliminated from the match via disqualification after refusing to break a chokehold on Hogan and shoving the referee away. In addition they had a feud with the Mega-Maniacs. I like John Henry. Lister was born in Compton, California, on June 24, 1958. He was 61.” There is no evidence that this is the case.