Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Jr.

Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, Jr. was an American actor, former wrestler, voice artist, and comedian who portrayed Klaang in the first season episode . He was the second World Wrestling Entertainment superstar to appear on Star Trek, having been preceded by The Rock and followed by Big Show.
Lister filmed some of his scenes on location in Bakersfield, California on and . Two costumes worn by him were sold off on the It's A Wrap! sale and auction on eBay. 
Lister was best known for his role as Deebo in Friday and Next Friday. He was also known for his role as President Lindberg in The Fifth Element, which co-starred Sonita Henry as his character's aide. In addition, he had major supporting roles in such films as The Set Up (1995, co-starring Mark Rolston), Jackie Brown (1997, with Denise Crosby), and Little Nicky (2000, with Clint Howard); in the latter, he portrayed one of the evil brothers of the titular character. Lister briefly performed as a professional wrestler under the ring name Zeus after the character he portrayed in ' (1989, with David Paymer).
He made his film debut in (1985, co-starring John Bloom, Loren Janes, and Don Pugsley. His other motion picture credits during the 1980s included (1986, with Vyto Ruginis, Rosalind Ingledew, and Victor Rivers), Blue City (1986, with Paul Winfield, David L. Crowley, Allan Graf, and Paddi Edwards), Armed and Dangerous (1986, with Jonathan Banks and Nicholas Worth), Extreme Prejudice (1987, with Clancy Brown and Jimmy Ortega), (1987, with Ronny Cox, Darryl Henriques, John Hostetter, Stephen Liska, Paul Guilfoyle, Dean Stockwell and Valerie Wildman), and The Night Before (1988, with Wren T. Brown and Jimmie F. Skaggs). 
In the 1990s, he was seen in such films as (1992, with Leon Rippy and Lilyan Chauvin), (1992, with William Sadler), (1993, with Salli Elise Richardson and Robert Hooks), The Meteor Man (1993, with Frank Gorshin, Wallace Shawn, and Deborah Lacey), Hologram Man (1995, with Derek McGrath), Don Juan DeMarco (1995, with Franc Luz), and (1995, with Christopher Lloyd and Bill Cobbs). Later film credits include (2002, also with Clint Howard), (2003, with Leland Orser), Never Die Alone (2004, with stunts by Damion Poitier and coordination by Henry Kingi, Jr.), (2006, with John Rhys-Davies), and The Dark Knight (2008, with Rick Avery, Andrew Bicknell, Danny Goldring, and Keith Szarabajka, and featuring production design by Nathan Crowley).
Lister performed the voice of Finnick in Zootopia (also with Idris Elba). He also appeared in the music video for 's hit "."
After being found unresponsive in his Los Angeles apartment, Lister died on 10 December 2020. 
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