Tom Lister Jr. Biography

Fast Facts

• He and his wife, Felicia Forbes, tour the United States speaking at church functions around the country, urging troubled youth to try religion
• He won the 1982 NCAA Division II National Shot Put Championship while he attended California State University Los Angeles
• Quote: "(On going into crime-ridden neighborhoods to speak to at-risk youth without protection) "The blood of Jesus protects me․""
• One of his most memorable roles was that of Galactic President Lindberg in the 1997 film "The Fifth Element․"
• He appeared in the first two films of Ice Cube's "Friday" trilogy as Deebo, the neighborhood bully
• In 1989 he appeared in the wrestling movie "No Holds Barred" as wrestler Zeus and then joined the World Wrestling Federation, billing himself as "Zeus, the Human Wrecking Machine" and fighting Hulk Hogan in a series of matches
• His first feature film appearance came in 1986's "8 Million Ways to Die․"