Thomas  " Tiny "  Lister Jr.  (June 24, 1958 – December 10, 2020) was 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 . He had two short  professional wrestling  stints, wrestling  Hulk Hogan  in the  World Wrestling Federation (WWF) after appearing as  Zeus  in the 1989 movie  No Holds Barred  and resuming the feud as  Z-Gangsta  in 1996 for  World Championship Wrestling  (WCW). [1]  He was  blind  in his right eye.