Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.Filmography

The Dark Knight

Actors: Christian Bale, Heath Ledger, Aaron Eckhart, Michael Caine, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gary Oldman, Morgan Freeman

Synopsis: Christopher Nolan steps back into the director's chair for this sequel to Batman Begins, which finds the titular superhero coming face to face with his greatest nemesis -- the dreaded Joker. Christian Bale returns to the role of Batman, Maggie Gyllenhaal takes over the role of Rachel Dawes (played Read More

Block Party Madness

Synopsis: AJ and Trip hold out hope that the third time's a charm as the hit Block Party series continues in this sequel featuring appearances by Tommy "Tiny" Lister and Clifton Powell. For two years straight, AJ and Trip have schemed to throw the hottest block party of the summer, and this year they're Read More

Bone Dry

Actors: Lance Henriksen, Luke Goss, Dee Wallace, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Carl Buffington, Jennifer Siebel

Synopsis: Luke Goss and Lance Henrikson star in first time writer/producer/director Brett A. Hart's unforgiving tale of a vengeance pitting a mysterious man with a dark past against a sadistic tormentor intent on pushing his prey to the limits of human endurance. Eddie (Goss) is a family man who had just Read More

Rim Shop

Actors: Clifton Powell, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Maia Campbell, Mr. Magic

Synopsis: The new owner of a modest rim shop attempts to come up with some quick cash when a loan shark from his past turns up demanding payment for an old debt in this comedy starring Clifton Powell and Tommy "Tiny" Lister. Business is booming for Joe Joe, but just as the money starts rolling in, an Read More

Unemployed

Actors: Godfrey, James C. Leary, Demetrius Navarro, Roberto Sanchez, Dale Stelly

Synopsis: Two out-of-work do their best to find a job and make the rent in this comedy starring Godfrey and James Leary, and featuring Tiny Lister. It's been well over a decade since Jamal and Dex hit the audition circuit in search of that career-boosting breakthrough role, and neither has managed to land Read More

One Night With the King

Actors: Tiffany DuPont, Luke Goss, John Rhys-Davies, John Noble

Synopsis: When a beautiful young slave girl learns that her people are about to fall victim to a horrible act of genocide, she will be forced to choose between realizing her wildest dreams or stepping into the pages of history to embrace her destiny in an epic tale of one young girl who rises from peasant Read More

Blast

Actors: Eddie Griffin, Breckin Meyer, Vinnie Jones, Vivica A. Fox

Synopsis: When a threatening gang of terrorists hijack an oil rig off the coast of California, it's up to a former Navy Seal to ensure that their deadly plan is thwarted in this explosive action entry from veteran genre specialist Anthony Hickox. When Lamont Dixon (Eddie Griffin) took a job as a tugboat Read More

Hair Show

Actors: Mo'nique, Kellita Smith, Gina Torres, David Ramsey, Taraji P. Henson

Synopsis: Blood may be thicker than water, but it doesn't hold a candle to hairspray, as we learn in this urban comedy. Angela (Kellita Smith) is a successful hairdresser who operates her own salon based in Los Angeles. One day, Angela gets an unexpected visit from her sister Peaches (Mo'Nique), who runs a Read More

Never Die Alone

Actors: DMX, David Arquette, Michael Ealy, Clifton Powell, Reagan Gomez-Preston

Synopsis: From a script from first-time scribe James Gibson comes this filmed adaptation of ex-gangster Donald Goines' 1974 novel Never Die Alone. Directed by Ernest R. Dickerson (Juice, Bones), the films stars David Arquette as Paul Pawlowski, a reporter who takes an interest in gang kingpin King David Read More

My Baby's Daddy

Actors: Eddie Griffin, Anthony Anderson, Michael Imperioli, Method Man, John Amos

Synopsis: Three lazy pals find they're facing fatherhood simultaneously in this light-hearted comedy co-written by star Eddie Griffin. Lonnie (Griffin), G. (Anthony Anderson), and Dominick (Michael Imperioli) live stress-free lives with Lonnie's trash-talking Uncle Virgil (John Amos). But when all three Read More

Vegas Vampires

Synopsis: Sin City becomes the sight of a horrific vampire plague when a gang of vicious bloodsuckers descend upon the gambling paradise and soak the dry desert sand with warm wet blood in director Fred Williamson's two-fanged shocker. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

Dracula.3000

Synopsis: The undead discover a new home in the far reaches of space in this blend of science fiction, action, and horror. In the year 3000 A.D., the crew of a commercial space freighter happens upon the wreckage of the Demeter, a massive space ship that has been missing for nearly a century. Aware Read More

Confidence

Actors: Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman, Paul Giamatti

Synopsis: James Foley directs the slick crime caper Confidence, written by first-time screenwriter Doug Jung. Told in flashback, smooth-talking con man Jake Vig (Edward Burns) relates an elaborate scheme orchestrated by his gang :Gordo (Paul Giamatti), Miles (Brian Van Holt), and Big Al (Louis Lombardi). Read More

The Wash

Actors: Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, George Wallace, Angell Conwell, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.

Synopsis: This throwback to the frolicsome comedies of the 1970s is from writer/director D.J. Pooh, creator of Friday (1995) and 3 Strikes (2000). Dr. Dre stars as Sean, who's financially strapped and on the verge of losing his home and his car until his roommate Dee Loc Snoop Dogg suggests he join him as Read More

Keepin' It Real

Synopsis: Brian Cox directs the urban comedy Keepin' It Real. Rap star Kurupt appears as hip-hop wannabe Raw-D, who convinces his girlfriend, Joslyn (Portia Realer), to steal a recording from her father, a big music industry producer. Taking a turn toward road movie, Joslyn has to drive out to deliver the Read More

Out Kold

Actors: Ice-T, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.

Synopsis: Two legends of old-school hip-hop -- Ice-T and Kool Moe Dee -- star in this hard-edged urban drama. Slim is a boxer whose days in the ring are over; he's too old and too slow to be a contender any more, but he's too young and too broke to retire. Desperate for a new job, Slim is hired by a pimp to Read More

The Duo!

Actors: Bill Wise, Ryan Wickerham

Synopsis: This independent feature from director Tony Hewett brings together filmmakers and actors based in Austin, TX. Set in the suburbs, The Duo is about two bumbling superheroes trying to fight bad guys. Calling themselves the Terrific Two, the comic book-inspired crimefighters consist of Best Man (Bill Wise Read More

Soulkeeper

Actors: Rod Rowland, Kevin Patrick Walls, Karen Black, Robert Davi, Michael Ironside

Synopsis: A pair of minor league crooks discover they're playing way out of their league when they have to face off against a legion of supernatural beasts in this tongue-in-cheek horror opus. Two low-level thieves think they've discovered a big score when they manage to steal a rare and ancient artifact Read More

Little Nicky

Actors: Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Rhys Ifans, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.

Synopsis: The youngest child of the family often has the most problems -- so why should things be different for the Prince of Darkness and his offspring? Satan (Harvey Keitel) is considering retirement, and is pondering which of his sons should take over the family business -- ambitious Adrian (Rhys Ifans) Read More

Circus

Actors: Lucy Akhurst, Christopher Biggins, Amanda Donohoe, John Hannah, Eddie Izzard, Famke Janssen, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Peter Stormare, Fred Ward

Synopsis: A confidence man discovers too late that he's on the other end of a dangerous scam in this tense thriller from England. Leo Garfield (John Hannah) is a small-time gambler and con artist who is eager to get out of the business. Bruno (Brian Conley), a brutal underworld leader, wants Leo to manage Read More

Next Friday

Actors: Ice Cube, Mike Epps, Justin Pierce, John Witherspoon, Don "DC" Curry

Synopsis: In this sequel to the urban comedy Friday, rap music star Ice Cube returns as Craig Jones, a streetwise man from South Central Los Angeles who has a knack for getting into trouble. This time out, Craig is still trying to outsmart neighborhood bully Debo (Tommy "Tiny" Lister Jr.); after Craig gets Read More

I Got The Hook-Up

Actors: Master P, A.J. Johnson, Gretchen Palmer, Frantz Turner, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.

Synopsis: Recording star and rapper Master P is the executive producer, screenwriter, and co-star (with A.J. Johnson of The Players Club) of this comedy about two South Central Los Angeles scam artists operating a business in a vacant lot. Working out of their van, Black (Master P) and Blue (Johnson) deal Read More

The Players Club

Actors: LisaRaye, Bernie Mac, Monica Calhoun, A.J. Johnson, Ice Cube

Synopsis: Rapper/ actor Ice Cube directed this urban comedy-drama about African-American single mother Diana (Lisa Raye), who aims for a career as a broadcast journalist. To finance her education, she works as a stripper at the raucous Players Club, run by hustler Dollar Bill (Bernie Mac). When naive Ebony (Monica Calhoun Read More

Supreme Sanction

Actors: Kristy Swanson, Michael Madsen, David Dukes, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Donald Faison

Synopsis: A hired killer (Kristy Swanson) joins forces with one of her targets after seeing him with his son, but while this saves one man's life, it also means the one-time killer is now a hunted woman, with operatives of a classified government agency hot on her trail. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide Read More

Jackie Brown

Actors: Pam Grier, Samuel L. Jackson, Robert Forster, Bridget Fonda, Michael Keaton, Robert De Niro

Synopsis: Quentin Tarantino wrote and directed this adaptation of Elmore Leonard's 1995 Rum Punch, switching the action from Miami to LA, and altering the central character from white to black. Ruthless arms dealer Ordell Robbie (Samuel L. Jackson), who lives with perpetually stoned beach-babe Melanie (Bridget Fonda Read More

The Fifth Element

Actors: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Ian Holm, Gary Oldman, Chris Tucker, Luke Perry

Synopsis: Good and evil battle for the future of 23rd century Earth in this visually striking big-budget science fiction epic. In the movie's prologue, which is set in 1914, scientists gather in Egypt at the site of an event that transpired centuries earlier. Aliens, it seemed, arrived to collect four Read More

Body Count

Actors: Justin Theroux, Alyssa Milano, Ice-T, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.

Synopsis: Daniel Simpson (Justin Theroux) is headed to the home of his wealthy family to celebrate Thanksgiving, with his girlfriend Suzanne (Alyssa Milano) at his side, but Daniel is not looking forward to the holiday. He's long felt like an outcast in his family, and his staunchly conservative parents Read More

Phat Beach

Actors: Jermaine Hopkins, Brian Hooks, Gregg Vance, Claudia Kaleem, Eric Fleeks

Synopsis: During a glorious Southern California summer, high school student Benny King (Jermaine "Huggy" Hopkins) is doing time flipping burgers. Benny's father wants him to learn the work ethic, rather than have him sit around the house all summer, dreaming and writing. It's not surprising, then, that when Read More

A Thin Line Between Love and Hate

Actors: Martin Lawrence, Lynn Whitfield, Regina King, Bobby Brown, Della Reese

Synopsis: Writer-director Martin Lawrence billed this comic drama as his own version of the film Fatal Attraction (1987). Lawrence stars as Darnell, a hopeless male chauvinist. Darnell is a crude-but-smooth talker and lady's man who doesn't take no for an answer. He works for a nightclub called Chocolate Read More

Barb Wire

Actors: Pamela Anderson, Temuera Morrison, Victoria Rowell, Jack Noseworthy, Xander Berkeley

Synopsis: Set in the year 2017, Barb Wire takes place after democracy has fallen and a fascist military junta has taken over the U.S. government, plotting to wipe out the country with Red Ribbon, a laboratory-manufactured disease derived from the AIDS virus. The entire test city of Topeka has been Read More

Street Corner Justice

Actors: Marc Singer, Steve Railsback, Kim Lankford, Willie Gee, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr.

Synopsis: In this exciting actioner, maverick ex-Philadelphia cop Mike "Street" Justus lands in Southern California, rounds up a gang of ex-cons who owe him favors and violently purges a Los Angeles suburb of the hard-core crooks who plague it. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Things to Do in Denver When You're Dead

Actors: Don Cheadle, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Jenny McCarthy, Andy Garcia, Christopher Lloyd, William Forsythe, Bill Nunn, Treat Williams

Synopsis: In the mode of Quentin Tarantino, this film, directed by Gary Fleder from a script by Scott Rosenberg, concerns itself with hip, smart gangsters. The film is set in Denver, and the title comes from a Warren Zevon song. A retired, good-hearted gangster named Jimmy the Saint (Andy Garcia) runs a Read More

ER: February Fifth, 1995

Synopsis: Morganstern (William H. Macy) offers Greene (Anthony Edwards) a permanent position as attending physician -- prompting an unexpected response from Greene's wife, Jenn (Christine Harnos). Elsewhere, a woman with breast cancer demands that she be given a painless death in the ER, while Carol (Julianna Margulies Read More

Hologram Man

Actors: Joe Lara, Evan Lurie, William Sanderson, John Amos, Michael Nouri

Synopsis: In this sci-fi horror outing a terrorist turns into an unstoppable mass of electromagnetic energy after an attempted prison break goes horribly awry. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Friday

Actors: Ice Cube, Chris Tucker, Nia Long, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., John Witherspoon

Synopsis: Hard-core rapper Ice Cube, after appearing in such hard-hitting films as Boyz 'N the Hood and Higher Learning, played his first comic role in this picture he co-wrote with frequent musical collaborator DJ Pooh. Craig (Ice Cube) manages to get fired on his day off (though he claims it's through no Read More

Don Juan DeMarco

Actors: Marlon Brando, Johnny Depp, Faye Dunaway, Géraldine Pailhas, Bob Dishy

Synopsis: A psychiatrist treats a most unusual patient, only to find that the doctor is the one who gains the most from their sessions in this philosophical romantic comedy. A young man in a mask and cape (played by Johnny Depp) is standing atop a billboard, threatening to jump. When the potential suicide Read More

Immortal Combat

Actors: Roddy Piper, Sonny Chiba, Meg Foster, Deron McBee, Kim Morgan Greene

Synopsis: Careful, parents: this one's Immortal Combat, not Mortal Kombat. And it's R-rated, too. Even so, the young fans of wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper will probably find some way to get this on their TV screen. Together with the equally musclebound Sonny Chiba, Piper takes on a battalion of seemingly Read More

Men of War

Actors: Dolph Lundgren, Charlotte Lewis, B.D. Wong, Kevin Tighe, Anthony John Denison

Synopsis: Seemingly content living the life of a derelict, former mercenary Nick (Dolph Lundgren) agrees -- reluctantly and only after he is offered a large fortune from two mining company executives -- to gather up a unit of fellow soldiers of fortune and fly to the island of Jakarta in order to convince Read More

The Meteor Man

Actors: Robert Townsend, Marla Gibbs, Eddie Griffin, Robert Guillaume, James Earl Jones

Synopsis: Robert Townsend's superhero action comedy underwent much tinkering during post-production, employing four editors to whip the film into shape. Townsend wrote, directed, and produced this urban fable and also stars as Jefferson Reed, a meek substitute teacher in an inner-city neighborhood dominated Read More

Posse

Actors: Mario Van Peebles, Stephen Baldwin, Charles Lane, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Big Daddy Kane

Synopsis: Writer, director, and star Mario Van Peebles tried to correct historical misconceptions about African-Americans on the frontier with this action-packed western that's also an homage to spaghetti Westerns. During the Spanish-American War, a squadron of black soldiers led by Jesse Lee (Van Peebles) Read More

Trespass

Actors: Bill Paxton, Ice-T, Bill Sadler, Ice Cube, Art Evans

Synopsis: Maverick director Walter Hill, who had a big hit with 48 Hrs., indulges his customary yen for violent and disturbing scenes in this overlooked action film, which was also released under the name Looters. Set in the economically-depressed town of East St. Louis, IL, the film's release was delayed Read More

Universal Soldier

Actors: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Ally Walker, Ed O'Ross, Jerry Orbach

Synopsis: Jean-Claude Van Damme and Dolph Lundgren play archenemies from beyond the grave in this action film. During the Vietnam War, Luc (Van Damme), hoping to be sent home, comes upon blood-crazy Scott (Lundgren), who is starting a one-man genocide program. When Luc tries to stop Scott's carnage, Scott Read More

Talkin' Dirty After Dark

Actors: Martin Lawrence, John Witherspoon, Jedda Jones, Phyllis Stickney

Synopsis: Starring Martin Lawrence and including Mark Curry, Tone Loc, Inez Edwards, John Witherspoon and Rene Jones among many others, Talkin' Dirty After Dark is a behind-the-scenes look at a Los Angeles black comedy club. Lawrence's character, Terry, will seemingly do about whatever it takes to get a gig Read More

The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air: 72 Hours

Synopsis: Accusing his cousin Carlton (Alfonso Ribeiro) of not being "black enough", Will challenges Carlton to spend three nights in one of LA's toughest neighborhoods, the MacArthur Park district. Much to Will's surprise, Carlton wins over a street gang called the Alligators by becoming their financial Read More

Driving Me Crazy

Actors: Thomas Gottschalk, Billy Dee Williams, Michelle Johnson, James Tolkan, Steve Kanaly, Milton Berle, Dom DeLuise

Synopsis: It probably takes an intimate acquaintance with East Germany's famously awful car, a smoky, noisy two-cylinder lawnmower on wheels, the Trabant 601, to fully appreciate the jokes in this extremely popular, celebrity-filled comedy. In the story, Gunther (German television star Thomas Gotttschalk) Read More

Think Big

Actors: Peter Paul, David Paul, Ari Meyers, Martin Mull, David Carradine

Synopsis: Professional wrestlers Peter Paul and David Paul star in this muscle-bound comedy about two slowwitted truck drivers who are hired to transport a heap of toxic waste across the country to Los Angeles. Along the way, the boys run into a 16-year-old girl genius who is on the run from a secret Read More

9 1/2 Ninjas!

Actors: Michael Phenicie, Andee Gray, Robert Fieldsteel

Synopsis: Some sources list John Morrissey as director of 9 1/2 Ninjas, while others credit Aaron Worth. There's no confusion, however, as to whom the "one-half" is. That honor goes to leading lady Andee Gray, who joins an all-male Ninja training group. Gray gets a big kick out of her lessons (no pun Read More

Homer and Eddie

Actors: James Belushi, Whoopi Goldberg, Karen Black, John Waters, Beah Richards, Robert Glaudini

Synopsis: Director Andrei Konchalovsky comes a cropper with this mawkish road movie starring Whoopi Goldberg and James Belushi. Goldberg plays Edwina, an escaped mental patient with a brain tumor and only a month to live. Belushi is Homer, a retarded man abandoned by his parents when he was a child after a Read More

No Holds Barred

Actors: Hulk Hogan, Kurt Fuller, Joan Severance, Tom "Tiny" Lister, Jr., Mark Pellegrino

Synopsis: Hulk Hogan, in an inarguably appropriate casting choice, plays a professional wrestler in this action-packed drama. Rip (Hogan) is a grappling star who is approached by Brell (Kurt Fuller), the new head of the World Television Network. Brell wants Rip to wrestle on his network, but Rip insists on Read More

Prison

Actors: Lane Smith, Viggo Mortensen, Chelsea Field, Andre de Shields, Lincoln Kilpatrick

Synopsis: Prison guard Ethan Sharpe (Lane Smith) watched as Burke (Viggo Mortensen) dies in the electric chair in 1964. Over two decades later, Sharpe is the warden, and Burke returns from the dead to exact revenge on the wicked warden when the prison re-opens. Two victims drip blood while dangling in Read More

The Night Before

Actors: Keanu Reeves, Lori Loughlin, Theresa Saldana, Trinidad Silva, Suzanne Snyder

Synopsis: In this unusual teen comedy, the most popular girl in school embarks upon the worst date of her life after she loses a bet and is forced to attend the prom with the school's biggest nerd. The trouble begins when her doofous date gets lost en route and they end up stranded on the worst side of Read More

Beverly Hills Cop II

Actors: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton

Synopsis: Detroit cop Axel Foley (Eddie Murphy) has seemingly smoothed out his differences with his Beverly Hills superior Bogomil (Ronny Cox), but there's trouble ahead for both men, not to mention two other holdovers from the first Cop film, officers Rosewood (Judge Reinhold) and Taggart (John Ashton). Read More

Extreme Prejudice

Actors: Nick Nolte, Powers Boothe, Michael Ironside, Maria Conchita Alonso, Rip Torn

Synopsis: Modern-day Texas Ranger Jack Benteen (Nick Nolte) was once the best friend of local drug kingpin Cash Bailey (Powers Boothe). At present, however, the only element linking them together is Jack's lover Sarita (Maria Conchita Alonso), Cash's former mistress. When Sarita tires of Jack's Spartan Read More

Warm Hearts, Cold Feet

Actors: Tim Matheson, Margaret Colin, Elizabeth Ashley, Barry Corbin, George DiCenzo

Synopsis: In this comedy, a journalist and her husband, an editor, present their very different thoughts on her pregnancy in their respective columns and become a big hit with their fans. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Armed and Dangerous

Actors: John Candy, Eugene Levy, Robert Loggia, Kenneth McMillan, Meg Ryan

Synopsis: In Armed and Dangerous, John Candy plays a cop who has been kicked off the force on a trumped up charge. Eugene Levy costars as a disbarred lawyer. The two outcasts take low-paying jobs as security officers at a company controlled by mob boss Robert Loggia. In their own stumblebum fashion, Candy Read More

Blue City

Actors: Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy, David Caruso, Paul Winfield, Scott Wilson

Synopsis: When prodigal son Billy Turner (Judd Nelson) returns to his Florida home town, he's caught in a brawl and thrown in jail. He tells the guards to call his father, the mayor, who will have him released; however, he soon discovers his father has been killed. After Turner finally gets out of jail, he Read More

8 Million Ways to Die

Actors: Jeff Bridges, Rosanna Arquette, Alexandra Paul, Randy Brooks, Andy Garcia

Synopsis: Jeff Bridges plays an LA sheriff who loses his job due to his inability to stay away from booze. While attending an AA meeting, Bridges is invited to attend a party, where he meets the beauteous Alexandra Paul. Also at the party is an old enemy of Bridges', druggie Randy Brooks. It doesn't take Read More

Wired to Kill

Actors: Devin Hoelscher, Merritt Butrick, Frank Collison, Garth Gardner

Synopsis: In this post-apocalyptic film, a deadly virus has wiped out much of the world's population, leaving the cities to be ruled by vicious gangs. When young Steve's (Devin Hoelscher) parents are killed by a gang lead by Reegus (Merritt Butrick), Steven enlists the help of a friend to exact his revenge. Read More

Runaway Train

Actors: Jon Voight, Eric Roberts, Rebecca De Mornay, Kyle Heffner, John Ryan

Synopsis: Russian director Andrei Konchalovsky's second American film may well be the only existential adventure flick in Hollywood history. Two prisoners, Manny (Jon Voight) and Buck (Eric Roberts), escape from a desolate Alaskan maximum-security facility. They hop aboard a speeding train, making a clean Read More

Da Block Party 2

Synopsis: When CJ decides to carry on family tradition by organizing the biggest jam of the summer, everything seems to go off without a hitch until a corrupt cop known as "Blue Eyes" and his older brother's baby-momma Kanisha step into the fray. With two sizable roadblocks to overcome, it seems that Read More