UPDATE: To see the conversation that prompted this entry, check out Travis's blog
Yesterday's post prompted me to investigate the actor that played Zues in No Holds Barred. Upon consulting his Wiki entry, what I found was a list of characters he has portrayed over the years that just gives me a fit of the giggles.
1st & Ten (1984) - Otis
Runaway Train (1985) - Jackson
Blue City (1986) - Tiny
Armed and Dangerous (1986) - Bruno
Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) - Orvis
Extreme Prejudice (1987) - Monday
No Holds Barred (1989) - Zeus
Trespass (1992) - Cletus
Universal Soldier (1992) - GR55
Posse (1993) - Obobo
Men Of War - Jojob
Friday (1995) - Deebo
Phat Beach (1996)
The Fifth Element (1997) - President Lindberg
Jackie Brown (1997) - Winston
The Players Club (1998) - XL
Wishmaster 2: Evil Never Dies (1999) - Prison Guard
Circus (2000) - Moose
Next Friday (2000) - Deebo
Little Nicky (2000) - Cassius
The Wash (2001) - Bear
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) - Prisoner #2
Full Clip (2004) - Boomiyay
Dracula 3000 (2004) - Humvee
My Baby's Daddy (2005) - Drive-By
Who Made The Potatoe Salad? (2006) - Mr. Monster
One Night with the King (2006) - Hagai
Forbidden Fruits (2006) - Jade
Saul of the Mole Men (2007) - John Henry
The 1 Second Film (2009) - Producer
36 Mafia's Choices 2-ex con
Miss B's Hair Salon- Mr Bigs
I love how his role as President Linberg was preceeded by his role as an uncredited character in Phat Beach and proceeded by a character simply named Winston (which is actually more refined than his previous roles as Obobo, Jojob and Deebo).
What I'm trying to say here, is that Tom Lister has had an illustrious career that is the absolute study of character diversity.