Tommy Lister Jr.
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Tommy Lister Jr. was an American character actor and former professional wrestler best known for his imposing presence in films such as "Friday" and for portraying the villain Zeus in the World Wrestling Federation.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tommy Lister Jr. canonical | 7 |
| Tommy Lister Jr. as Zeus | 1 |
| Tommy “Tiny” Lister | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5822787 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tommy Lister Jr. Context triple: [Friday (1995 film), starring, Tommy Lister Jr.]
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A.
Skeet Ulrich
Skeet Ulrich is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Scream" and "The Craft" and the television series "Jericho."
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B.
Barton Keyes
Barton Keyes is a shrewd, relentless insurance claims investigator in the classic film noir "Double Indemnity," known for his sharp intuition and moral conviction.
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C.
Corey Feldman
Corey Feldman is an American actor and former child star best known for his roles in 1980s films such as "The Goonies," "Stand by Me," and "The Lost Boys."
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D.
Judd Nelson
Judd Nelson is an American actor best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," particularly for his roles in films like "The Breakfast Club" and "St. Elmo's Fire."
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E.
Luke Perry
Luke Perry was an American actor best known for his role as Dylan McKay on the television series "Beverly Hills, 90210."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Tommy Lister Jr. Target entity description: Tommy Lister Jr. was an American character actor and former professional wrestler best known for his imposing presence in films such as "Friday" and for portraying the villain Zeus in the World Wrestling Federation.
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A.
Skeet Ulrich
Skeet Ulrich is an American actor best known for his roles in films like "Scream" and "The Craft" and the television series "Jericho."
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B.
Barton Keyes
Barton Keyes is a shrewd, relentless insurance claims investigator in the classic film noir "Double Indemnity," known for his sharp intuition and moral conviction.
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C.
Corey Feldman
Corey Feldman is an American actor and former child star best known for his roles in 1980s films such as "The Goonies," "Stand by Me," and "The Lost Boys."
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D.
Judd Nelson
Judd Nelson is an American actor best known as a member of the 1980s "Brat Pack," particularly for his roles in films like "The Breakfast Club" and "St. Elmo's Fire."
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E.
Luke Perry
Luke Perry was an American actor best known for his role as Dylan McKay on the television series "Beverly Hills, 90210."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American actor
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character actor ⓘ film actor ⓘ human ⓘ professional wrestler ⓘ television actor ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 2020 ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1980s ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Tiny Lister
NERFINISHED
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Tommy "Tiny" Lister NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1958-06-24 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2020-12-10 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | California State University, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | World Wrestling Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
|
| givenName | Thomas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
action film
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comedy film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ |
| height | 6 ft 5 in ⓘ |
| notableFor |
imposing physical presence
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villain roles in professional wrestling and film ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Austin Powers in Goldmember
NERFINISHED
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Friday NERFINISHED ⓘ Jackie Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Next Friday NERFINISHED ⓘ No Holds Barred NERFINISHED ⓘ The Dark Knight NERFINISHED ⓘ The Fifth Element NERFINISHED ⓘ The Wash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
actor
ⓘ
professional wrestler ⓘ voice actor ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
World Championship Wrestling
NERFINISHED
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World Wrestling Federation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Compton, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Marina del Rey, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrayed |
Deebo
NERFINISHED
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President Lindberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Tattoo NERFINISHED ⓘ Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Christianity ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | shot put ⓘ |
| wrestlingRingName |
Z-Gangsta
NERFINISHED
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Zeus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tommy Lister Jr. Description of subject: Tommy Lister Jr. was an American character actor and former professional wrestler best known for his imposing presence in films such as "Friday" and for portraying the villain Zeus in the World Wrestling Federation.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Tommy “Tiny” Lister
this entity surface form:
Tommy Lister Jr. as Zeus