Name
Tommy Lee
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1962-10-03 (64 years old)
Place of Birth
Athens, Greece
Biography
Thomas Lee Bass (born October 3, 1962) is an American musician and founding member of Mötley Crüe. As well as being the band's long-term drummer, Lee founded rap-metal band Methods of Mayhem, and has pursued solo musical projects.
Lee was born Thomas Lee Bass on October 3, 1962, in Athens, Greece, to father David Lee Thomas Bass, an American U.S. Army sergeant, and mother Vassilikki "Voula" Papadimitriou (Greek: Βασιλική Παπαδημητρίου), a Miss Greece contestant for the 1960 Miss World event. His family moved to California a year after he was born. He received his first drum when he was four years old, and his first drum kit when he was a teenager. Lee dropped out of high school to pursue a career in music, starting with the band Suite 19. He has a younger sister, Athena Lee (née Bass), who was also the drummer in his solo band KrunK and was married to James Kottak, the drummer for the rock band Scorpions.
As a teenager, Lee listened to Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Cheap Trick, Kiss, AC/DC and Sweet. His main drumming influences were John Bonham, Tommy Aldridge, Alex Van Halen and Terry Bozzio.
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- 2005 Disaster! as Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice)
- 2009 Dear Jack as Narrator
- 2004 Steve-O: The Early Years as Self
- 2019 The Dirt as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1998 Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored
- 2023 Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023 as Self
- 2009 Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires as Self
- 1989 Moscow Music Peace Festival as Self [Mötley Crüe]
- Soon The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue as Self (archive footage)
- 2000 Hellraisers as Self (archive footage)
- 2005 Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass as Self
- 2016 Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles as Self
- 2014 The Young Blood Chronicles as The Prince of Darkness
- 2005 Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins as Self
- 2003 Pauly Shore Is Dead as Tommy Lee
- 2003 Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits as Self [Mötley Crüe]
- 1998 Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon as Self
- 1991 Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me as Self
- 1998 Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music as Self
- 1984 Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984 as Self
- 2006 Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006 as Drums
- 2011 God Bless Ozzy Osbourne as Self
- 2005 Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson as Self
- 1986 Mötley Crüe | Uncensored as Self
- 2002 The New Guy as Tommy Lee
- 2012 Mötley Crüe | Live Side as Self
- 2009 Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008 as Self
- 1983 Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
- 2001 Vanilla Sky as Frozen Vintage Car Man
- 1987 Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88 as Self
- 2006 10th & Wolf as Jimmy Tattoo
- 1992 Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
- 2017 30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls as Self
- 2022 The Retaliators as Strip Club DJ
- 2023 Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023 as Self
- 2025 Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure as Self
- 2003 101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment as Self (archive footage)
- 1997 Mötley Crüe - Live at Rock Around the Bay Festival as Self - Drums
- 2026 Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear as Self
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 3 episodes ) as Self
- 2001 Friday Night with Jonathan Ross ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Viva La Bam ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2002 Fastlane ( 1 episode ) as Murdoch Goucher
- 2003 Punk'd ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1996 E! True Hollywood Story ( 1 episode )
- 2005 Tommy Lee Goes to College ( 6 episodes )
- 1995 MADtv ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
- 2008 E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose! ( 8 episodes ) as Self
- 2008 Battleground Earth ( 10 episodes )
- 2003 Celebrities Uncensored ( 4 episodes ) as Self
- 2006 VH1 Rock Honors ( 1 episode )
- 1995 The Frank Skinner Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2023 The Muppets Mayhem ( 1 episode ) as Tommy Lee
- 2007 Californication ( 1 episode ) as Tommy Lee
- 1984 MTV Video Music Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 2012 Counting Cars ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
- 2013 The Goldbergs ( 1 episode ) as Professor Lee
- 2005 Bones ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2003 Comedy Central Roasts ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 Jensen! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 V.I.P. ( 1 episode ) as Dance Audience Member (uncredited)
- 1998 V.I.P. ( 1 episode ) as Armed Mechanic
- 2005 Rockstar ( 33 episodes ) as Self
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Musical Guest
- 1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self (uncredited)
- 2018 American Idol ( 1 episode ) as Self - Performer
- 2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
