Tommy Lee
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Bones
Self
2005
Series
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Series
The Goldbergs
Professor Lee
2013
Series
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003
Series
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003
Series
Californication
Himself
2007
Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
Series
V.I.P.
Armed Mechanic
1998
Series
V.I.P.
Dance Audience Member (uncredited)
1998
Series
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Series
Punk'd
Self
2003
Series
American Idol
Self - Performer
2018
Series
Fastlane
Murdoch Goucher
2002
Series
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
2001
Series
Comedy Central Roasts
Self
2003
Series
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
Series
The Muppets Mayhem
Tommy Lee
2023
Series
Counting Cars
Self - Host
2012
Film
The New Guy
Tommy Lee
2002
Film
Vanilla Sky
Frozen Vintage Car Man
2001
Jensen!
Self
2002
Film
The Dirt
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
Series
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Series
Viva La Bam
Self
2003
Series
MADtv
Self
1995
Film
10th & Wolf
Jimmy Tattoo
2006
Series
Rockstar
Self
2005
Series
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
Film
The Retaliators
Strip Club DJ
2022
Film
Hellraisers
Self (archive footage)
2000
Film
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Tommy Lee
2003
Series
E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
Self
2008
Film
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
Self
2005
Series
Tommy Lee Goes to College
2005
Series
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
Film
Disaster!
Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice)
2005
Film
Moscow Music Peace Festival
Self [Mötley Crüe]
1989
Film
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2003
Battleground Earth
2008
Film
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
Self
2011
Film
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
Self
2005
Film
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
Self
2025
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
Drums
2006
Film
The Young Blood Chronicles
The Prince of Darkness
2014
Film
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
Self
2012
Film
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
Self
2017
Film
Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
Self [Mötley Crüe]
2003
Film
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
Self
2016
Film
Steve-O: The Early Years
Self
2004
Film
Mötley Crüe | Uncensored
Self
1986
Film
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
Self
2005
Film
Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
Self
2009
Film
Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
Self
1984
Film
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
Self
2009
Film
Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
1983
Film
Dear Jack
Narrator
2009
Film
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
Self
2023
Film
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
Self
2023
Film
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
Self
1991
Film
Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music
Self
1998
Film
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
Self
1987
Film
Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
1992
Film
The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue
Self (archive footage)
Film
Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored
1998
Film
Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon
Self
1998