Tommy Lee
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.
65 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 65
Bones
2005
Saturday Night Live
1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
The Goldbergs
2013
Californication
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
V.I.P.
1998
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
Punk'd
2003
Fastlane
2002
American Idol
2018
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
The Muppets Mayhem
2023
The Frank Skinner Show
1995
Vanilla Sky
2001
Counting Cars
2012
Jensen!
2002
The New Guy
2002
Viva La Bam
2003
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Dirt
2019
MADtv
1995
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
10th & Wolf
2006
Rockstar
2005
E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
2008
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
Tommy Lee Goes to College
2005
The Retaliators
2022
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
2005
Moscow Music Peace Festival
1989
Disaster!
2005
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
2016
Celebrities Uncensored
2003
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
2011
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
Battleground Earth
2008
Hellraisers
2000
Steve-O: The Early Years
2004
The Young Blood Chronicles
2014
Dear Jack
2009
Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
2003
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
2006
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
2005
Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music
1998
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
2005
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
2025
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
2017
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
2012
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
1991
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
2009
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
2023
Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
1984
Mötley Crüe | Uncensored
1986
Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
1992
The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue
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Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
1983
Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
2009
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
2023
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
1987
Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored
1998
Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon
1998