Tommy Lee
Acting
1962-10-03 · Athens, Greece
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
TheatersTravis Barker: Louder Than Fear
2026 · Movie
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
2025 · Movie
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
2023 · Movie
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
2023 · Movie
The Muppets Mayhem
2023 · Series
The Retaliators
2022 · Movie
The Dirt
2019 · Movie
American Idol
2018 · Series
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
2017 · Movie
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
2016 · Movie
The Young Blood Chronicles
2014 · Movie
The Goldbergs
2013 · Series
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
2012 · Movie
Counting Cars
2012 · Series
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
2011 · Movie
Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
2009 · Movie
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
2009 · Movie
Dear Jack
2009 · Movie
E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
2008 · Series
Battleground Earth
2008 · Series
Californication
2007 · Series
VH1 Rock Honors
2006 · Series
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
2006 · Movie
10th & Wolf
2006 · Movie
Disaster!
2005 · Movie
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
2005 · Movie
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
2005 · Movie
Bones
2005 · Series
Tommy Lee Goes to College
2005 · Series
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
2005 · Movie
Rock Star
2005 · Series
Rockstar
2005 · Series
Steve-O: The Early Years
2004 · Movie
Viva La Bam
2003 · Series
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Series
Comedy Central Roasts
2003 · Series
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003 · Movie
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Series
Punk'd
2003 · Series
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003 · Movie
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Series
Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
2003 · Movie
Fastlane
2002 · Series
The New Guy
2002 · Movie
Jensen!
2002 · Series
Vanilla Sky
2001 · Movie
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · Series
Hellraisers
2000 · Movie
Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music
1998 · Movie
V.I.P.
1998 · Series
Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon
1998 · Movie
Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored
1998 · Movie
Mötley Crüe - Live at Rock Around the Bay Festival
1997 · Movie
E! True Hollywood Story
1996 · Series
MADtv
1995 · Series
The Frank Skinner Show
1995 · Series
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Series
Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
1992 · Movie
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
1991 · Movie
Moscow Music Peace Festival
1989 · Movie
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Series
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
1987 · Movie
Mötley Crüe | Uncensored
1986 · Movie
MTV Video Music Awards
1984 · Series
Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
1984 · Movie
Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
1983 · Movie
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Series
The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue
Movie