Tommy Lee
Acting • Born 1962-10-03
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.
Filmography
66 credits
Disaster!
Movie • 2005
Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice)
Dear Jack
Movie • 2009
Narrator
Steve-O: The Early Years
Movie • 2004
Self
The Dirt
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored
Movie • 1998
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
Movie • 2023
Self
Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
Movie • 2009
Self
Moscow Music Peace Festival
Movie • 1989
Self [Mötley Crüe]
The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Hellraisers
Movie • 2000
Self (archive footage)
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
Movie • 2005
Self
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
Movie • 2016
Self
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Movie • 2003
Tommy Lee
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
Movie • 1991
Self
Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music
Movie • 1998
Self
Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon
Movie • 1998
Self
Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
Movie • 1984
Self
The Young Blood Chronicles
Movie • 2014
The Prince of Darkness
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
Movie • 2005
Self
Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
Movie • 2003
Self [Mötley Crüe]
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
Movie • 2006
Drums
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
Movie • 2011
Self
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
Movie • 2005
Self
Mötley Crüe | Uncensored
Movie • 1986
Self
The New Guy
Movie • 2002
Tommy Lee
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
Movie • 2009
Self
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
Movie • 2012
Self
Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
Movie • 1983
Vanilla Sky
Movie • 2001
Frozen Vintage Car Man
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
Movie • 1987
Self
10th & Wolf
Movie • 2006
Jimmy Tattoo
Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
Movie • 1992
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
Movie • 2017
Self
The Retaliators
Movie • 2022
Strip Club DJ
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
Movie • 2023
Self
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
Movie • 2025
Self
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self
Viva La Bam
TV • 2003
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self - Guest
Fastlane
TV • 2002
Murdoch Goucher
Punk'd
TV • 2003
Self
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Tommy Lee Goes to College
TV • 2005
MADtv
TV • 1995
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
TV • 2008
Self
Battleground Earth
TV • 2008
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
VH1 Rock Honors
TV • 2006
The Frank Skinner Show
TV • 1995
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Muppets Mayhem
TV • 2023
Tommy Lee
Californication
TV • 2007
Himself
MTV Video Music Awards
TV • 1984
Self
Counting Cars
TV • 2012
Self - Host
The Goldbergs
TV • 2013
Professor Lee
Bones
TV • 2005
Self
Comedy Central Roasts
TV • 2003
Self
Jensen!
TV • 2002
Self
V.I.P.
TV • 1998
Armed Mechanic
V.I.P.
TV • 1998
Dance Audience Member (uncredited)
Rockstar
TV • 2005
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self - Musical Guest