Tommy Lee
- Teen actor
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.
Acted in
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
2023
as Self
The Muppets Mayhem
2023
as Tommy Lee
Pamela, A Love Story
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Retaliators
2022
as Strip Club DJ
The Dirt
2019
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
2017
as Self
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
2016
as Self
Mötley Crüe | Rock in Rio 2015
2015
as Self
The Young Blood Chronicles
2014
as The Prince of Darkness
The Goldbergs
2013
as Professor Lee
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
2012
as Self
Counting Cars
2012
as Self - Host
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
2011
as Self
Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
2009
as Self
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
2009
as Self
Dear Jack
2009
as Narrator
E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
2008
as Self
Battleground Earth
2008
Californication
2007
as Himself
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
2006
as Drums
10th & Wolf
2006
as Jimmy Tattoo
Disaster!
2005
as Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice)
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
2005
as Self
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
2005
as Himself
Bones
2005
as Self
Tommy Lee Goes to College
2005
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
2005
as Self
Rockstar
2005
as Self
Steve-O: The Early Years
2004
as Himself
Viva La Bam
2003
as Self
Comedy Central Roasts
2003
as Self
Punk'd
2003
as Self
Pauly Shore Is Dead
2003
as Tommy Lee
Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
2003
as Self [Mötley Crüe]
Fastlane
2002
as Murdoch Goucher
The New Guy
2002
as Tommy Lee
Vanilla Sky
2001
as Frozen Vintage Car Man
Hellraisers
2000
as Self (archive footage)
Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music
1998
as Self
V.I.P.
1998
as Armed Mechanic
V.I.P.
1998
as Dance Audience Member (uncredited)
Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon
1998
as Self
Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored
1998
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
MADtv
1995
as Self
Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
1992
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
1991
as Himself
Moscow Music Peace Festival
1989
as Self [Mötley Crüe]
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
1987
as Self
Mötley Crüe | Uncensored
1986
as Self
MTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
1984
as Self
Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
1983
The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue
as Self (archive footage)