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.

Known For: Acting

Born: Athens, Greece, 1962-10-03

Died: null

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1983	Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83		75
2	1984	Mötley Crüe \| Quebec City 1984	Self	95
3	1986	Mötley Crüe \| Uncensored	Self	95
4	1987	Mötley Crüe \| Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88	Self	0
5	1989	Moscow Music Peace Festival	Self [Mötley Crüe]	80
6	1991	Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me	Himself	0
7	1992	Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91		70
8	1998	Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored		73
9	1998	Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon	Self	51
10	1998	Mötley Crüe \| Behind The Music	Self	90
11	2000	Hellraisers	Self (archive footage)	0
12	2001	Vanilla Sky	Frozen Vintage Car Man	68
13	2002	The New Guy	Tommy Lee	59
14	2003	Mötley Crüe \| Greatest Video Hits	Self [Mötley Crüe]	77
15	2003	Pauly Shore Is Dead	Tommy Lee	43
16	2004	Steve-O: The Early Years	Self	64
17	2005	Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson	Self	65
18	2005	Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass	Self	60
19	2005	Mötley Crüe \| Carnival of Sins	Self	78
20	2005	Disaster!	Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice)	51
21	2006	10th & Wolf	Jimmy Tattoo	59
22	2006	Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006	Drums	0
23	2009	Dear Jack	Narrator	90
24	2009	Mötley Crüe \| Crüe Fest 2008	Self	70
25	2009	Mötley Crüe ‎\| The Spirit Of Buenos Aires	Self	85
26	2011	God Bless Ozzy Osbourne	Self	75
27	2012	Mötley Crüe \| Live Side	Self	100
28	2014	The Young Blood Chronicles	The Prince of Darkness	88
29	2015	Mötley Crüe \| Rock in Rio 2015	Self	60
30	2016	Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles	Self	86
31	2017	30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls	Self	82
32	2019	The Dirt	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	75
33	2022	The Retaliators	Strip Club DJ	60
34	2023	Pamela, A Love Story	Self (archive footage)	70
35	2023	Mötley Crüe \| Hellfest 2023	Self	80
36		The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue	Self (archive footage)	0

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1975	Saturday Night Live	Self - Cameo (uncredited)	69
2	1984	MTV Video Music Awards	Self	75
3	1988	LIVE with Kelly and Mark	Self - Guest	54
4	1993	Late Night with Conan O'Brien	Self - Guest	71
5	1995	The Frank Skinner Show	Self	75
6	1995	MADtv	Self	69
7	1996	E! True Hollywood Story		81
8	1998	V.I.P.	Armed Mechanic	52
9	1998	V.I.P.	Dance Audience Member (uncredited)	52
10	2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Self	58
11	2002	Jensen!	Self	100
12	2002	Fastlane	Murdoch Goucher	66
13	2003	Jimmy Kimmel Live!		55
14	2003	Punk'd	Self	50
15	2003	Celebrities Uncensored	Self	25
16	2003	Comedy Central Roasts	Self	80
17	2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self	58
18	2003	Viva La Bam	Self	66
19	2005	Rockstar	Self	0
20	2005	Tommy Lee Goes to College		50
21	2005	Bones	Self	82
22	2006	VH1 Rock Honors		70
23	2007	Californication	Himself	76
24	2008	E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!	Self	0
25	2008	Battleground Earth		100
26	2012	Counting Cars	Self - Host	65
27	2013	The Goldbergs	Professor Lee	75
28	2023	The Muppets Mayhem	Tommy Lee	61