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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 3, 1962
Place of Birth
Athens, Greece
Also Known As
- Mötley Crüe
- Methods of Mayhem
- Jack’s Mannequin
- Rock Star Supernova
- The Bloody Beetroots
- Thomas Lee Bass
Tommy Lee
0.7 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.5
Self
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
2025
8.0
Self
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
2023
10.0
Self
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
2023
6.1
Tommy Lee
The Muppets Mayhem
2023
5.8
Strip Club DJ
The Retaliators
2022
7.4
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Dirt
2019
8.2
Self
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
2017
8.6
Self
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
2016
8.3
The Prince of Darkness
The Young Blood Chronicles
2014
7.5
Professor Lee
The Goldbergs
2013
Credits
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
as Self
2025
5.5
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
as Self
2023
8.0
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
as Self
2023
10.0
The Muppets Mayhem
as Tommy Lee
2023
6.1
The Retaliators
as Strip Club DJ
2022
5.8
The Dirt
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019
7.4
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
as Self
2017
8.2
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
as Self
2016
8.6
The Young Blood Chronicles
as The Prince of Darkness
2014
8.3
The Goldbergs
as Professor Lee
2013
7.5
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
as Self
2012
10.0
Counting Cars
as Self - Host
2012
6.5
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
as Self
2011
7.9
Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
as Self
2009
8.5
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
as Self
2009
7.0
Dear Jack
as Narrator
2009
9.0
E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
as Self
2008
0.0
🎬
Battleground Earth
2008
10.0
Californication
as Himself
2007
7.6
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
7.0
🎬
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
as Drums
2006
0.0
10th & Wolf
as Jimmy Tattoo
2006
5.9
Disaster!
as Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice)
2005
5.1
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
as Self
2005
7.7
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
as Self
2005
6.0
Bones
as Self
2005
8.2
Tommy Lee Goes to College
2005
5.0
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
as Self
2005
6.5
Rockstar
as Self
2005
0.0
Steve-O: The Early Years
as Self
2004
6.4
Viva La Bam
as Self
2003
6.6
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Comedy Central Roasts
as Self
2003
7.0
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
as Self (archive footage)
2003
5.0
Celebrities Uncensored
as Self
2003
4.0
Punk'd
as Self
2003
5.1
Pauly Shore Is Dead
as Tommy Lee
2003
4.3
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self - Musical Guest
2003
5.5
Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
as Self [Mötley Crüe]
2003
7.7
Fastlane
as Murdoch Goucher
2002
6.4
The New Guy
as Tommy Lee
2002
5.9
🎬
Jensen!
as Self
2002
10.0
Vanilla Sky
as Frozen Vintage Car Man
2001
6.8
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
as Self
2001
6.0
Hellraisers
as Self (archive footage)
2000
0.0
Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music
as Self
1998
9.0
V.I.P.
as Armed Mechanic
1998
5.3
V.I.P.
as Dance Audience Member (uncredited)
1998
5.3
Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon
as Self
1998
5.1
Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored
1998
7.3
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
8.1
MADtv
as Self
1995
7.0
The Frank Skinner Show
as Self
1995
7.5
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
as Self - Guest
1993
7.2
Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
1992
7.0
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
as Himself
1991
0.0
Moscow Music Peace Festival
as Self [Mötley Crüe]
1989
8.0
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
as Self - Guest
1988
5.4
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
as Self
1987
0.0
Mötley Crüe | Uncensored
as Self
1986
9.5
MTV Video Music Awards
as Self
1984
7.7
Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
as Self
1984
9.5
Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
1983
7.5
Saturday Night Live
as Self - Cameo (uncredited)
1975
7.0
The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue
as Self (archive footage)
N/A
0.0