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
Bones
Self
The Goldbergs
Professor Lee
Californication
Himself
V.I.P.
Dance Audience Member (uncredited)
V.I.P.
Armed Mechanic
Punk'd
Self
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
Fastlane
Murdoch Goucher
Vanilla Sky
Frozen Vintage Car Man
Counting Cars
Self - Host
Comedy Central Roasts
Self
Viva La Bam
Self
The Dirt
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Rockstar
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The New Guy
Tommy Lee
The Muppets Mayhem
Tommy Lee
E! True Hollywood Story
MADtv
Self
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Tommy Lee
10th & Wolf
Jimmy Tattoo
The Retaliators
Strip Club DJ
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
Self
Disaster!
Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice)
E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
Self
Steve-O: The Early Years
Self
Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music
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Tommy Lee Goes to College
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
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Dear Jack
Narrator
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
Self
Moscow Music Peace Festival
Self [Mötley Crüe]
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Battleground Earth
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
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Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
Self
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
Himself
Mötley Crüe | Uncensored
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The Young Blood Chronicles
The Prince of Darkness
Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
Self
Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
Self [Mötley Crüe]
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
Self
Mötley Crüe | Rock in Rio 2015
Self
Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue
Self (archive footage)
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
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Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
Self
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
Self
Hellraisers
Self (archive footage)
Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
Drums
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
Self
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
Self
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
Self
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
Self
Saturday Night Live
Self - Cameo (uncredited)
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
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LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
VH1 Rock Honors
Jensen!
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Celebrities Uncensored
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Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored
Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon
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