Acting · Athens, Greece · Born October 3, 1962
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.
MovieEvery Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
2025
as Self
MovieMötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
2023
as Self
MovieMachine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
2023
as Self
TVThe Muppets Mayhem
2023
as Tommy Lee
MovieThe Retaliators
2022
as Strip Club DJ
MovieThe Dirt
2019
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
TVAmerican Idol
2018
as Self - Performer
Movie30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
2017
as Self
MovieMötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
2016
as Self
MovieThe Young Blood Chronicles
2014
as The Prince of Darkness
TVThe Goldbergs
2013
as Professor Lee
MovieMötley Crüe | Live Side
2012
as Self
TVCounting Cars
2012
as Self - Host
MovieGod Bless Ozzy Osbourne
2011
as Self
MovieMötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
2009
as Self
MovieMötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
2009
as Self
MovieDear Jack
2009
as Narrator
TVE!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
2008
as Self
Battleground Earth
2008
TVCalifornication
2007
as Himself
TVVH1 Rock Honors
2006
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
2006
as Drums
Movie10th & Wolf
2006
as Jimmy Tattoo
MovieDisaster!
2005
as Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice)
MovieMötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
2005
as Self
MovieSteve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
2005
as Self
TVBones
2005
as Self
TVTommy Lee Goes to College
2005
MovieComedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
2005
as Self
TVRockstar
2005
as Self
MovieSteve-O: The Early Years
2004
as Self
TVViva La Bam
2003
as Self
TVThe Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
TVComedy Central Roasts
2003
as Self
Movie101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
2003
as Self (archive footage)
TVCelebrities Uncensored
2003
as Self
TVPunk'd
2003
as Self
MoviePauly Shore Is Dead
2003
as Tommy Lee
TVJimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self
MovieMötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
2003
as Self [Mötley Crüe]
TVFastlane
2002
as Murdoch Goucher
MovieThe New Guy
2002
as Tommy Lee
Jensen!
2002
as Self
MovieVanilla Sky
2001
as Frozen Vintage Car Man
TVFriday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001
as Self
MovieHellraisers
2000
as Self (archive footage)
MovieMötley Crüe | Behind The Music
1998
as Self
TVV.I.P.
1998
as Armed Mechanic
MoviePam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon
1998
as Self
MoviePamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored
1998
Mötley Crüe - Live at Rock Around the Bay Festival
1997
as Self - Drums
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
TVMADtv
1995
as Self
TVThe Frank Skinner Show
1995
as Self
TVLate Night with Conan O'Brien
1993
as Self - Guest
MovieMotley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
1992
MovieOzzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
1991
as Self
MovieMoscow Music Peace Festival
1989
as Self [Mötley Crüe]
TVLIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
as Self - Guest
MovieMötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
1987
as Self
MovieMötley Crüe | Uncensored
1986
as Self
TVMTV Video Music Awards
1984
as Self
MovieMötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
1984
as Self
MovieMötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
1983
TVSaturday Night Live
1975
as Self (uncredited)
MovieThe Rise And Rise of Motley Crue
as Self (archive footage)
