Tommy Lee
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1962-10-03
Place of Birth
Athens, Greece
Tommy Lee
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.
Also Known For
Disaster!
Nov 04, 2005
Dear Jack
Jan 01, 2009
Steve-O: The Early Years
Aug 24, 2004
Pamela, A Love Story
Jan 30, 2023
The Dirt
Mar 22, 2019
Pamela Anderson & Tommy Lee Uncensored
Jan 16, 1998
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
Jun 16, 2023
Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
Oct 12, 2009
Moscow Music Peace Festival
Aug 03, 1989
The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue
Hellraisers
Aug 26, 2000
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
Oct 20, 2005
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
Jun 14, 2016
The Young Blood Chronicles
Jan 24, 2014
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
Oct 25, 2005
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Mar 11, 2003
Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
Jan 01, 2003
Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon
Mar 19, 1998
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
Sep 24, 1991
Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music
Dec 13, 1998
Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
Jun 05, 1984
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
May 25, 2006
Mötley Crüe | Rock in Rio 2015
Sep 19, 2015
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
Apr 24, 2011
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
Aug 14, 2005
Mötley Crüe | Uncensored
Oct 27, 1986
The New Guy
May 10, 2002
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
Sep 19, 2012
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
Mar 24, 2009
Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
May 29, 1983
Vanilla Sky
Dec 14, 2001
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
Oct 15, 1987
10th & Wolf
Feb 19, 2006
Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
Mar 24, 1992
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
Aug 25, 2017
The Retaliators
Sep 08, 2022
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
Jun 16, 2023
Every Time You Lose Your Mind
Jun 26, 2025
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sep 08, 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Jan 26, 2003
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Nov 02, 2001
Viva La Bam
Oct 26, 2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Fastlane
Sep 18, 2002
Punk'd
Mar 17, 2003
E! True Hollywood Story
Aug 21, 1996
Tommy Lee Goes to College
Aug 16, 2005
MADtv
Oct 14, 1995
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Sep 13, 1993
E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
Aug 03, 2008
Battleground Earth
Aug 03, 2008
Celebrities Uncensored
Jun 04, 2003
VH1 Rock Honors
May 31, 2006
The Frank Skinner Show
Sep 10, 1995
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
The Muppets Mayhem
May 10, 2023
Californication
Aug 13, 2007
MTV Video Music Awards
Sep 14, 1984
Counting Cars
Aug 13, 2012
The Goldbergs
Sep 24, 2013
Bones
Sep 13, 2005
Comedy Central Roasts
Aug 10, 2003
Jensen!
Mar 14, 2002
V.I.P.
Sep 26, 1998
V.I.P.
Sep 26, 1998
