Tommy Lee

Personal Info

Birthday

October 3, 1962

(62 years old)

Place of Birth

Athens, Greece

Also Known As

Mötley Crüe

Methods of Mayhem

Jack’s Mannequin

Rock Star Supernova

The Bloody Beetroots

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.

Known For

The Goldbergs

V.I.P.

The Muppets Mayhem

Vanilla Sky

Fastlane

The New Guy

10th & Wolf

Pauly Shore Is Dead

Filmography

2025
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
as Self
2023
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
as Self
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
as Self
2022
The Retaliators
as Strip Club DJ
2019
The Dirt
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2017
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
as Self
2016
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
as Self
2015
Mötley Crüe | Rock in Rio 2015
as Self
2014
The Young Blood Chronicles
as The Prince of Darkness
2012
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
as Self
2011
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
as Self
2009
Mötley Crüe ‎| The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
as Self
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
as Self
Dear Jack
as Narrator
2006
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
as Drums
10th & Wolf
as Jimmy Tattoo
2005
Disaster!
as Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice)
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
as Self
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
as Self
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
as Self
2004
Steve-O: The Early Years
as Self
2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead
as Tommy Lee
Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
as Self [Mötley Crüe]
2002
The New Guy
as Tommy Lee
2001
Vanilla Sky
as Frozen Vintage Car Man
2000
Hellraisers
as Self (archive footage)
1998
Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music
as Self
Pam & Tommy Lee: Stolen Honeymoon
as Self
1991
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
as Himself
1989
Moscow Music Peace Festival
as Self [Mötley Crüe]
1987
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
as Self
1986
Mötley Crüe | Uncensored
as Self
1984
Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
as Self