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Tommy Lee
Actor, Producer
Born October 3, 1962 (59 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2021 | Count Me In · as Self |
| 2021 | 2021 MTV Video Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2019 | The Dirt · as Self |
| 2018 | The American Meme · as Self |
| 2016 | |
| 2016 | Motley Crue: The End · as Himself - Drums |
| 2014 | Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Sunset Strip · as Self |
| 2011 | Ridiculousness (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Late Night with Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Tosh.0 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Kourtney & Kim Take Miami (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Chelsea Lately (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | LA Ink (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2007 | Californication (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 2006 | Let's Go to Prison · as Self |
| 2005 | Disaster! · as Himself - Motley Crue (voice) |
| 2005 | Mötley Crüe: Carnival of Sins · as Himself - Drums |
| 2005 | Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson · as Himself |
| 2005 | Bones (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 2005 | Peace, Love & Bikinis! · as Self |
| 2004 | Steve-O: The Early Years · as Himself |
| 2004 | Retrosexual: The '80s (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Pauly Shore Is Dead · as Himself |
| 2003 | Mötley Crüe: Greatest Video Hits · as Himself |
| 2003 | Comedy Central Roasts (TV Series) · as Self - Roaster |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Punk'd (TV Series) · as Himself |
| 2003 | Hip Hop & Rock · as Self |
| 2003 | |
| 2002 | Last Call with Carson Daly (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2002 | The New Guy · as Himself |
| 2002 | Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion · as Self |
| 2002 | Playboy: The Ultimate Pamela Anderson · as Self |
| 1999 | TV Total (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | The Martin Short Show (1999) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | Celebrity Deathmatch (TV Series) · as Self (segment "What do celebrities think of Celebrity Deathmatch") |
| 1997 | Behind The Music (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1995 | Playboy: The Best of Pamela Anderson · as Self |
| 1995 | MADtv (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | The Howard Stern Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Show with David Letterman (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1993 | WWE Raw (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1991 | Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me · as Himself |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Saturday Night Live (TV Series) · as Self (uncredited) |