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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 Method…
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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.
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2026
Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear
Movie Self
- 2025
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2023
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
Movie Self
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2023
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
Movie Self
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2023
The Muppets Mayhem
TV show Tommy Lee
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2022
The Retaliators
Movie Strip Club DJ
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2019
The Dirt
Movie Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2018
American Idol
TV show Self - Performer
- 2017
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2016
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
Movie Self
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2014
The Young Blood Chronicles
Movie The Prince of Darkness
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2013
The Goldbergs
TV show Professor Lee
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2012
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
Movie Self
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2012
Counting Cars
TV show Self - Host
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2011
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
Movie Self
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2009
Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
Movie Self
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2009
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
Movie Self
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2009
Dear Jack
Movie Narrator
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2008
Battleground Earth
TV show
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2008
E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
TV show Self
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2007
Californication
TV show Himself
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2006
VH1 Rock Honors
TV show
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2006
Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
Movie Drums
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2006
10th & Wolf
Movie Jimmy Tattoo
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2005
Disaster!
Movie Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice)
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2005
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
Movie Self
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2005
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
Movie Self
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2005
Bones
TV show Self
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2005
Tommy Lee Goes to College
TV show
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2005
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
Movie Self
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2005
Rock Star
TV show Producer
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2005
Rockstar
TV show Self
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2004
Steve-O: The Early Years
Movie Self
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2003
Viva La Bam
TV show Self
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2003
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV show Self
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2003
Comedy Central Roasts
TV show Self
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2003
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2003
Celebrities Uncensored
TV show Self
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2003
Punk'd
TV show Self
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2003
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Movie Tommy Lee
