Cast & creator
Tommy Lee
Best known for Bones, Saturday Night Live, Jimmy Kimmel Live!
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 as: Mötley Crüe, Methods of Mayhem, Jack’s Mannequin, Rock Star Supernova, The Bloody Beetroots
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film credits
32
television credits
68
1975–2026 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (71)
Showing 71 of 71 credits
Bones
Self
2005
Saturday Night Live
Self (uncredited)
1975
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Musical Guest
2003Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self - Guest
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
The Goldbergs
Professor Lee
2013
Californication
Himself
2007
V.I.P.
Dance Audience Member (uncredited)
1998V.I.P.
Armed Mechanic
1998
MTV Video Music Awards
Self
1984
Punk'd
Self
2003
American Idol
Self - Performer
2018
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
2001
Fastlane
Murdoch Goucher
2002
The Frank Skinner Show
Self
1995
The Muppets Mayhem
Tommy Lee
2023
Comedy Central Roasts
Self
2003
Vanilla Sky
Frozen Vintage Car Man
2001Jensen!
Self
2002
Counting Cars
Self - Host
2012
Rock Star
Producer
2005
The New Guy
Tommy Lee
2002
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
10th & Wolf
Jimmy Tattoo
2006
The Dirt
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2019The Dirt
Co-Producer
2019The Dirt
Book
2019
Pauly Shore Is Dead
Tommy Lee
2003
Viva La Bam
Self
2003
Rockstar
Self
2005
MADtv
Self
1995
VH1 Rock Honors
2006
Travis Barker: Louder Than Fear
Self
2026
E!'s Pam: Girl on the Loose!
Self
2008
The Retaliators
Strip Club DJ
2022
Disaster!
Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice)
2005
101 Most Shocking Moments in Entertainment
Self (archive footage)
2003
Comedy Central Roast of Pamela Anderson
Self
2005
God Bless Ozzy Osbourne
Self
2011Kiss: VH1 Rock Honors 2006
Drums
2006Battleground Earth
2008
Tommy Lee Goes to College
2005
Moscow Music Peace Festival
Self [Mötley Crüe]
1989
The Young Blood Chronicles
The Prince of Darkness
2014
Steve-O: The Early Years
Self
2004
Mötley Crüe | Live Side
Self
2012
Mötley Crüe: The US Festival '83
1983
Every Time You Lose Your Mind: A Film About Failure
Self
2025
Dear Jack
Narrator
2009
Steve-O - L'incontrolable de jackass
Self
2005
Motley Crue: Decade of Decadence '81-'91
1992Mötley Crüe - Live at Rock Around the Bay Festival
Self - Drums
1997
Mötley Crüe | Hellfest 2023
Self
2023
Mötley Crüe: The End - Live in Los Angeles
Self
2016
Mötley Crüe | Greatest Video Hits
Self [Mötley Crüe]
2003
30 Years of Mötley Crüe: XXX Girls Girls Girls
Self
2017
The Rise And Rise of Motley Crue
Self (archive footage)
Mötley Crüe | Carnival of Sins
Self
2005
Mötley Crüe | Behind The Music
Self
1998
Mötley Crüe | Uncensored
Self
1986
Ozzy Osbourne: Don't Blame Me
Self
1991
Hellraisers
Self (archive footage)
2000
Mötley Crüe | The Spirit Of Buenos Aires
Self
2009
Mötley Crüe | Girls Girls Girls Tour '87/'88
Self
1987
Mötley Crüe | Crüe Fest 2008
Self
2009
Mötley Crüe | Quebec City 1984
Self
1984
Machine Gun Kelly - Hellfest 2023
Self
2023
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003