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Born · October 3, 1962 (62 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Athens, Greece
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.
Self
8.0
2023
Tommy Lee · (1 episode)
6.0
2023
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2023
Strip Club DJ
6.0
2022
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
7.5
2019
Self
10.0
2017
Self
8.6
2016
Self
6.0
2015
The Prince of Darkness
9.0
2014
Professor Lee · (1 episode)
7.5
2013
Self
10.0
2012
Self - Host · (1 episode)
6.4
2012
Self
7.6
2011
Self
8.5
2009
Self
7.0
2009
Narrator
9.0
2009
Self · (8 episodes)
0.0
2008
(10 episodes)
10.0
2008
Himself · (1 episode)
7.6
2007
(1 episode)
7.0
2006
Drums
0.0
2006
Jimmy Tattoo
5.9
2006
Self [Mötley Crüe] (voice)
5.1
2005
Self
7.8
2005
Himself
6.0
2005
Self · (1 episode)
8.2
2005
(6 episodes)
5.0
2005
Self
6.5
2005
Self · (33 episodes)
0.0
2005
Himself
6.4
2004
Self · (1 episode)
6.6
2003
Self · (2 episodes)
5.8
2003
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2003
Self · (4 episodes)
2.5
2003
Self · (1 episode)
5.0
2003
Tommy Lee
4.3
2003
(4 episodes)
5.5
2003
Self [Mötley Crüe]
8.0
2003
Murdoch Goucher · (1 episode)
6.6
2002
Tommy Lee
5.9
2002
Self · (1 episode)
10.0
2002
Frozen Vintage Car Man
6.8
2001
Self · (1 episode)
5.9
2001
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2000
Self
9.0
1998
Armed Mechanic · (1 episode)
5.2
1998
Dance Audience Member (uncredited) · (1 episode)
5.2
1998
Self
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1998
7.3
1998
(1 episode)
8.0
1996
Self · (2 episodes)
6.9
1995
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1995
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
7.1
1993
7.0
1992
Self [Mötley Crüe]
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1989
Self (archive footage)
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Himself
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1991
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.2
1988
Self
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1987
Self
9.5
1986
Self · (1 episode)
7.5
1984
Self
9.5
1984
7.5
1983
Self - Cameo (uncredited) · (1 episode)
6.9
1975