R. Lee Ermey
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Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was a United States Marine Corps drill instructor and actor. Ermey often played the roles of authority figures, such as his breakout performance as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, and plastic army men leader Sarge in the Toy Story films. He hosted two programs on the History Channel: Mail Call, in which he answered viewers' questions about various militaria both modern and historic; and Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey, which focused on the development of different types of weapons. He was a candidate for the National Rifle Association board of directors.
Known for
Credits
Toy Story (1995)
as Sergeant (voice)
Se7en (1995)
as Police Captain
Toy Story 3 (2010)
as Sarge (voice)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
as Sarge (voice)
Apocalypse Now (1979)
as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Starship Troopers (1997)
as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
as Sheriff Hoyt
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
as Mayor Tilman
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
The Watch (2012)
as Manfred
The Frighteners (1996)
as Hiles
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
as Conventioneer
Life (1999)
as Older Sheriff Pike
Murder in the First (1995)
as Judge Clawson
Dead Man Walking (1995)
as Clyde Percy
On Deadly Ground (1994)
as Stone
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)
as Sarge (voice)
Body Snatchers (1993)
as General Platt
Sommersby (1993)
as Dick Mead
Recess: School's Out (2001)
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
Shark Bait (2006)
as Jack (voice)
The Salton Sea (2002)
as Verne Plummer
The Pixar Story (2007)
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
Man of the House (2005)
as Captain Nichols
Switchback (1997)
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
Saving Silverman (2001)
as Coach
Fletch Lives (1989)
as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
Purple Hearts (1984)
as Gunny
Willard (2003)
as Mr. Martin
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995)
as Preacher Brian
Toy Soldiers (1991)
as General Kramer
Run Ronnie Run (2002)
as Lead Kidnapper
Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)
as Captain Aikman
Scenes of the Crime (2002)
as Mr. Parker
Skipped Parts (2000)
as Caspar Callahan
The Boys in Company C (1978)
as Sergeant Loyce
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond (2015)
as Self
Gunshy (1998)
as Jerry
True Identity (1991)
as Houston’s Boss
Solstice (2008)
as Leonard
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
as Richard Benson
Taking Sides (2002)
as General Wallace
Prefontaine (1997)
as Bill Bowerman
The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
The Rift (1990)
as Captain Phillips
Hexed (1993)
as Detective Ferguson
Kid (1990)
as Luke Clanton
Love Is a Gun (1994)
as Frank Deacon
Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
as Self
Birdseye (2002)
as Sheriff Gathers
You Know My Name (1999)
as Marshal Nix
Soul of the Game (1996)
as Wilkie
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
as Billy Paxton
The Terror Within II (1991)
as Von Demming
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel (2007)
as Self
The Sender (1998)
as Colonel Rosewater
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil (2007)
as Self
Savate (1995)
as Benedict
Dead Men Can't Dance (1997)
as Senator Fowler
Filmworker (2018)
as Self
The Apartment Complex (1999)
as Frank Stanton
Chain of Command (1994)
as Benjamin Brewster
Escape from Alaska (1999)
as Gary
Kubrick Remembered (2014)
as Self
Sarge! (2001)
as Himself
83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990)
as Glen Fairling
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign (2001)
as Sky Marshall Sanchez
Jericho (2000)
as Marshall
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre (2004)
as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket (—)
as Self (archive footage)
The Chaos Factor (2000)
as Col. Ben Wilder
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
as Sergeant (voice)
Demonstone (1990)
as Col. Joe Haines
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign (2001)
Actor
French Silk (1994)
as Chief Crowder
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign (2001)
Actor
Up from the Depths (1979)
as Arnold (uncredited)
The Take (1990)
as Weller
On the Borderline (2001)
as Captain Elias
Y.M.I. (2004)
as John
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man (1996)
as Self