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)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
as Sarge (voice)
Toy Story 2 (1999)
as Sarge (voice)
Se7en (1995)
as Police Captain
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
Life (1999)
as Older Sheriff Pike
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
as Conventioneer
Mississippi Burning (1988)
as Mayor Tilman
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)
as Sarge (voice)
Shark Bait (2006)
as Jack (voice)
Sommersby (1993)
as Dick Mead
Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
The Frighteners (1996)
as Hiles
Dead Man Walking (1995)
as Clyde Percy
The Watch (2012)
as Manfred
Man of the House (2005)
as Captain Nichols
Body Snatchers (1993)
as General Platt
Saving Silverman (2001)
as Coach
Recess: School's Out (2001)
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
Toy Soldiers (1991)
as General Kramer
On Deadly Ground (1994)
as Stone
Murder in the First (1995)
as Judge Clawson
Fletch Lives (1989)
as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
Switchback (1997)
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
The Pixar Story (2007)
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
Hexed (1993)
as Detective Ferguson
The Salton Sea (2002)
as Verne Plummer
Purple Hearts (1984)
as Gunny
Run Ronnie Run (2002)
as Lead Kidnapper
Solstice (2008)
as Leonard
Willard (2003)
as Mr. Martin
The Sender (1998)
as Colonel Rosewater
Skipped Parts (2000)
as Caspar Callahan
The Rift (1990)
as Captain Phillips
Gunshy (1998)
as Jerry
Love Is a Gun (1994)
as Frank Deacon
True Identity (1991)
as Houston’s Boss
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995)
as Preacher Brian
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond (2015)
as Self
Taking Sides (2002)
as General Wallace
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
as Richard Benson
Prefontaine (1997)
as Bill Bowerman
The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
Scenes of the Crime (2002)
as Mr. Parker
Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
as Self
I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)
as Captain Aikman
Kid (1990)
as Luke Clanton
The Boys in Company C (1978)
as Sergeant Loyce
The Take (1990)
as Weller
Y.M.I. (2004)
as John
Dead Men Can't Dance (1997)
as Senator Fowler
Savate (1995)
as Benedict
Soul of the Game (1996)
as Wilkie
You Know My Name (1999)
as Marshal Nix
Filmworker (2018)
as Self
The Terror Within II (1991)
as Von Demming
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
as Sergeant (voice)
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel (2007)
as Self
Kubrick Remembered (2014)
as Self
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
as Billy Paxton
The Chaos Factor (2000)
as Col. Ben Wilder
Jericho (2000)
as Marshall
83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990)
as Glen Fairling
The Apartment Complex (1999)
as Frank Stanton
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil (2007)
as Self
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign (2001)
as Sky Marshall Sanchez
Escape from Alaska (1999)
as Gary
Chain of Command (1994)
as Benjamin Brewster
Demonstone (1990)
as Col. Joe Haines
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign (2001)
Actor
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket (—)
as Self (archive footage)
Up from the Depths (1979)
as Arnold (uncredited)
Birdseye (2002)
as Sheriff Gathers
On the Borderline (2001)
as Captain Elias
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre (2004)
as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
French Silk (1994)
as Chief Crowder
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign (2001)
Actor
Sarge! (2001)
as Himself
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man (1996)
as Self