R. Lee Ermey

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1944-03-24

Place of Birth

Emporia, Kansas, USA
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R. Lee Ermey

Biography

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.

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Acting History

2018
Filmworker as Self
2015
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self
2014
Kubrick Remembered as Self
2012
The Watch as Manfred
2010
Machete Maidens Unleashed! as Self
2010
Toy Story 3 as Sarge (voice)
2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Wildcat (voice)
2008
Eleventh Hour as Bob Henson
2008
Solstice as Leonard
2007
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil as Self
2007
The Pixar Story as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel as Himself
2006
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
2006
Shark Bait as Jack (voice)
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand as Sergeant (voice)
2005
Man of the House as Captain Nichols
2004
House as John House
2004
Father of the Pride as Bunny (voice)
2004
Y.M.I. as John
2004
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
2003
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Sheriff Hoyt
2003
Willard as Mr. Martin
2002
My Life as a Teenage Robot
2002
Fillmore!
2002
Pet Star as Self - Judge
2002
Birdseye as Sheriff Gathers
2002
Mail Call
2002
Kim Possible as Additional Voices (voice)
2002
Scenes of the Crime as Mr. Parker
2002
Taking Sides as General Wallace
2002
The Salton Sea as Verne Plummer
2002
Run Ronnie Run as Lead Kidnapper
2001
On the Borderline as Captain Elias
2001
Scrubs as Janitor's Father
2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as President Richard Benson
2001
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Sergeant / Drill Sergeant
2001
Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
2001
Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
2001
Invader ZIM
2001
Recess: School's Out as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
2001
Saving Silverman as Coach
2001
Sarge! as Himself
2000
The District as Jim Bodsworth
2000
Jericho as Marshall
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins as Sarge (voice)
2000
Skipped Parts as Caspar Callahan
2000
The Chaos Factor as Col. Ben Wilder
1999
The Apartment Complex as Frank Stanton
1999
Toy Story 2 as Sarge (voice)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Walter Burlock
1999
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot as General Thornton (voice)
1999
Action as Titus Scroad
1999
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles as Sanchez (voice)
1999
You Know My Name as Marshal Nix
1999
Escape from Alaska as Gary
1999
Life as Older Sheriff Pike
1999
Family Guy as Coach (voice)
1999
Family Guy as Warden (voice)
1998
Maximum Bob as Col. Theodore Baker
1998
The Sender as Colonel Rosewater
1998
Gunshy as Jerry
1997
Starship Troopers as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
1997
Switchback as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
1997
Cracker as Lieutenant Fry
1997
Rough Riders as Secretary of State John Hay
1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction as Billy Paxton
1997
The Angry Beavers
1997
Dead Men Can't Dance as Senator Fowler
1997
Prefontaine as Bill Bowerman
1996
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series as Sergeant Yorkie (voice)
1996
Promised Land
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Frighteners as Hiles
1996
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man as Self
1996
Soul of the Game as Wilkie
1996
High Incident as Tony Van Camp
1995
Dead Man Walking as Clyde Percy
1995
Toy Story as Sergeant (voice)
1995
Leaving Las Vegas as Conventioneer
1995
Space: Above and Beyond as Sgt. Major Bougas
1995
Se7en as Police Captain
1995
Savate as Benedict
1995
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back as Preacher Brian
1995
Murder in the First as Judge Clawson
1994
Love Is a Gun as Frank Deacon
1994
Sweet Justice as Luke
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Prison Guard (uncredited)
1994
On Deadly Ground as Stone
1994
French Silk as Chief Crowder
1994
Chain of Command as Benjamin Brewster
1993
The X-Files as Reverend Patrick Findley
1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Brisco Country Sr.
1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. as Brisco County Sr.
1993
Body Snatchers as General Platt
1993
Sommersby as Dick Mead
1993
Hexed as Detective Ferguson
1992
Human Target
1991
Civil Wars
1991
Street Justice as Special Agent Landau
1991
True Identity as Houston’s Boss
1991
Toy Soldiers as General Kramer
1991
The Terror Within II as Von Demming
1990
83 Hours 'Til Dawn as Glen Fairling
1990
Kid as Luke Clanton
1990
I'm Dangerous Tonight as Captain Aikman
1990
The Take as Weller
1990
The Rift as Captain Phillips
1990
Demonstone as Col. Joe Haines
1989
The Simpsons as Colonel Hapablap (voice)
1989
Tales from the Crypt as Sheriff
1989
Fletch Lives as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
1989
The Siege of Firebase Gloria as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
1988
Mississippi Burning as Mayor Tilman
1988
China Beach
1987
Full Metal Jacket as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
1984
Miami Vice as Ernest Haskell
1984
Purple Hearts as Gunny
1979
Up from the Depths as Arnold (uncredited)
1979
Apocalypse Now as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
1978
The Boys in Company C as Sergeant Loyce
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A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket as Self (archive footage)