Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
March 24, 1944
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 retired 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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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Kubrick by Kubrick | Self (archive footage) |
| 2018 | Filmworker | Self |
| 2015 | Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond | Self |
| 2014 | Kubrick Remembered | Self |
| 2012 | The Watch | Manfred |
| 2010 | Machete Maidens Unleashed! | Self |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Sarge (voice) |
| 2008 | Solstice | Leonard |
| 2007 | The Pixar Story | Sergeant (voice) (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel | Himself |
| 2007 | Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil | Self |
| 2006 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt |
| 2006 | Shark Bait | Jack (voice) |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Sergeant (voice) |
| 2005 | Man of the House | Captain Nichols |
| 2004 | Y.M.I. | John |
| 2004 | Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre | Himself / Sheriff Hoyt |
| 2003 | Willard | Mr. Martin |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Sheriff Hoyt |
| 2002 | Scenes of the Crime | Mr. Parker |
| 2002 | Taking Sides | General Wallace |
| 2002 | The Salton Sea | Verne Plummer |
| 2002 | Run Ronnie Run | Lead Kidnapper |
| 2002 | Birdseye | Sheriff Gathers |
| 2001 | Saving Silverman | Coach |
| 2001 | On the Borderline | Captain Elias |
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | President Richard Benson |
| 2001 | Sarge! | Himself |
| 2001 | Recess: School's Out | Colonel O'Malley (voice) |
| 2000 | Skipped Parts | Caspar Callahan |
| 2000 | The Chaos Factor | Col. Ben Wilder |
| 2000 | Jericho | Marshall |
| 2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | Sarge (voice) |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Sarge (voice) |
| 1999 | Escape from Alaska | Gary |
| 1999 | You Know My Name | Marshal Nix |
| 1999 | Life | Older Sheriff Pike |
| 1999 | The Apartment Complex | Frank Stanton |
| 1998 | The Sender | Colonel Rosewater |
| 1998 | Gunshy | Jerry |
| 1997 | Switchback | Sheriff Buck Olmstead |
| 1997 | Prefontaine | Bill Bowerman |
| 1997 | Dead Men Can't Dance | Senator Fowler |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Billy Paxton |
| 1997 | Starship Troopers | Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1996 | The Frighteners | Hiles |
| 1996 | Soul of the Game | Wilkie |
| 1996 | Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man | Self |
| 1995 | Toy Story | Sergeant (voice) |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking | Clyde Percy |
| 1995 | Se7en | Police Captain |
| 1995 | Savate | Benedict |
| 1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | Conventioneer |
| 1995 | Murder in the First | Judge Clawson |
| 1995 | Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back | Preacher Brian |
| 1994 | Chain of Command | Benjamin Brewster |
| 1994 | Love Is a Gun | Frank Deacon |
| 1994 | French Silk | Chief Crowder |
| 1994 | On Deadly Ground | Stone |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Prison Guard (uncredited) |
| 1993 | Sommersby | Dick Mead |
| 1993 | Body Snatchers | General Platt |
| 1993 | Hexed | Detective Ferguson |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Brisco County Sr. |
| 1991 | Toy Soldiers | General Kramer |
| 1991 | The Terror Within II | Von Demming |
| 1991 | True Identity | Houston’s Boss |
| 1990 | The Rift | Captain Phillips |
| 1990 | 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | Glen Fairling |
| 1990 | The Take | Weller |
| 1990 | I'm Dangerous Tonight | Captain Aikman |
| 1990 | Kid | Luke Clanton |
| 1990 | Demonstone | Col. Joe Haines |
| 1989 | The Siege of Firebase Gloria | Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator |
| 1989 | Fletch Lives | Jimmy Lee Farnsworth |
| 1988 | Mississippi Burning | Mayor Tilman |
| 1987 | Full Metal Jacket | Gny. Sgt. Hartman |
| 1984 | Purple Hearts | Gunny |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) |
| 1978 | The Boys in Company C | Sergeant Loyce |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Eleventh Hour | |
| 2008 | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Wildcat (voice) |
| 2004 | House | John House |
| 2004 | Father of the Pride | Bunny (voice) |
| 2003 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | |
| 2002 | Fillmore! | |
| 2002 | Kim Possible | Additional Voices (voice) |
| 2002 | Mail Call | |
| 2002 | Pet Star | Self - Judge |
| 2001 | Invader ZIM | |
| 2001 | Scrubs | Janitor's Father |
| 2001 | The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy | Sergeant / Drill Sergeant |
| 2000 | The District | Jim Bodsworth |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Coach (voice) |
| 1999 | Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles | Sky Marshall Sanchez (voice) |
| 1999 | The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | General Thornton (voice) |
| 1999 | Family Guy | Warden (voice) |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Walter Burlock |
| 1999 | Action | Titus Scroad |
| 1998 | Maximum Bob | Col. Theodore Baker |
| 1997 | The Angry Beavers | |
| 1997 | Cracker | Lieutenant Fry |
| 1997 | Rough Riders | Secretary of State John Hay |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series | Sergeant Yorkie |
| 1996 | Promised Land | |
| 1996 | High Incident | Tony Van Camp |
| 1995 | Space: Above and Beyond | Sgt. Major Bougas |
| 1994 | Sweet Justice | Luke |
| 1993 | The X-Files | Reverend Patrick Findley |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Brisco Country Sr. |
| 1993 | The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Brisco County Sr. |
| 1992 | Human Target | |
| 1991 | Civil Wars | |
| 1991 | Street Justice | Special Agent Landau |
| 1989 | The Simpsons | Colonel Hapablap (voice) |
| 1989 | Tales from the Crypt | Sheriff |
| 1988 | China Beach | |
| 1984 | Miami Vice | Ernest Haskell |