R. Lee Ermey
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-03-24
Day of Death
2018-04-15 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Emporia, Kansas, USA
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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Acting
(2020)
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Filmworker
as Self
(2015)
(2014)
Kubrick Remembered
as Self
(2012)
The Watch
as Manfred
(2010)
Toy Story 3
as Sarge (voice)
(2010)
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as Self
(2008)
Solstice
as Leonard
(2007)
The Pixar Story
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
(2007)
(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)
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
as Himself / Sheriff Hoyt
(2004)
Y.M.I.
as John
(2003)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
as Sheriff Hoyt
(2003)
Willard
as Mr. Martin
(2002)
The Salton Sea
as Verne Plummer
(2002)
Run Ronnie Run
as Lead Kidnapper
(2002)
Scenes of the Crime
as Mr. Parker
(2002)
Taking Sides
as General Wallace
(2002)
Birdseye
as Sheriff Gathers
(2001)
Recess: School's Out
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
(2001)
Saving Silverman
as Coach
(2001)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as President Richard Benson
(2001)
On the Borderline
as Captain Elias
(2001)
Sarge!
as Himself
(2000)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
as Sarge (voice)
(2000)
Skipped Parts
as Caspar Callahan
(2000)
Jericho
as Marshall
(2000)
The Chaos Factor
as Col. Ben Wilder
(1999)
Toy Story 2
as Sarge (voice)
(1999)
Life
as Older Sheriff Pike
(1999)
The Apartment Complex
as Frank Stanton
(1999)
You Know My Name
as Marshal Nix
(1999)
Escape from Alaska
as Gary
(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)
Prefontaine
as Bill Bowerman
(1997)
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Billy Paxton
(1997)
Dead Men Can't Dance
as Senator Fowler
(1996)
The Frighteners
as Hiles
(1996)
Soul of the Game
as Wilkie
(1996)
(1995)
Toy Story
as Sergeant (voice)
(1995)
Se7en
as Police Captain
(1995)
Leaving Las Vegas
as Conventioneer
(1995)
Dead Man Walking
as Clyde Percy
(1995)
Murder in the First
as Judge Clawson
(1995)
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
as Preacher Brian
(1995)
Savate
as Benedict
(1994)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
(1994)
On Deadly Ground
as Stone
(1994)
Love Is a Gun
as Frank Deacon
(1994)
Chain of Command
as Benjamin Brewster
(1994)
French Silk
as Chief Crowder
(1993)
Sommersby
as Dick Mead
(1993)
Body Snatchers
as General Platt
(1993)
Hexed
as Detective Ferguson
(1993)
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Brisco County Sr.
(1991)
Toy Soldiers
as General Kramer
(1991)
The Terror Within II
as Von Demming
(1991)
True Identity
as Houston’s Boss
(1990)
The Rift
as Captain Phillips
(1990)
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Glen Fairling
(1990)
I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Captain Aikman
(1990)
Demonstone
as Col. Joe Haines
(1990)
Kid
as Luke Clanton
(1990)
The Take
as Weller
(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
(1987)
Full Metal Jacket
as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
(1984)
Purple Hearts
as Gunny
(1979)
Apocalypse Now
as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
(1978)
The Boys in Company C
as Sergeant Loyce