
R. Lee Ermey
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 24, 1944
- Died
- April 15, 2018 (aged 74)
- Birthplace
- Emporia, Kansas, USA
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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Filmography

Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket
Movie · as Self - Gny. Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)

Kubrick by Kubrick
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Filmworker
Movie · as Self

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Movie · as Self

Kubrick Remembered
Movie · as Self

The Watch
Movie · as Manfred

Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Movie · as Self

Toy Story 3
Movie · as Sarge (voice)

Solstice
Movie · as Leonard

Eleventh Hour
TV · as Bob Henson · 1 ep

Batman: The Brave and the Bold
TV · as Wildcat (voice) · 4 eps

The Pixar Story
Movie · as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)

Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
Movie · as Self

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
Movie · as Self

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Movie · as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt

Shark Bait
Movie · as Jack (voice)

X-Men: The Last Stand
Movie · as Sergeant (voice)

Man of the House
Movie · as Captain Nichols

Y.M.I.
Movie · as John

Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
Movie · as Self - Sheriff Hoyt

House
TV · as John House · 2 eps

Father of the Pride
TV · as Bunny (voice) · 1 ep

Willard
Movie · as Mr. Martin

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Movie · as Sheriff Hoyt

Scenes of the Crime
Movie · as Mr. Parker

Taking Sides
Movie · as General Wallace

The Salton Sea
Movie · as Verne Plummer

Run Ronnie Run
Movie · as Lead Kidnapper

Birdseye
Movie · as Sheriff Gathers

My Life as a Teenage Robot
TV · 1 ep

Fillmore!
TV · 1 ep

Kim Possible
TV · as Additional Voices (voice), General Sims (voice) · 1 ep

Mail Call
TV · 105 eps

Pet Star
TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

Saving Silverman
Movie · as Coach

On the Borderline
Movie · as Captain Elias

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Movie · as Richard Benson
Sarge!
Movie · as Himself

Recess: School's Out
Movie · as Colonel O'Malley (voice)

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
Movie

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
Movie

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign
Movie · as Sky Marshall Sanchez

Invader ZIM
TV · 1 ep

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
TV · as Sergeant / Drill Sergeant · 1 ep

Scrubs
TV · as Janitor's Father · 1 ep

Skipped Parts
Movie · as Caspar Callahan

The Chaos Factor
Movie · as Col. Ben Wilder

Jericho
Movie · as Marshall

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
Movie · as Sarge (voice)

The District
TV · as Jim Bodsworth · 1 ep

Toy Story 2
Movie · as Sarge (voice)

Escape from Alaska
Movie · as Gary

You Know My Name
Movie · as Marshal Nix

Life
Movie · as Older Sheriff Pike

The Apartment Complex
Movie · as Frank Stanton

Family Guy
TV · as Coach (voice), Warden (voice) · 1 ep

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
TV · as Sanchez (voice) · 40 eps

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
TV · as General Thornton (voice) · 15 eps

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV · as Walter Burlock · 1 ep

Action
TV · as Titus Scroad · 4 eps

SpongeBob SquarePants
TV · as Prison Warden (voice) · 1 ep

The Sender
Movie · as Colonel Rosewater

Gunshy
Movie · as Jerry

Maximum Bob
TV · as Col. Theodore Baker · 1 ep

Switchback
Movie · as Sheriff Buck Olmstead

Prefontaine
Movie · as Bill Bowerman

Dead Men Can't Dance
Movie · as Senator Fowler

Weapons of Mass Distraction
Movie · as Billy Paxton

Starship Troopers
Movie · as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)

The Angry Beavers
TV · 1 ep

Cracker
TV · as Lieutenant Fry · 16 eps

Rough Riders
TV · as Secretary of State John Hay · 2 eps

The Frighteners
Movie · as Hiles

Soul of the Game
Movie · as Wilkie

Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
Movie · as Self

E! True Hollywood Story
TV · 1 ep

Promised Land
TV · 1 ep

High Incident
TV · as Tony Van Camp · 32 eps

All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
TV · as Sergeant Yorkie (voice) · 1 ep

Toy Story
Movie · as Sergeant (voice)

Dead Man Walking
Movie · as Clyde Percy

Se7en
Movie · as Police Captain

Savate
Movie · as Benedict

Leaving Las Vegas
Movie · as Conventioneer

Murder in the First
Movie · as Judge Clawson

Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
Movie · as Preacher Brian

Space: Above and Beyond
TV · as Sgt. Major Bougas · 1 ep

Chain of Command
Movie · as Benjamin Brewster

Love Is a Gun
Movie · as Frank Deacon

French Silk
Movie · as Chief Crowder

On Deadly Ground
Movie · as Stone

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Movie · as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Sweet Justice
TV · as Luke · 22 eps

Sommersby
Movie · as Dick Mead

Body Snatchers
Movie · as General Platt

Hexed
Movie · as Detective Ferguson

The X-Files
TV · as Reverend Patrick Findley · 1 ep

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
TV · as Brisco County Sr., Brisco Country Sr. · 1 ep

Human Target
TV · 1 ep

Toy Soldiers
Movie · as General Kramer

The Terror Within II
Movie · as Von Demming

True Identity
Movie · as Houston’s Boss

Civil Wars
TV · 1 ep

Street Justice
TV · as Special Agent Landau · 1 ep

The Rift
Movie · as Captain Phillips

83 Hours 'Til Dawn
Movie · as Glen Fairling

The Take
Movie · as Weller

I'm Dangerous Tonight
Movie · as Captain Aikman

Kid
Movie · as Luke Clanton

Demonstone
Movie · as Col. Joe Haines

The Siege of Firebase Gloria
Movie · as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator

Fletch Lives
Movie · as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth

The Simpsons
TV · as Colonel Hapablap (voice) · 2 eps

Tales from the Crypt
TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep

Mississippi Burning
Movie · as Mayor Tilman

China Beach
TV · 1 ep

Full Metal Jacket
Movie · as Gny. Sgt. Hartman

Purple Hearts
Movie · as Gunny

Miami Vice
TV · as Ernest Haskell · 1 ep

Apocalypse Now
Movie · as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Up from the Depths
Movie · as Arnold (uncredited)

The Boys in Company C
Movie · as Sergeant Loyce



