R. Lee Ermey

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.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

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Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket poster

Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket

Movie · as Self - Gny. Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)

2020
Kubrick by Kubrick poster

Kubrick by Kubrick

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2018
Filmworker poster

Filmworker

Movie · as Self

2015
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond poster

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

Movie · as Self

2014
Kubrick Remembered poster

Kubrick Remembered

Movie · as Self

2012
The Watch poster

The Watch

Movie · as Manfred

2010
Machete Maidens Unleashed! poster

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

Movie · as Self

2010
Toy Story 3 poster

Toy Story 3

Movie · as Sarge (voice)

2008
Solstice poster

Solstice

Movie · as Leonard

2008
Eleventh Hour poster

Eleventh Hour

TV · as Bob Henson · 1 ep

2008
Batman: The Brave and the Bold poster

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

TV · as Wildcat (voice) · 4 eps

2007
The Pixar Story poster

The Pixar Story

Movie · as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)

2007
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel poster

Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel

Movie · as Self

2007
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil poster

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

Movie · as Self

2006
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning poster

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Movie · as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt

2006
Shark Bait poster

Shark Bait

Movie · as Jack (voice)

2006
X-Men: The Last Stand poster

X-Men: The Last Stand

Movie · as Sergeant (voice)

2005
Man of the House poster

Man of the House

Movie · as Captain Nichols

2004
Y.M.I. poster

Y.M.I.

Movie · as John

2004
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre poster

Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre

Movie · as Self - Sheriff Hoyt

2004
House poster

House

TV · as John House · 2 eps

2004
Father of the Pride poster

Father of the Pride

TV · as Bunny (voice) · 1 ep

2003
Willard poster

Willard

Movie · as Mr. Martin

2003
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre poster

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Movie · as Sheriff Hoyt

2002
Scenes of the Crime poster

Scenes of the Crime

Movie · as Mr. Parker

2002
Taking Sides poster

Taking Sides

Movie · as General Wallace

2002
The Salton Sea poster

The Salton Sea

Movie · as Verne Plummer

2002
Run Ronnie Run poster

Run Ronnie Run

Movie · as Lead Kidnapper

2002
Birdseye poster

Birdseye

Movie · as Sheriff Gathers

2002
My Life as a Teenage Robot poster

My Life as a Teenage Robot

TV · 1 ep

2002
Fillmore! poster

Fillmore!

TV · 1 ep

2002
Kim Possible poster

Kim Possible

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

2002
Mail Call poster

Mail Call

TV · 105 eps

2002
Pet Star poster

Pet Star

TV · as Self - Judge · 1 ep

2001
Saving Silverman poster

Saving Silverman

Movie · as Coach

2001
On the Borderline poster

On the Borderline

Movie · as Captain Elias

2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 poster

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Movie · as Richard Benson

2001
Sarge!

Sarge!

Movie · as Himself

2001
Recess: School's Out poster

Recess: School's Out

Movie · as Colonel O'Malley (voice)

2001
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign poster

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign

Movie

2001
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign poster

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign

Movie

2001
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign poster

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign

Movie · as Sky Marshall Sanchez

2001
Invader ZIM poster

Invader ZIM

TV · 1 ep

2001
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy poster

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

TV · as Sergeant / Drill Sergeant · 1 ep

2001
Scrubs poster

Scrubs

TV · as Janitor's Father · 1 ep

2000
Skipped Parts poster

Skipped Parts

Movie · as Caspar Callahan

2000
The Chaos Factor poster

The Chaos Factor

Movie · as Col. Ben Wilder

2000
Jericho poster

Jericho

Movie · as Marshall

2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins poster

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins

Movie · as Sarge (voice)

2000
The District poster

The District

TV · as Jim Bodsworth · 1 ep

1999
Toy Story 2 poster

Toy Story 2

Movie · as Sarge (voice)

1999
Escape from Alaska poster

Escape from Alaska

Movie · as Gary

1999
You Know My Name poster

You Know My Name

Movie · as Marshal Nix

1999
Life poster

Life

Movie · as Older Sheriff Pike

1999
The Apartment Complex poster

The Apartment Complex

Movie · as Frank Stanton

1999
Family Guy poster

Family Guy

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

1999
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles poster

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles

TV · as Sanchez (voice) · 40 eps

1999
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot poster

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

TV · as General Thornton (voice) · 15 eps

1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit poster

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

TV · as Walter Burlock · 1 ep

1999
Action poster

Action

TV · as Titus Scroad · 4 eps

1999
SpongeBob SquarePants poster

SpongeBob SquarePants

TV · as Prison Warden (voice) · 1 ep

1998
The Sender poster

The Sender

Movie · as Colonel Rosewater

1998
Gunshy poster

Gunshy

Movie · as Jerry

1998
Maximum Bob poster

Maximum Bob

TV · as Col. Theodore Baker · 1 ep

1997
Switchback poster

Switchback

Movie · as Sheriff Buck Olmstead

1997
Prefontaine poster

Prefontaine

Movie · as Bill Bowerman

1997
Dead Men Can't Dance poster

Dead Men Can't Dance

Movie · as Senator Fowler

1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction poster

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Movie · as Billy Paxton

1997
Starship Troopers poster

Starship Troopers

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

1997
The Angry Beavers poster

The Angry Beavers

TV · 1 ep

1997
Cracker poster

Cracker

TV · as Lieutenant Fry · 16 eps

1997
Rough Riders poster

Rough Riders

TV · as Secretary of State John Hay · 2 eps

1996
The Frighteners poster

The Frighteners

Movie · as Hiles

1996
Soul of the Game poster

Soul of the Game

Movie · as Wilkie

1996
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man poster

Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man

Movie · as Self

1996
E! True Hollywood Story poster

E! True Hollywood Story

TV · 1 ep

1996
Promised Land poster

Promised Land

TV · 1 ep

1996
High Incident poster

High Incident

TV · as Tony Van Camp · 32 eps

1996
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series poster

All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series

TV · as Sergeant Yorkie (voice) · 1 ep

1995
Toy Story poster

Toy Story

Movie · as Sergeant (voice)

1995
Dead Man Walking poster

Dead Man Walking

Movie · as Clyde Percy

1995
Se7en poster

Se7en

Movie · as Police Captain

1995
Savate poster

Savate

Movie · as Benedict

1995
Leaving Las Vegas poster

Leaving Las Vegas

Movie · as Conventioneer

1995
Murder in the First poster

Murder in the First

Movie · as Judge Clawson

1995
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back poster

Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back

Movie · as Preacher Brian

1995
Space: Above and Beyond poster

Space: Above and Beyond

TV · as Sgt. Major Bougas · 1 ep

1994
Chain of Command poster

Chain of Command

Movie · as Benjamin Brewster

1994
Love Is a Gun poster

Love Is a Gun

Movie · as Frank Deacon

1994
French Silk poster

French Silk

Movie · as Chief Crowder

1994
On Deadly Ground poster

On Deadly Ground

Movie · as Stone

1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult poster

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Movie · as Prison Guard (uncredited)

1994
Sweet Justice

Sweet Justice

TV · as Luke · 22 eps

1993
Sommersby poster

Sommersby

Movie · as Dick Mead

1993
Body Snatchers poster

Body Snatchers

Movie · as General Platt

1993
Hexed poster

Hexed

Movie · as Detective Ferguson

1993
The X-Files poster

The X-Files

TV · as Reverend Patrick Findley · 1 ep

1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. poster

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

TV · as Brisco County Sr., Brisco Country Sr. · 1 ep

1992
Human Target poster

Human Target

TV · 1 ep

1991
Toy Soldiers poster

Toy Soldiers

Movie · as General Kramer

1991
The Terror Within II poster

The Terror Within II

Movie · as Von Demming

1991
True Identity poster

True Identity

Movie · as Houston’s Boss

1991
Civil Wars poster

Civil Wars

TV · 1 ep

1991
Street Justice poster

Street Justice

TV · as Special Agent Landau · 1 ep

1990
The Rift poster

The Rift

Movie · as Captain Phillips

1990
83 Hours 'Til Dawn poster

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

Movie · as Glen Fairling

1990
The Take poster

The Take

Movie · as Weller

1990
I'm Dangerous Tonight poster

I'm Dangerous Tonight

Movie · as Captain Aikman

1990
Kid poster

Kid

Movie · as Luke Clanton

1990
Demonstone poster

Demonstone

Movie · as Col. Joe Haines

1989
The Siege of Firebase Gloria poster

The Siege of Firebase Gloria

Movie · as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator

1989
Fletch Lives poster

Fletch Lives

Movie · as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Colonel Hapablap (voice) · 2 eps

1989
Tales from the Crypt poster

Tales from the Crypt

TV · as Sheriff · 1 ep

1988
Mississippi Burning poster

Mississippi Burning

Movie · as Mayor Tilman

1988
China Beach poster

China Beach

TV · 1 ep

1987
Full Metal Jacket poster

Full Metal Jacket

Movie · as Gny. Sgt. Hartman

1984
Purple Hearts poster

Purple Hearts

Movie · as Gunny

1984
Miami Vice poster

Miami Vice

TV · as Ernest Haskell · 1 ep

1979
Apocalypse Now poster

Apocalypse Now

Movie · as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

1979
Up from the Depths poster

Up from the Depths

Movie · as Arnold (uncredited)

1978
The Boys in Company C poster

The Boys in Company C

Movie · as Sergeant Loyce