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R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey

R. Lee Ermey

ActingBorn March 24, 1944Died April 15, 2018 (age 74)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.

Filmography

2020
Kubrick by Kubrick

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2018
Filmworker

as Self

Movie
2014Movie
2012
The Watch

as Manfred

Movie
2010
Toy Story 3

as Sarge (voice)

Movie
2008TV
2008
Eleventh Hour

as Bob Henson

TV
2008
Solstice

as Leonard

Movie
2007
The Pixar Story

as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)

Movie
2006
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt

Movie
2006
Shark Bait

as Jack (voice)

Movie
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand

as Sergeant (voice)

Movie
2005
Man of the House

as Captain Nichols

Movie
2004
House

as John House

TV
2004
Father of the Pride

as Bunny (voice)

TV
2004
Y.M.I.

as John

Movie
2004
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre

as Self - Sheriff Hoyt

Movie
2003Movie
2003
Willard

as Mr. Martin

Movie
2002TV
2002
Pet Star

as Self - Judge

TV
2002
Birdseye

as Sheriff Gathers

Movie
2002TV
2002
Kim Possible

as Additional Voices (voice)

TV
2002
Kim Possible

as General Sims (voice)

TV
2002
Scenes of the Crime

as Mr. Parker

Movie
2002
Taking Sides

as General Wallace

Movie
2002
The Salton Sea

as Verne Plummer

Movie
2002
Run Ronnie Run

as Lead Kidnapper

Movie
2001
On the Borderline

as Captain Elias

Movie
2001
Scrubs

as Janitor's Father

TV
2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

as Richard Benson

Movie
2001
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

as Sergeant / Drill Sergeant

TV
2001
Recess: School's Out

as Colonel O'Malley (voice)

Movie
2001Movie
2001
Sarge!

as Himself

Movie
2000
The District

as Jim Bodsworth

TV
2000
Jericho

as Marshall

Movie
2000
Skipped Parts

as Caspar Callahan

Movie
2000
The Chaos Factor

as Col. Ben Wilder

Movie
1999
The Apartment Complex

as Frank Stanton

Movie
1999
Toy Story 2

as Sarge (voice)

Movie
1999TV
1999
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

as General Thornton (voice)

TV
1999
Action

as Titus Scroad

TV
1999
You Know My Name

as Marshal Nix

Movie
1999Movie
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants

as Prison Warden (voice)

TV
1999
Life

as Older Sheriff Pike

Movie
1999
Family Guy

as Coach (voice)

TV
1999
Family Guy

as Warden (voice)

TV
1998
Maximum Bob

as Col. Theodore Baker

TV
1998
The Sender

as Colonel Rosewater

Movie
1998
Gunshy

as Jerry

Movie
1997
Starship Troopers

as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1997
Switchback

as Sheriff Buck Olmstead

Movie
1997
Cracker

as Lieutenant Fry

TV
1997
Rough Riders

as Secretary of State John Hay

TV
1997Movie
1997
Dead Men Can't Dance

as Senator Fowler

Movie
1997
Prefontaine

as Bill Bowerman

Movie
1996
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series

as Sergeant Yorkie (voice)

TV
1996Movie
1996Movie
1996
High Incident

as Tony Van Camp

TV
1995
Dead Man Walking

as Clyde Percy

Movie
1995
Toy Story

as Sergeant (voice)

Movie
1995
Leaving Las Vegas

as Conventioneer

Movie
1995
Space: Above and Beyond

as Sgt. Major Bougas

TV
1995
Se7en

as Police Captain

Movie
1995
Savate

as Benedict

Movie
1995Movie
1995
Murder in the First

as Judge Clawson

Movie
1994
Love Is a Gun

as Frank Deacon

Movie
1994TV
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

as Prison Guard (uncredited)

Movie
1994Movie
1994
French Silk

as Chief Crowder

Movie
1994
Chain of Command

as Benjamin Brewster

Movie
1993
The X-Files

as Reverend Patrick Findley

TV
1993TV
1993TV
1993
Body Snatchers

as General Platt

Movie
1993
Sommersby

as Dick Mead

Movie
1993
Hexed

as Detective Ferguson

Movie
1991
Street Justice

as Special Agent Landau

TV
1991
True Identity

as Houston’s Boss

Movie
1991
Toy Soldiers

as General Kramer

Movie
1991
The Terror Within II

as Von Demming

Movie
1990
83 Hours 'Til Dawn

as Glen Fairling

Movie
1990
Kid

as Luke Clanton

Movie
1990
I'm Dangerous Tonight

as Captain Aikman

Movie
1990
The Take

as Weller

Movie
1990
The Rift

as Captain Phillips

Movie
1990
Demonstone

as Col. Joe Haines

Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as Colonel Hapablap (voice)

TV
1989TV
1989
Fletch Lives

as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth

Movie
1989
The Siege of Firebase Gloria

as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator

Movie
1988
Mississippi Burning

as Mayor Tilman

Movie
1987
Full Metal Jacket

as Gny. Sgt. Hartman

Movie
1984
Miami Vice

as Ernest Haskell

TV
1984Movie
1979
Up from the Depths

as Arnold (uncredited)

Movie
1979
Apocalypse Now

as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Movie
1978
The Boys in Company C

as Sergeant Loyce

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayMarch 24, 1944
Day of DeathApril 15, 2018
Place of BirthEmporia, Kansas, USA
Popularity1.2
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