R. Lee Ermey
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Mar 24, 1944 (82 years old)
Place of Birth
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
| 2020 | Kubrick by KubrickSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2018 | FilmworkerSelf | |
| 2015 | Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and BeyondSelf | |
| 2014 | Kubrick RememberedSelf | |
| 2012 | The WatchManfred | |
| 2010 | Machete Maidens Unleashed!Self | |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3Sarge (voice) | |
| 2008 | SolsticeLeonard | |
| 2008 | Eleventh HourBob Henson | |
| 2008 | Batman: The Brave and the BoldWildcat (voice) | |
| 2007 | The Pixar StorySergeant (voice) (archive footage) | |
| 2007 | Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a PrequelHimself | |
| 2007 | Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and EvilSelf | |
| 2006 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The BeginningUncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt | |
| 2006 | Shark BaitJack (voice) | |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last StandSergeant (voice) | |
| 2005 | Man of the HouseCaptain Nichols | |
| 2004 | Y.M.I.John | |
| 2004 | Chainsaw Redux: Making a MassacreSelf - Sheriff Hoyt | |
| 2004 | HouseJohn House | |
| 2004 | Father of the PrideBunny (voice) | |
| 2003 | WillardMr. Martin | |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw MassacreSheriff Hoyt | |
| 2002 | Scenes of the CrimeMr. Parker | |
| 2002 | Taking SidesGeneral Wallace | |
| 2002 | The Salton SeaVerne Plummer | |
| 2002 | Run Ronnie RunLead Kidnapper | |
| 2002 | BirdseyeSheriff Gathers | |
| 2002 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | |
| 2002 | Fillmore! | |
| 2002 | Kim PossibleAdditional Voices (voice) | |
| 2002 | Mail Call | |
| 2002 | Pet StarSelf - Judge | |
| 2001 | Saving SilvermanCoach | |
| 2001 | On the BorderlineCaptain Elias | |
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2President Richard Benson | |
| 2001 | Sarge!Himself | |
| 2001 | Recess: School's OutColonel O'Malley (voice) | |
| 2001 | Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign | |
| 2001 | Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign | |
| 2001 | Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet CampaignSky Marshall Sanchez | |
| 2001 | Invader ZIM | |
| 2001 | The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandySergeant / Drill Sergeant | |
| 2001 | ScrubsJanitor's Father | |
| 2000 | Skipped PartsCaspar Callahan | |
| 2000 | The Chaos FactorCol. Ben Wilder | |
| 2000 | JerichoMarshall | |
| 2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure BeginsSarge (voice) | |
| 2000 | The DistrictJim Bodsworth | |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2Sarge (voice) | |
| 1999 | Escape from AlaskaGary | |
| 1999 | You Know My NameMarshal Nix | |
| 1999 | LifeOlder Sheriff Pike | |
| 1999 | The Apartment ComplexFrank Stanton | |
| 1999 | Family GuyCoach (voice) | |
| 1999 | Roughnecks: Starship Troopers ChroniclesSanchez (voice) | |
| 1999 | The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy RobotGeneral Thornton (voice) | |
| 1999 | Family GuyWarden (voice) | |
| 1999 | Law & Order: Special Victims UnitWalter Burlock | |
| 1999 | ActionTitus Scroad | |
| 1998 | The SenderColonel Rosewater | |
| 1998 | GunshyJerry | |
| 1998 | Maximum BobCol. Theodore Baker | |
| 1997 | SwitchbackSheriff Buck Olmstead | |
| 1997 | PrefontaineBill Bowerman | |
| 1997 | Dead Men Can't DanceSenator Fowler | |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass DistractionBilly Paxton | |
| 1997 | Starship TroopersVoice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1997 | The Angry Beavers | |
| 1997 | CrackerLieutenant Fry | |
| 1997 | Rough RidersSecretary of State John Hay | |
| 1996 | The FrightenersHiles | |
| 1996 | Soul of the GameWilkie | |
| 1996 | Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible ManSelf | |
| 1996 | E! True Hollywood Story | |
| 1996 | Promised Land | |
| 1996 | High IncidentTony Van Camp | |
| 1996 | All Dogs Go To Heaven: The SeriesSergeant Yorkie (voice) | |
| 1995 | Toy StorySergeant (voice) | |
| 1995 | Dead Man WalkingClyde Percy | |
| 1995 | Se7enPolice Captain | |
| 1995 | SavateBenedict | |
| 1995 | Leaving Las VegasConventioneer | |
| 1995 | Murder in the FirstJudge Clawson | |
| 1995 | Best of the Best 3: No Turning BackPreacher Brian | |
| 1995 | Space: Above and BeyondSgt. Major Bougas | |
| 1994 | Chain of CommandBenjamin Brewster | |
| 1994 | Love Is a GunFrank Deacon | |
| 1994 | French SilkChief Crowder | |
| 1994 | On Deadly GroundStone | |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final InsultPrison Guard (uncredited) | |
| 1994 | Sweet JusticeLuke | |
| 1993 | SommersbyDick Mead | |
| 1993 | Body SnatchersGeneral Platt | |
| 1993 | HexedDetective Ferguson | |
| 1993 | The X-FilesReverend 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 | Toy SoldiersGeneral Kramer | |
| 1991 | The Terror Within IIVon Demming | |
| 1991 | True IdentityHouston’s Boss | |
| 1991 | Civil Wars | |
| 1991 | Street JusticeSpecial Agent Landau | |
| 1990 | The RiftCaptain Phillips | |
| 1990 | 83 Hours 'Til DawnGlen Fairling | |
| 1990 | The TakeWeller | |
| 1990 | I'm Dangerous TonightCaptain Aikman | |
| 1990 | KidLuke Clanton | |
| 1990 | DemonstoneCol. Joe Haines | |
| 1989 | The Siege of Firebase GloriaSgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator | |
| 1989 | Fletch LivesJimmy Lee Farnsworth | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsColonel Hapablap (voice) | |
| 1989 | Tales from the CryptSheriff | |
| 1988 | Mississippi BurningMayor Tilman | |
| 1988 | China Beach | |
| 1987 | Full Metal JacketGny. Sgt. Hartman | |
| 1984 | Purple HeartsGunny | |
| 1984 | Miami ViceErnest Haskell | |
| 1979 | Apocalypse NowEagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) | |
| 1979 | Up from the DepthsArnold (uncredited) | |
| 1978 | The Boys in Company CSergeant Loyce | |
| - | A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal JacketSelf (archive footage) |