R. Lee Ermey
Known for Acting · 122 credits
- Born
- 1944-03-24
- Died
- 2018-04-15
- Place of birth
- Emporia, Kansas, USA
- Also known as
- Ronald Lee Ermey · Lee Emery · R. Lee Emrey · Lee Ermey · R. Lee Ermy
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
TV Shows (38)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Walter Burlock
The Simpsons
1989
as Colonel Hapablap (voice)
Family Guy
1999
as Coach (voice) / Warden (voice)
House
2004
as John House
The X-Files
1993
as Reverend Patrick Findley
Scrubs
2001
as Janitor's Father
Miami Vice
1984
as Ernest Haskell
Kim Possible
2002
as Additional Voices (voice) / General Sims (voice)
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001
as Sergeant / Drill Sergeant
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
as Wildcat (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
1989
as Sheriff
The District
2000
as Jim Bodsworth
The Angry Beavers
1997
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Prison Warden (voice)
China Beach
1988
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as Brisco Country Sr. / Brisco County Sr.
My Life as a Teenage Robot
2002
Space: Above and Beyond
1995
as Sgt. Major Bougas
Invader ZIM
2001
Promised Land
1996
Fillmore!
2002
Eleventh Hour
2008
as Bob Henson
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
1999
as Sanchez (voice)
Father of the Pride
2004
as Bunny (voice)
Civil Wars
1991
High Incident
1996
as Tony Van Camp
Pet Star
2002
as Self - Judge
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
1999
as General Thornton (voice)
Cracker
1997
as Lieutenant Fry
Action
1999
as Titus Scroad
Street Justice
1991
as Special Agent Landau
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
1996
as Sergeant Yorkie (voice)
Maximum Bob
1998
as Col. Theodore Baker
Rough Riders
1997
as Secretary of State John Hay
Human Target
1992
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Sweet Justice
1994
as Luke
Mail Call
2002
Movies (84)
Toy Story
1995
as Sergeant (voice)
Se7en
1995
as Police Captain
Toy Story 2
1999
as Sarge (voice)
Toy Story 3
2010
as Sarge (voice)
Apocalypse Now
1979
as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003
as Sheriff Hoyt
Full Metal Jacket
1987
as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Starship Troopers
1997
as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
Mississippi Burning
1988
as Mayor Tilman
Leaving Las Vegas
1995
as Conventioneer
Life
1999
as Older Sheriff Pike
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
The Frighteners
1996
as Hiles
Dead Man Walking
1995
as Clyde Percy
The Watch
2012
as Manfred
Saving Silverman
2001
as Coach
Sommersby
1993
as Dick Mead
The Boys in Company C
1978
as Sergeant Loyce
Murder in the First
1995
as Judge Clawson
On Deadly Ground
1994
as Stone
Man of the House
2005
as Captain Nichols
Shark Bait
2006
as Jack (voice)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000
as Sarge (voice)
Recess: School's Out
2001
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
Willard
2003
as Mr. Martin
The Pixar Story
2007
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
Body Snatchers
1993
as General Platt
Switchback
1997
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
Toy Soldiers
1991
as General Kramer
The Salton Sea
2002
as Verne Plummer
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
1989
as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
Solstice
2008
as Leonard
Run Ronnie Run
2002
as Lead Kidnapper
Fletch Lives
1989
as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
as Preacher Brian
Prefontaine
1997
as Bill Bowerman
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Billy Paxton
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as Richard Benson
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015
as Self
Soul of the Game
1996
as Wilkie
Skipped Parts
2000
as Caspar Callahan
Hexed
1993
as Detective Ferguson
True Identity
1991
as Houston’s Boss
Purple Hearts
1984
as Gunny
Scenes of the Crime
2002
as Mr. Parker
Taking Sides
2002
as General Wallace
The Sender
1998
as Colonel Rosewater
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
as Self
The Apartment Complex
1999
as Frank Stanton
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
as Captain Aikman
Savate
1995
as Benedict
Gunshy
1998
as Jerry
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007
as Self
The Rift
1990
as Captain Phillips
Kid
1990
as Luke Clanton
Birdseye
2002
as Sheriff Gathers
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990
as Glen Fairling
Filmworker
2018
as Self
French Silk
1994
as Chief Crowder
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007
as Self
Kubrick Remembered
2014
as Self
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
1996
as Self
Escape from Alaska
1999
as Gary
Love Is a Gun
1994
as Frank Deacon
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as Sergeant (voice)
Dead Men Can't Dance
1997
as Senator Fowler
You Know My Name
1999
as Marshal Nix
Sarge!
2001
as Himself
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
2004
as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
The Terror Within II
1991
as Von Demming
Chain of Command
1994
as Benjamin Brewster
Jericho
2000
as Marshall
Up from the Depths
1979
as Arnold (uncredited)
Y.M.I.
2004
as John
Demonstone
1990
as Col. Joe Haines
The Chaos Factor
2000
as Col. Ben Wilder
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
as Self (archive footage)
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
2001
The Take
1990
as Weller
On the Borderline
2001
as Captain Elias
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
2001
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign
2001
as Sky Marshall Sanchez
About R. Lee Ermey
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 v… With 122 credits spanning from 1978 to 2020, R. Lee Ermey has appeared in 84 films and 38 TV shows.
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- Toy Story (1995) — as Sergeant (voice)
- Se7en (1995) — as Police Captain
- Toy Story 2 (1999) — as Sarge (voice)
- Toy Story 3 (2010) — as Sarge (voice)
- Apocalypse Now (1979) — as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
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