R. Lee Ermey
Actor
- Born
- March 24, 1944 · Emporia, Kansas, USA
- Died
- April 15, 2018 (age 74)
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.
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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
Se7en
September 22, 1995
Toy Story
November 22, 1995
Toy Story 3
June 16, 2010
Toy Story 2
October 30, 1999
Full Metal Jacket
June 26, 1987
X-Men: The Last Stand
May 24, 2006
Apocalypse Now
May 19, 1979
Starship Troopers
November 7, 1997
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
October 17, 2003
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
March 18, 1994
The Watch
July 26, 2012
Mississippi Burning
December 8, 1988
Acting84
- 2020Kubrick by Kubrick as Self (archive footage)
- 2018Filmworker as Self
- 2015Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond as Self
- 2014Kubrick Remembered as Self
- 2012The Watch as Manfred
- 2010Machete Maidens Unleashed! as Self
- 2010Toy Story 3 as Sarge (voice)
- 2008Solstice as Leonard
- 2007Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil as Self
- 2007The Pixar Story