R. Lee Ermey
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
All Movies (84)
- Kubrick by Kubrick2020 · as Self (archive footage)
- Filmworker2018 · as Self
- Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond2015 · as Self
- Kubrick Remembered2014 · as Self
- The Watch2012 · as Manfred
- Machete Maidens Unleashed!2010 · as Self
- Toy Story 32010 · as Sarge (voice)
- Solstice2008 · as Leonard
- Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil2007 · as Self
- The Pixar Story2007 · as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
- Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel2007 · as Self
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning2006 · as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
- Shark Bait2006 · as Jack (voice)
- X-Men: The Last Stand2006 · as Sergeant (voice)
- Man of the House2005 · as Captain Nichols
- Y.M.I.2004 · as John
- Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre2004 · as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre2003 · as Sheriff Hoyt
- Willard2003 · as Mr. Martin
- Birdseye2002 · as Sheriff Gathers
- Scenes of the Crime2002 · as Mr. Parker
- Taking Sides2002 · as General Wallace
- The Salton Sea2002 · as Verne Plummer
- Run Ronnie Run2002 · as Lead Kidnapper
- On the Borderline2001 · as Captain Elias
- Megiddo: The Omega Code 22001 · as Richard Benson
- Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign2001
- Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign2001
- Recess: School's Out2001 · as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
- Saving Silverman2001 · as Coach
- Sarge!2001 · as Himself
- Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign2001 · as Sky Marshall Sanchez
- Jericho2000 · as Marshall
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins2000 · as Sarge (voice)
- Skipped Parts2000 · as Caspar Callahan
- The Chaos Factor2000 · as Col. Ben Wilder
- The Apartment Complex1999 · as Frank Stanton
- Toy Story 21999 · as Sarge (voice)
- You Know My Name1999 · as Marshal Nix
- Escape from Alaska1999 · as Gary
- Life1999 · as Older Sheriff Pike
- The Sender1998 · as Colonel Rosewater
- Gunshy1998 · as Jerry
- Starship Troopers1997 · as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
- Switchback1997 · as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
- Weapons of Mass Distraction1997 · as Billy Paxton
- Dead Men Can't Dance1997 · as Senator Fowler
- Prefontaine1997 · as Bill Bowerman
- The Frighteners1996 · as Hiles
- Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man1996 · as Self
- Soul of the Game1996 · as Wilkie
- Dead Man Walking1995 · as Clyde Percy
- Toy Story1995 · as Sergeant (voice)
- Leaving Las Vegas1995 · as Conventioneer
- Se7en1995 · as Police Captain
- Savate1995 · as Benedict
- Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back1995 · as Preacher Brian
- Murder in the First1995 · as Judge Clawson
- Love Is a Gun1994 · as Frank Deacon
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult1994 · as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- On Deadly Ground1994 · as Stone
- French Silk1994 · as Chief Crowder
- Chain of Command1994 · as Benjamin Brewster
- Body Snatchers1993 · as General Platt
- Sommersby1993 · as Dick Mead
- Hexed1993 · as Detective Ferguson
- True Identity1991 · as Houston’s Boss
- Toy Soldiers1991 · as General Kramer
- The Terror Within II1991 · as Von Demming
- 83 Hours 'Til Dawn1990 · as Glen Fairling
- Kid1990 · as Luke Clanton
- I'm Dangerous Tonight1990 · as Captain Aikman
- The Take1990 · as Weller
- The Rift1990 · as Captain Phillips
- Demonstone1990 · as Col. Joe Haines
- Fletch Lives1989 · as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
- The Siege of Firebase Gloria1989 · as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
- Mississippi Burning1988 · as Mayor Tilman
- Full Metal Jacket1987 · as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
- Purple Hearts1984 · as Gunny
- Up from the Depths1979 · as Arnold (uncredited)
- Apocalypse Now1979 · as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
- The Boys in Company C1978 · as Sergeant Loyce
- A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket— · as Self (archive footage)
All TV Shows (41)
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold2008 · as Wildcat (voice)
- Eleventh Hour2008 · as Bob Henson
- House2004 · as John House
- Father of the Pride2004 · as Bunny (voice)
- My Life as a Teenage Robot2002
- Fillmore!2002
- Pet Star2002 · as Self - Judge
- Mail Call2002
- Kim Possible2002 · as Additional Voices (voice)
- Kim Possible2002 · as General Sims (voice)
- Scrubs2001 · as Janitor's Father
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy2001 · as Sergeant / Drill Sergeant
- Invader ZIM2001
- The District2000 · as Jim Bodsworth
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit1999 · as Walter Burlock
- The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot1999 · as General Thornton (voice)
- Action1999 · as Titus Scroad
- Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles1999 · as Sanchez (voice)
- SpongeBob SquarePants1999 · as Prison Warden (voice)
- Family Guy1999 · as Coach (voice)
- Family Guy1999 · as Warden (voice)
- Maximum Bob1998 · as Col. Theodore Baker
- Cracker1997 · as Lieutenant Fry
- Rough Riders1997 · as Secretary of State John Hay
- The Angry Beavers1997
- All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series1996 · as Sergeant Yorkie (voice)
- Promised Land1996
- E! True Hollywood Story1996
- High Incident1996 · as Tony Van Camp
- Space: Above and Beyond1995 · as Sgt. Major Bougas
- Sweet Justice1994 · as Luke
- The X-Files1993 · as Reverend Patrick Findley
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.1993 · as Brisco County Sr.
- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.1993 · as Brisco Country Sr.
- Human Target1992
- Civil Wars1991
- Street Justice1991 · as Special Agent Landau
- The Simpsons1989 · as Colonel Hapablap (voice)
- Tales from the Crypt1989 · as Sheriff
- China Beach1988
- Miami Vice1984 · as Ernest Haskell