R. Lee Ermey
Acting·March 24, 1944·† April 15, 2018 — 74 years old·Emporia, Kansas, USA
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.
Known For
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—A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal JacketSelf (archive footage)2020Kubrick by KubrickSelf (archive footage)2018FilmworkerSelf2015Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and BeyondSelf2014Kubrick RememberedSelf2012The WatchManfred2010Machete Maidens Unleashed!Self2010Toy Story 3Sarge (voice)2008Batman: The Brave and the BoldTVWildcat (voice)2008Eleventh HourTVBob Henson2008SolsticeLeonard2007Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and EvilSelf2007The Pixar StorySergeant (voice) (archive footage)2007Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a PrequelSelf2006The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The BeginningUncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt2006Shark BaitJack (voice)2006X-Men: The Last StandSergeant (voice)2005Man of the HouseCaptain Nichols2004HouseTVJohn House2004Father of the PrideTVBunny (voice)2004Y.M.I.John2004Chainsaw Redux: Making a MassacreSelf - Sheriff Hoyt2003The Texas Chainsaw MassacreSheriff Hoyt2003WillardMr. Martin2002My Life as a Teenage RobotTV2002Fillmore!TV2002Pet StarTVSelf - Judge2002BirdseyeSheriff Gathers2002Mail CallTV2002Kim PossibleTVAdditional Voices (voice) · General Sims (voice)2002Scenes of the CrimeMr. Parker2002Taking SidesGeneral Wallace2002The Salton SeaVerne Plummer2002Run Ronnie RunLead Kidnapper2001On the BorderlineCaptain Elias2001ScrubsTVJanitor's Father2001Megiddo: The Omega Code 2Richard Benson2001The Grim Adventures of Billy and MandyTVSergeant / Drill Sergeant2001Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign2001Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign2001Invader ZIMTV2001Recess: School's OutColonel O'Malley (voice)2001Saving SilvermanCoach2001Sarge!Himself2001Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet CampaignSky Marshall Sanchez2000The DistrictTVJim Bodsworth2000JerichoMarshall2000Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure BeginsSarge (voice)2000Skipped PartsCaspar Callahan2000The Chaos FactorCol. Ben Wilder1999The Apartment ComplexFrank Stanton1999Toy Story 2Sarge (voice)1999Law & Order: Special Victims UnitTVWalter Burlock1999The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy RobotTVGeneral Thornton (voice)1999ActionTVTitus Scroad1999Roughnecks: Starship Troopers ChroniclesTVSanchez (voice)1999You Know My NameMarshal Nix1999Escape from AlaskaGary1999SpongeBob SquarePantsTVPrison Warden (voice)1999LifeOlder Sheriff Pike1999Family GuyTVCoach (voice) · Warden (voice)1998Maximum BobTVCol. Theodore Baker1998The SenderColonel Rosewater1998GunshyJerry1997Starship TroopersVoice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)1997SwitchbackSheriff Buck Olmstead1997CrackerTVLieutenant Fry1997Rough RidersTVSecretary of State John Hay1997Weapons of Mass DistractionBilly Paxton1997The Angry BeaversTV1997Dead Men Can't DanceSenator Fowler1997PrefontaineBill Bowerman1996All Dogs Go To Heaven: The SeriesTVSergeant Yorkie (voice)1996Promised LandTV1996E! True Hollywood StoryTV1996The FrightenersHiles1996Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible ManSelf1996Soul of the GameWilkie1996High IncidentTVTony Van Camp1995Dead Man WalkingClyde Percy1995Toy StorySergeant (voice)1995Leaving Las VegasConventioneer1995Space: Above and BeyondTVSgt. Major Bougas1995Se7enPolice Captain1995SavateBenedict1995Best of the Best 3: No Turning BackPreacher Brian1995Murder in the FirstJudge Clawson1994Love Is a GunFrank Deacon1994Sweet JusticeTVLuke1994Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final InsultPrison Guard (uncredited)1994On Deadly GroundStone1994French SilkChief Crowder1994Chain of CommandBenjamin Brewster1993The X-FilesTVReverend Patrick Findley1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.TVBrisco Country Sr. · Brisco County Sr.1993Body SnatchersGeneral Platt1993SommersbyDick Mead1993HexedDetective Ferguson1992Human TargetTV1991Civil WarsTV1991Street JusticeTVSpecial Agent Landau1991True IdentityHouston’s Boss1991Toy SoldiersGeneral Kramer1991The Terror Within IIVon Demming199083 Hours 'Til DawnGlen Fairling1990KidLuke Clanton1990I'm Dangerous TonightCaptain Aikman1990The TakeWeller1990The RiftCaptain Phillips1990DemonstoneCol. Joe Haines1989The SimpsonsTVColonel Hapablap (voice)1989Tales from the CryptTVSheriff1989Fletch LivesJimmy Lee Farnsworth1989The Siege of Firebase GloriaSgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator1988Mississippi BurningMayor Tilman1988China BeachTV1987Full Metal JacketGny. Sgt. Hartman1984Miami ViceTVErnest Haskell1984Purple HeartsGunny1979Up from the DepthsArnold (uncredited)1979Apocalypse NowEagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)1978The Boys in Company CSergeant Loyce