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