
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

China Beach
1988

SpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Prison Warden (voice)

The Angry Beavers
1997

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

Promised Land
1996

Eleventh Hour
2008
as Bob Henson

Fillmore!
2002

Invader ZIM
2001

All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
1996
as Sergeant Yorkie (voice)

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
1999
as Sanchez (voice)

Civil Wars
1991

Father of the Pride
2004
as Bunny (voice)

High Incident
1996
as Tony Van Camp

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
1999
as General Thornton (voice)

Pet Star
2002
as Self - Judge

Action
1999
as Titus Scroad

Street Justice
1991
as Special Agent Landau

Cracker
1997
as Lieutenant Fry

Maximum Bob
1998
as Col. Theodore Baker

Human Target
1992

Mail Call
2002

Rough Riders
1997
as Secretary of State John Hay

E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Sweet Justice
1994
as Luke
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

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Prison Guard (uncredited)

The Boys in Company C
1978
as Sergeant Loyce

Life
1999
as Older Sheriff Pike

The Watch
2012
as Manfred

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

Saving Silverman
2001
as Coach

Sommersby
1993
as Dick Mead

Shark Bait
2006
as Jack (voice)

Murder in the First
1995
as Judge Clawson

On Deadly Ground
1994
as Stone

Man of the House
2005
as Captain Nichols

Body Snatchers
1993
as General Platt

Recess: School's Out
2001
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)

Toy Soldiers
1991
as General Kramer

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000
as Sarge (voice)

Switchback
1997
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead

The Pixar Story
2007
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)

Willard
2003
as Mr. Martin

Prefontaine
1997
as Bill Bowerman

Solstice
2008
as Leonard

The Salton Sea
2002
as Verne Plummer

Run Ronnie Run
2002
as Lead Kidnapper

Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
as Preacher Brian

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as Richard Benson
Sarge!
2001
as Himself

Fletch Lives
1989
as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth

Scenes of the Crime
2002
as Mr. Parker

The Siege of Firebase Gloria
1989
as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015
as Self

Purple Hearts
1984
as Gunny

The Sender
1998
as Colonel Rosewater

Hexed
1993
as Detective Ferguson

Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
as Self

Skipped Parts
2000
as Caspar Callahan

Taking Sides
2002
as General Wallace

Gunshy
1998
as Jerry

Soul of the Game
1996
as Wilkie

The Rift
1990
as Captain Phillips

True Identity
1991
as Houston’s Boss

The Apartment Complex
1999
as Frank Stanton

Filmworker
2018
as Self

Kid
1990
as Luke Clanton

Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Billy Paxton

Kubrick Remembered
2014
as Self

Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007
as Self

Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007
as Self

Jericho
2000
as Marshall

Love Is a Gun
1994
as Frank Deacon

I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
as Captain Aikman

French Silk
1994
as Chief Crowder

Savate
1995
as Benedict

83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990
as Glen Fairling

Chain of Command
1994
as Benjamin Brewster

X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as Sergeant (voice)

Y.M.I.
2004
as John

Demonstone
1990
as Col. Joe Haines

The Terror Within II
1991
as Von Demming

Dead Men Can't Dance
1997
as Senator Fowler

You Know My Name
1999
as Marshal Nix

Up from the Depths
1979
as Arnold (uncredited)

Birdseye
2002
as Sheriff Gathers

Escape from Alaska
1999
as Gary

Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
2004
as Self - Sheriff Hoyt

A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
as Self (archive footage)

The Chaos Factor
2000
as Col. Ben Wilder

Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
1996
as Self

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
2001

On the Borderline
2001
as Captain Elias

The Take
1990
as Weller

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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