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R. Lee Ermey

Born: 1944-03-24

From: Emporia, Kansas, USA

About: 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.

Film credits:

Toy Story

Sergeant (voice)

Toy Story 2

Sarge (voice)

Sommersby

Dick Mead

Full Metal Jacket

Gny. Sgt. Hartman

Dead Man Walking

Clyde Percy

Mississippi Burning

Mayor Tilman

Se7en

Police Captain

Toy Soldiers

General Kramer

The Frighteners

Hiles

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt

Willard

Mr. Martin

Switchback

Sheriff Buck Olmstead

Saving Silverman

Coach

Scenes of the Crime

Mr. Parker

Taking Sides

General Wallace

The Salton Sea

Verne Plummer

Prefontaine

Bill Bowerman

The Siege of Firebase Gloria

Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator

The Boys in Company C

Sergeant Loyce

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Sheriff Hoyt

Man of the House

Captain Nichols

The Rift

Captain Phillips

Skipped Parts

Caspar Callahan

Fletch Lives

Jimmy Lee Farnsworth

The Chaos Factor

Col. Ben Wilder

The Watch

Manfred

Shark Bait

Jack (voice)

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

Self

Chain of Command

Benjamin Brewster

The Sender

Colonel Rosewater

Dead Men Can't Dance

Senator Fowler

Escape from Alaska

Gary

Soul of the Game

Wilkie

Love Is a Gun

Frank Deacon

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

Glen Fairling

Jericho

Marshall

Y.M.I.

John

On the Borderline

Captain Elias

Gunshy

Jerry

The Terror Within II

Von Demming

The Take

Weller

The Pixar Story

Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

President Richard Benson

I'm Dangerous Tonight

Captain Aikman

Kid

Luke Clanton

French Silk

Chief Crowder

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Billy Paxton

Run Ronnie Run

Lead Kidnapper

Body Snatchers

General Platt

On Deadly Ground

Stone

Toy Story 3

Sarge (voice)

Demonstone

Col. Joe Haines

You Know My Name

Marshal Nix

Starship Troopers

Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)

Sarge!

Himself

Apocalypse Now

Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

Hexed

Detective Ferguson

Purple Hearts

Gunny

Kubrick Remembered

Self

Birdseye

Sheriff Gathers

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins

Sarge (voice)

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Prison Guard (uncredited)

Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre

Self - Sheriff Hoyt

Savate

Benedict

X-Men: The Last Stand

Sergeant (voice)

Filmworker

Self

Leaving Las Vegas

Conventioneer

Murder in the First

Judge Clawson

Recess: School's Out

Colonel O'Malley (voice)

Life

Older Sheriff Pike

Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel

Himself

The Apartment Complex

Frank Stanton

Solstice

Leonard

Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back

Preacher Brian

Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man

Self

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

Self

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

Self

True Identity

Houston’s Boss

Up from the Depths

Arnold (uncredited)

A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket

Self (archive footage)

Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign

Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign

Kubrick by Kubrick

Self (archive footage)