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R. Lee Ermey

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

Born

Mar 24, 1944

Emporia, Kansas, USA

Died

Apr 15, 2018

Known For

Acting

Movies

84 acting

0 crew

Popularity

1.3

Known For

Se7en
Se7en
1995 • as Police Captain
★ 8.4
Toy Story
Toy Story
1995 • as Sergeant (voice)
★ 8.0
Toy Story 2
Toy Story 2
1999 • as Sarge (voice)
★ 7.6
Apocalypse Now
Apocalypse Now
1979 • as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
★ 8.3
Toy Story 3
Toy Story 3
2010 • as Sarge (voice)
★ 7.8
Full Metal Jacket
Full Metal Jacket
1987 • as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
★ 8.1
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers
1997 • as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
★ 7.1
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003 • as Sheriff Hoyt
★ 6.3
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994 • as Prison Guard (uncredited)
★ 6.5
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006 • as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
★ 6.2
Leaving Las Vegas
Leaving Las Vegas
1995 • as Conventioneer
★ 7.2
Dead Man Walking
Dead Man Walking
1995 • as Clyde Percy
★ 7.3
Mississippi Burning
Mississippi Burning
1988 • as Mayor Tilman
★ 7.7
The Frighteners
The Frighteners
1996 • as Hiles
★ 7.0
Life
Life
1999 • as Older Sheriff Pike
★ 6.7
Man of the House
Man of the House
2005 • as Captain Nichols
★ 5.8
The Watch
The Watch
2012 • as Manfred
★ 5.6
Recess: School's Out
Recess: School's Out
2001 • as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
★ 6.6
Murder in the First
Murder in the First
1995 • as Judge Clawson
★ 7.1
Sommersby
Sommersby
1993 • as Dick Mead
★ 6.4
On Deadly Ground
On Deadly Ground
1994 • as Stone
★ 5.2
Saving Silverman
Saving Silverman
2001 • as Coach
★ 5.8
Willard
Willard
2003 • as Mr. Martin
★ 6.1
Body Snatchers
Body Snatchers
1993 • as General Platt
★ 6.2
Kubrick by Kubrick
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020 • as Self (archive footage)
★ 7.3
Shark Bait
Shark Bait
2006 • as Jack (voice)
★ 4.9
The Pixar Story
The Pixar Story
2007 • as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
★ 7.6
Switchback
Switchback
1997 • as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
★ 6.0
The Salton Sea
The Salton Sea
2002 • as Verne Plummer
★ 6.6
Fletch Lives
Fletch Lives
1989 • as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
★ 6.0
Toy Soldiers
Toy Soldiers
1991 • as General Kramer
★ 6.5
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995 • as Preacher Brian
★ 5.6
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
1989 • as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
★ 5.6
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
★ 6.6
Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket
Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket
• as Self - Gny. Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001 • as Richard Benson
★ 4.6
The Terror Within II
The Terror Within II
1991 • as Von Demming
★ 4.2
Skipped Parts
Skipped Parts
2000 • as Caspar Callahan
★ 6.1
Run Ronnie Run
Run Ronnie Run
2002 • as Lead Kidnapper
★ 5.9
Prefontaine
Prefontaine
1997 • as Bill Bowerman
★ 6.6
Scenes of the Crime
Scenes of the Crime
2002 • as Mr. Parker
★ 5.5
Purple Hearts
Purple Hearts
1984 • as Gunny
★ 5.8
I'm Dangerous Tonight
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990 • as Captain Aikman
★ 4.8
The Boys in Company C
The Boys in Company C
1978 • as Sergeant Loyce
★ 6.5
True Identity
True Identity
1991 • as Houston’s Boss
★ 5.6
Solstice
Solstice
2008 • as Leonard
★ 5.3
Soul of the Game
Soul of the Game
1996 • as Wilkie
★ 4.9
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990 • as Glen Fairling
★ 6.5
Gunshy
Gunshy
1998 • as Jerry
★ 5.4
Taking Sides
Taking Sides
2002 • as General Wallace
★ 6.3
The Rift
The Rift
1990 • as Captain Phillips
★ 4.7
Dead Men Can't Dance
Dead Men Can't Dance
1997 • as Senator Fowler
★ 3.9
Love Is a Gun
Love Is a Gun
1994 • as Frank Deacon
★ 5.7
You Know My Name
You Know My Name
1999 • as Marshal Nix
★ 4.8
Kid
Kid
1990 • as Luke Clanton
★ 5.8
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997 • as Billy Paxton
★ 5.2
Savate
Savate
1995 • as Benedict
★ 5.8
Up from the Depths
Up from the Depths
1979 • as Arnold (uncredited)
★ 3.7
The Take
The Take
1990 • as Weller
★ 7.0
Hexed
Hexed
1993 • as Detective Ferguson
★ 4.8
Escape from Alaska
Escape from Alaska
1999 • as Gary
★ 4.6
The Sender
The Sender
1998 • as Colonel Rosewater
★ 5.0
Chain of Command
Chain of Command
1994 • as Benjamin Brewster
★ 4.7
X-Men: The Last Stand
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006 • as Sergeant (voice)
★ 6.4
Filmworker
Filmworker
2018 • as Self
★ 7.1
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
2004 • as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
★ 8.0
Birdseye
Birdseye
2002 • as Sheriff Gathers
★ 9.0
Jericho
Jericho
2000 • as Marshall
★ 4.8
Demonstone
Demonstone
1990 • as Col. Joe Haines
★ 4.7
On the Borderline
On the Borderline
2001 • as Captain Elias
★ 4.5
Kubrick Remembered
Kubrick Remembered
2014 • as Self
★ 6.3
The Apartment Complex
The Apartment Complex
1999 • as Frank Stanton
★ 5.8
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
★ 5.5
The Chaos Factor
The Chaos Factor
2000 • as Col. Ben Wilder
★ 5.2
French Silk
French Silk
1994 • as Chief Crowder
★ 4.2
movie
Sarge!
2001 • as Himself
Y.M.I.
Y.M.I.
2004 • as John
★ 4.3