R. Lee Ermey
Acting1944Emporia, Kansas, USA
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
Acting History
Future
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Filmworker
as Self
2015
2014
Kubrick Remembered
as Self
2012
The Watch
as Manfred
2011
Family Guy
TVas Coach (voice) / Warden (voice)• 1 eps
2010
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as Self
Toy Story 3
as Sarge (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TVas Walter Burlock• 1 eps
2009
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
TVas Wildcat (voice)• 4 eps
2008
Solstice
as Leonard
Eleventh Hour
TVas Bob Henson• 1 eps
2007
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
as Himself
The Pixar Story
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
2006
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
X-Men: The Last Stand
as Sergeant (voice)
Shark Bait
as Jack (voice)
2005
Man of the House
as Captain Nichols
House
TVas John House• 2 eps
2004
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
Y.M.I.
as John
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
TVas Sergeant / Drill Sergeant• 1 eps
Father of the Pride
TVas Bunny (voice)• 1 eps
2003
Willard
as Mr. Martin
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
as Sheriff Hoyt
Kim Possible
TVas Additional Voices (voice)• 1 eps
2002
Run Ronnie Run
as Lead Kidnapper
Scenes of the Crime
as Mr. Parker
The Salton Sea
as Verne Plummer
Birdseye
as Sheriff Gathers
Taking Sides
as General Wallace
Pet Star
TVas Self - Judge
Scrubs
TVas Janitor's Father• 1 eps
2001
On the Borderline
as Captain Elias
Recess: School's Out
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
Saving Silverman
as Coach
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as President Richard Benson
Sarge!
as Himself
The District
TVas Jim Bodsworth• 1 eps
2000
The Chaos Factor
as Col. Ben Wilder
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
as Sarge (voice)
Jericho
as Marshall
Skipped Parts
as Caspar Callahan
1999
Escape from Alaska
as Gary
Condenados a escaparse
as Older Sheriff Pike
You Know My Name
as Marshal Nix
The Apartment Complex
as Frank Stanton
Toy Story 2
as Sarge (voice)
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
TVas Sanchez (voice)• 40 eps
Action
TVas Titus Scroad
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
TVas General Thornton (voice)
1998
The Sender
as Colonel Rosewater
Gunshy
as Jerry
Maximum Bob
TVas Col. Theodore Baker
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
TVas Sergeant Yorkie (voice)• 1 eps
1997
Switchback
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
Prefontaine
as Bill Bowerman
Starship Troopers
as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Billy Paxton
Dead Men Can't Dance
as Senator Fowler
Cracker
TVas Lieutenant Fry
Rough Riders
TVas Secretary of State John Hay
1996
1995
Dead Man Walking
as Clyde Percy
Murder in the First
as Judge Clawson
Se7en
as Police Captain
Leaving Las Vegas
as Conventioneer
Savate
as Benedict
Toy Story
as Sergeant (voice)
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
as Preacher Brian
The Simpsons
TVas Colonel Hapablap (voice)• 2 eps
The X-Files
TVas Reverend Patrick Findley• 1 eps
Space: Above and Beyond
TVas Sgt. Major Bougas• 1 eps
1994
Chain of Command
as Benjamin Brewster
French Silk
as Chief Crowder
Love Is a Gun
as Frank Deacon
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
On Deadly Ground
as Stone
Tales from the Crypt
TVas Sheriff• 1 eps
Sweet Justice
TVas Luke
1993
Sommersby
as Dick Mead
Body Snatchers
as General Platt
Hexed
as Detective Ferguson
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
TVas Brisco Country Sr.• 1 eps
1991
True Identity
as Houston’s Boss
The Terror Within II
as Von Demming
Toy Soldiers
as General Kramer
Street Justice
TVas Special Agent Landau
1990
The Rift
as Captain Phillips
Demonstone
as Col. Joe Haines
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Glen Fairling
I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Captain Aikman
The Take
as Weller
Kid
as Luke Clanton
1989
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
Fletch Lives
as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
1988
Mississippi Burning
as Mayor Tilman
1987
Full Metal Jacket
as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Miami Vice
TVas Ernest Haskell• 1 eps
1984
Purple Hearts
as Gunny
1979
Up from the Depths
as Arnold (uncredited)
Apocalypse Now
as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
1978
The Boys in Company C
as Sergeant Loyce