R. Lee Ermey
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was a retired 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article R. Lee Ermey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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- Born:
- Mar 24, 1944 In Emporia, Kansas, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 114
- First Appeared:
- In the movie The Boys in Company C 1978-02-02
- Latest Project:
- Movie A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket 2026
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket | Self (archive footage) | 2026 |
| Movie | Filmworker | Self | 2018-05-11 |
| Movie | Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond | Self | 2015-12-10 |
| Movie | Kubrick Remembered | Self | 2014-11-04 |
| Movie | The Watch | Manfred | 2012-07-26 |
| Movie | Toy Story 3 | Sarge (voice) | 2010-06-16 |
| Movie | Machete Maidens Unleashed! | Self | 2010-10-15 |
| Series | Eleventh Hour | Unknown | 2008-10-09 |
| Movie | Solstice | Leonard | 2008-01-01 |
| Series | Batman: The Brave and the Bold | Unknown | 2008-11-14 |
| Movie | The Pixar Story | Sergeant (voice) (archive footage) | 2007-08-28 |
| Movie | Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil | Self | 2007-10-23 |
| Movie | X-Men: The Last Stand | Sergeant (voice) | 2006-05-24 |
| Movie | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt | 2006-10-05 |
| Movie | Shark Bait | Jack (voice) | 2006-07-07 |
| Movie | Man of the House | Captain Nichols | 2005-02-25 |
| Movie | Y.M.I. | John | 2004-03-05 |
| Movie | Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre | Self - Sheriff Hoyt | 2004-01-01 |
| Series | House | Unknown | 2004-11-16 |
| Series | Father of the Pride | Unknown | 2004-08-31 |
| Movie | Willard | Mr. Martin | 2003-03-14 |
| Movie | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Sheriff Hoyt | 2003-05-21 |
| Movie | Taking Sides | General Wallace | 2002-03-07 |
| Movie | The Salton Sea | Verne Plummer | 2002-02-12 |
| Movie | Run Ronnie Run | Lead Kidnapper | 2002-01-20 |
| Movie | Scenes of the Crime | Mr. Parker | 2002-05-11 |
| Series | Kim Possible | Unknown | 2002-06-07 |
| Series | My Life as a Teenage Robot | Unknown | 2002-10-18 |
| Series | Pet Star | Unknown | 2002-08-09 |
| Series | Fillmore! | Unknown | 2002-09-14 |
| Movie | Birdseye | Sheriff Gathers | 2002-08-07 |
| Series | Mail Call | 2002-08-04 | |
| Series | Invader ZIM | Unknown | 2001-03-30 |
| Movie | Recess: School's Out | Colonel O'Malley (voice) | 2001-02-16 |
| Movie | Saving Silverman | Coach | 2001-02-09 |
| Movie | Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign | 2001-07-15 | |
| Movie | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | President Richard Benson | 2001-09-07 |
| Movie | On the Borderline | Captain Elias | 2001-10-23 |
| Movie | Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign | 2001-07-15 | |
| Series | Scrubs | Unknown | 2001-10-02 |
| Movie | The Chaos Factor | Col. Ben Wilder | 2000-02-16 |
| Movie | Skipped Parts | Caspar Callahan | 2000-06-06 |
| Series | The District | Unknown | 2000-10-07 |
| Movie | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | Sarge (voice) | 2000-08-08 |
| Movie | Jericho | Marshall | 2000-10-01 |
| Movie | Escape from Alaska | Gary | 1999-07-28 |
| Series | Family Guy | Unknown | 1999-01-31 |
| Movie | You Know My Name | Marshal Nix | 1999-08-22 |
| Movie | Life | Older Sheriff Pike | 1999-04-16 |
| Series | The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | General Thornton (voice) | 1999-09-18 |
| Movie | The Apartment Complex | Frank Stanton | 1999-10-31 |
| Series | Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles | Sanchez (voice) | 1999-08-30 |
| Movie | Toy Story 2 | Sarge (voice) | 1999-10-30 |
| Series | Law & Order: Special Victims Unit | Walter Burlock | 1999-09-20 |
| Movie | The Sender | Colonel Rosewater | 1998-06-22 |
| Movie | Gunshy | Jerry | 1998-03-06 |
| Series | Maximum Bob | Unknown | 1998-08-04 |
| Movie | Dead Men Can't Dance | Senator Fowler | 1997-04-17 |
| Movie | Prefontaine | Bill Bowerman | 1997-01-24 |
| Series | The Angry Beavers | Unknown | 1997-04-19 |
| Movie | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Billy Paxton | 1997-05-17 |
| Movie | Starship Troopers | Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited) | 1997-11-07 |
| Series | Cracker | Lieutenant Fry | 1997-09-18 |
| Movie | Switchback | Sheriff Buck Olmstead | 1997-10-31 |
| Series | Rough Riders | Secretary of State John Hay | 1997-07-20 |
| Movie | Soul of the Game | Wilkie | 1996-04-20 |
| Series | High Incident | Tony Van Camp | 1996-03-04 |
| Movie | Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man | Self | 1996-06-20 |
| Movie | The Frighteners | Hiles | 1996-07-18 |
| Series | Promised Land | Unknown | 1996-09-17 |
| Series | All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series | Sergeant Yorkie | 1996-09-21 |
| Series | E! True Hollywood Story | Unknown | 1996-08-21 |
| Movie | Savate | Benedict | 1995-08-24 |
| Movie | Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back | Preacher Brian | 1995-05-17 |
| Movie | Murder in the First | Judge Clawson | 1995-01-20 |
| Movie | Se7en | Police Captain | 1995-09-22 |
| Series | Space: Above and Beyond | Sgt. Major Bougas | 1995-09-24 |
| Movie | Dead Man Walking | Clyde Percy | 1995-12-29 |
| Movie | Toy Story | Sergeant (voice) | 1995-11-22 |
| Movie | Leaving Las Vegas | Conventioneer | 1995-10-27 |
| Movie | Chain of Command | Benjamin Brewster | 1994-01-01 |
| Movie | On Deadly Ground | Stone | 1994-02-18 |
| Movie | French Silk | Chief Crowder | 1994-01-23 |
| Movie | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Prison Guard (uncredited) | 1994-03-18 |
| Movie | Love Is a Gun | Frank Deacon | 1994-11-30 |
| Series | Sweet Justice | Luke | 1994-09-15 |
| Movie | Hexed | Detective Ferguson | 1993-01-22 |
| Movie | Sommersby | Dick Mead | 1993-02-05 |
| Series | The X-Files | Unknown | 1993-09-10 |
| Movie | Body Snatchers | General Platt | 1993-06-09 |
| Series | Human Target | General Ferris | 1992-07-20 |
| Movie | The Terror Within II | Von Demming | 1991-01-18 |
| Series | Civil Wars | Unknown | 1991-11-20 |
| Movie | Toy Soldiers | General Kramer | 1991-04-24 |
| Movie | True Identity | Houston’s Boss | 1991-08-23 |
| Series | Street Justice | Special Agent Landau | 1991-09-29 |
| Movie | The Take | Weller | 1990-03-29 |
| Movie | Demonstone | Col. Joe Haines | 1990-02-09 |
| Movie | The Rift | Captain Phillips | 1990-03-09 |
| Movie | I'm Dangerous Tonight | Captain Aikman | 1990-08-08 |
| Movie | Kid | Luke Clanton | 1990-11-02 |
| Movie | 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | Glen Fairling | 1990-11-04 |
| Movie | The Siege of Firebase Gloria | Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator | 1989-01-27 |
| Movie | Fletch Lives | Jimmy Lee Farnsworth | 1989-03-17 |
| Series | Tales from the Crypt | Unknown | 1989-06-10 |
| Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
| Series | China Beach | Unknown | 1988-04-26 |
| Movie | Mississippi Burning | Mayor Tilman | 1988-12-08 |
| Movie | Full Metal Jacket | Gny. Sgt. Hartman | 1987-06-26 |
| Movie | Purple Hearts | Gunny | 1984-03-30 |
| Series | Miami Vice | Unknown | 1984-09-16 |
| Movie | Apocalypse Now | Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) | 1979-05-19 |
| Movie | Up from the Depths | Arnold (uncredited) | 1979-06-01 |
| Movie | The Boys in Company C | Sergeant Loyce | 1978-02-02 |