Acting
R. Lee Ermey
EN, FR cinema · 84 credits
Born
24 March 1944
Died
15 April 2018 (aged 74)
Birthplace
Emporia, Kansas, USA
Also known as Ronald Lee Ermey · Lee Emery · R. Lee Emrey · Lee Ermey · R. Lee Ermy
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
Filmography
Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket
as Self - Gny. Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
Filmworker
as Self
The Watch
as Manfred
Toy Story 3
as Sarge (voice)
Solstice
as Leonard
The Pixar Story
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
Shark Bait
as Jack (voice)
X-Men: The Last Stand
as Sergeant (voice)
Man of the House
as Captain Nichols
Y.M.I.
as John
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
Willard
as Mr. Martin
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
as Sheriff Hoyt
Scenes of the Crime
as Mr. Parker
Taking Sides
as General Wallace
The Salton Sea
as Verne Plummer
Run Ronnie Run
as Lead Kidnapper
Birdseye
as Sheriff Gathers
Saving Silverman
as Coach
On the Borderline
as Captain Elias
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Richard Benson
Sarge!
2001
Sarge!
as Himself
Recess: School's Out
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign
as Sky Marshall Sanchez
Skipped Parts
as Caspar Callahan
The Chaos Factor
as Col. Ben Wilder
Jericho
as Marshall
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
as Sarge (voice)
Toy Story 2
as Sarge (voice)
You Know My Name
as Marshal Nix
Life
as Older Sheriff Pike
The Apartment Complex
as Frank Stanton
The Sender
as Colonel Rosewater
Gunshy
as Jerry
Switchback
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
Prefontaine
as Bill Bowerman
Dead Men Can't Dance
as Senator Fowler
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Billy Paxton
Starship Troopers
as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
The Frighteners
as Hiles
Soul of the Game
as Wilkie
Toy Story
as Sergeant (voice)
Dead Man Walking
as Clyde Percy
Se7en
as Police Captain
Savate
as Benedict
Leaving Las Vegas
as Conventioneer
Murder in the First
as Judge Clawson
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
as Preacher Brian
Chain of Command
as Benjamin Brewster
Love Is a Gun
as Frank Deacon
French Silk
as Chief Crowder
On Deadly Ground
as Stone
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Sommersby
as Dick Mead
Body Snatchers
as General Platt
Hexed
as Detective Ferguson
Toy Soldiers
as General Kramer
The Terror Within II
as Von Demming
True Identity
as Houston’s Boss
The Rift
as Captain Phillips
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Glen Fairling
The Take
as Weller
I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Captain Aikman
Kid
as Luke Clanton
Demonstone
as Col. Joe Haines
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
Fletch Lives
as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
Mississippi Burning
as Mayor Tilman
Full Metal Jacket
as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Purple Hearts
as Gunny
Apocalypse Now
as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Up from the Depths
as Arnold (uncredited)
The Boys in Company C
as Sergeant Loyce