R. Lee Ermey
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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
Credits
Toy Story 2 (1999)
as Sarge (voice)
Toy Story (1995)
as Sergeant (voice)
Toy Story 3 (2010)
as Sarge (voice)
Se7en (1995)
as Police Captain
Apocalypse Now (1979)
as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Full Metal Jacket (1987)
as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Starship Troopers (1997)
as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult (1994)
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
The Frighteners (1996)
as Hiles
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006)
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)
as Sheriff Hoyt
The Watch (2012)
as Manfred
Mississippi Burning (1988)
as Mayor Tilman
Dead Man Walking (1995)
as Clyde Percy
Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
as Conventioneer
Murder in the First (1995)
as Judge Clawson
Shark Bait (2006)
as Jack (voice)
Life (1999)
as Older Sheriff Pike
Man of the House (2005)
as Captain Nichols
The Pixar Story (2007)
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket (—)
as Self - Gny. Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)
Sommersby (1993)
as Dick Mead
Recess: School's Out (2001)
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
Saving Silverman (2001)
as Coach
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000)
as Sarge (voice)
The Salton Sea (2002)
as Verne Plummer
Body Snatchers (1993)
as General Platt
Toy Soldiers (1991)
as General Kramer
Switchback (1997)
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
Fletch Lives (1989)
as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
On Deadly Ground (1994)
as Stone
Kubrick by Kubrick (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1995)
as Preacher Brian
Willard (2003)
as Mr. Martin
I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990)
as Captain Aikman
Soul of the Game (1996)
as Wilkie
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
as Richard Benson
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond (2015)
as Self
You Know My Name (1999)
as Marshal Nix
Run Ronnie Run (2002)
as Lead Kidnapper
The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989)
as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
Purple Hearts (1984)
as Gunny
Scenes of the Crime (2002)
as Mr. Parker
Skipped Parts (2000)
as Caspar Callahan
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign (2001)
as Sky Marshall Sanchez
True Identity (1991)
as Houston’s Boss
Taking Sides (2002)
as General Wallace
Love Is a Gun (1994)
as Frank Deacon
Prefontaine (1997)
as Bill Bowerman
The Boys in Company C (1978)
as Sergeant Loyce
Dead Men Can't Dance (1997)
as Senator Fowler
Up from the Depths (1979)
as Arnold (uncredited)
83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990)
as Glen Fairling
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997)
as Billy Paxton
Solstice (2008)
as Leonard
Gunshy (1998)
as Jerry
The Terror Within II (1991)
as Von Demming
Machete Maidens Unleashed! (2010)
as Self
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil (2007)
as Self
Hexed (1993)
as Detective Ferguson
Kid (1990)
as Luke Clanton
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign (2001)
Actor
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre (2004)
as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
Escape from Alaska (1999)
as Gary
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign (2001)
Actor
The Rift (1990)
as Captain Phillips
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel (2007)
as Self
The Sender (1998)
as Colonel Rosewater
Birdseye (2002)
as Sheriff Gathers
Savate (1995)
as Benedict
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man (1996)
as Self
Filmworker (2018)
as Self
The Chaos Factor (2000)
as Col. Ben Wilder
The Apartment Complex (1999)
as Frank Stanton
Chain of Command (1994)
as Benjamin Brewster
The Take (1990)
as Weller
Kubrick Remembered (2014)
as Self
Demonstone (1990)
as Col. Joe Haines
Jericho (2000)
as Marshall
Y.M.I. (2004)
as John
Sarge! (2001)
as Himself
French Silk (1994)
as Chief Crowder
X-Men: The Last Stand (2006)
as Sergeant (voice)
On the Borderline (2001)
as Captain Elias