R. Lee Ermey
Acting • Born 1944-03-24 – Died 2018-04-15
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.
Filmography
122 credits
Toy Story 2
Movie • 1999
Sarge (voice)
Toy Story
Movie • 1995
Sergeant (voice)
Sommersby
Movie • 1993
Dick Mead
Full Metal Jacket
Movie • 1987
Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Dead Man Walking
Movie • 1995
Clyde Percy
Mississippi Burning
Movie • 1988
Mayor Tilman
Se7en
Movie • 1995
Police Captain
Toy Soldiers
Movie • 1991
General Kramer
The Frighteners
Movie • 1996
Hiles
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Movie • 2006
Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
Willard
Movie • 2003
Mr. Martin
Switchback
Movie • 1997
Sheriff Buck Olmstead
Saving Silverman
Movie • 2001
Coach
Scenes of the Crime
Movie • 2002
Mr. Parker
Taking Sides
Movie • 2002
General Wallace
The Salton Sea
Movie • 2002
Verne Plummer
Prefontaine
Movie • 1997
Bill Bowerman
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
Movie • 1989
Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
The Boys in Company C
Movie • 1978
Sergeant Loyce
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Movie • 2003
Sheriff Hoyt
Man of the House
Movie • 2005
Captain Nichols
The Rift
Movie • 1990
Captain Phillips
Skipped Parts
Movie • 2000
Caspar Callahan
Fletch Lives
Movie • 1989
Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
The Chaos Factor
Movie • 2000
Col. Ben Wilder
The Watch
Movie • 2012
Manfred
Shark Bait
Movie • 2006
Jack (voice)
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Movie • 2010
Self
Chain of Command
Movie • 1994
Benjamin Brewster
The Sender
Movie • 1998
Colonel Rosewater
Dead Men Can't Dance
Movie • 1997
Senator Fowler
Escape from Alaska
Movie • 1999
Gary
Soul of the Game
Movie • 1996
Wilkie
Love Is a Gun
Movie • 1994
Frank Deacon
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
Movie • 1990
Glen Fairling
Jericho
Movie • 2000
Marshall
Y.M.I.
Movie • 2004
John
On the Borderline
Movie • 2001
Captain Elias
Gunshy
Movie • 1998
Jerry
The Terror Within II
Movie • 1991
Von Demming
The Take
Movie • 1990
Weller
The Pixar Story
Movie • 2007
Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Movie • 2001
President Richard Benson
I'm Dangerous Tonight
Movie • 1990
Captain Aikman
Kid
Movie • 1990
Luke Clanton
French Silk
Movie • 1994
Chief Crowder
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Movie • 1997
Billy Paxton
Run Ronnie Run
Movie • 2002
Lead Kidnapper
Body Snatchers
Movie • 1993
General Platt
On Deadly Ground
Movie • 1994
Stone
Toy Story 3
Movie • 2010
Sarge (voice)
Demonstone
Movie • 1990
Col. Joe Haines
You Know My Name
Movie • 1999
Marshal Nix
Starship Troopers
Movie • 1997
Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
Sarge!
Movie • 2001
Himself
Apocalypse Now
Movie • 1979
Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Hexed
Movie • 1993
Detective Ferguson
Purple Hearts
Movie • 1984
Gunny
Kubrick Remembered
Movie • 2014
Self
Birdseye
Movie • 2002
Sheriff Gathers
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
Movie • 2000
Sarge (voice)
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Movie • 1994
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
Movie • 2004
Self - Sheriff Hoyt
Savate
Movie • 1995
Benedict
X-Men: The Last Stand
Movie • 2006
Sergeant (voice)
Filmworker
Movie • 2018
Self
Leaving Las Vegas
Movie • 1995
Conventioneer
Murder in the First
Movie • 1995
Judge Clawson
Recess: School's Out
Movie • 2001
Colonel O'Malley (voice)
Life
Movie • 1999
Older Sheriff Pike
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
Movie • 2007
Himself
The Apartment Complex
Movie • 1999
Frank Stanton
Solstice
Movie • 2008
Leonard
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
Movie • 1995
Preacher Brian
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
Movie • 1996
Self
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Movie • 2015
Self
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
Movie • 2007
Self
True Identity
Movie • 1991
Houston’s Boss
Up from the Depths
Movie • 1979
Arnold (uncredited)
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
Movie • 2001
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
Movie • 2001
Kubrick by Kubrick
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
My Life as a Teenage Robot
TV • 2002
The Simpsons
TV • 1989
Colonel Hapablap (voice)
The District
TV • 2000
Jim Bodsworth
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Coach (voice)
Fillmore!
TV • 2002
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
TV • 1999
Sanchez (voice)
Miami Vice
TV • 1984
Ernest Haskell
China Beach
TV • 1988
Kim Possible
TV • 2002
Additional Voices (voice)
Tales from the Crypt
TV • 1989
Sheriff
E! True Hollywood Story
TV • 1996
Invader ZIM
TV • 2001
Mail Call
TV • 2002
Space: Above and Beyond
TV • 1995
Sgt. Major Bougas
The Angry Beavers
TV • 1997
Maximum Bob
TV • 1998
Col. Theodore Baker
Pet Star
TV • 2002
Self - Judge
Eleventh Hour
TV • 2008
Bob Henson
Promised Land
TV • 1996
High Incident
TV • 1996
Tony Van Camp
Cracker
TV • 1997
Lieutenant Fry
Civil Wars
TV • 1991
Sweet Justice
TV • 1994
Luke
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
TV • 2008
Wildcat (voice)
Human Target
TV • 1992
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
TV • 1999
General Thornton (voice)
Family Guy
TV • 1999
Warden (voice)
House
TV • 2004
John House
Rough Riders
TV • 1997
Secretary of State John Hay
The X-Files
TV • 1993
Reverend Patrick Findley
Father of the Pride
TV • 2004
Bunny (voice)
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
TV • 1999
Walter Burlock
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
TV • 2001
Sergeant / Drill Sergeant
Street Justice
TV • 1991
Special Agent Landau
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
TV • 1993
Brisco County Sr.
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
TV • 1993
Brisco Country Sr.
Action
TV • 1999
Titus Scroad
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
TV • 1996
Sergeant Yorkie (voice)
Scrubs
TV • 2001
Janitor's Father