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