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
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 Himself
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)
- Y.M.I. as John
- Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
2003
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre as Sheriff Hoyt
- Willard as Mr. Martin
2002
- Kim Possible as Additional Voices (voice)
- My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Taking Sides as General Wallace
- Pet Star as Self - Judge
- Fillmore!
- Birdseye as Sheriff Gathers
- The Salton Sea as Verne Plummer
- Run Ronnie Run as Lead Kidnapper
- Mail Call
- Scenes of the Crime as Mr. Parker
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)
- Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
- Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
- Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as President Richard Benson
- On the Borderline as Captain Elias
- Sarge! as Himself
2000
- The District as Jim Bodsworth
- Jericho as Marshall
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins as Sarge (voice)
- Skipped Parts as Caspar Callahan
- 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)
- Life as Older Sheriff Pike
- Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles as Sanchez (voice)
- The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot as General Thornton (voice)
- Escape from Alaska as Gary
- Action as Titus Scroad
- You Know My Name as Marshal Nix
- The Apartment Complex as Frank Stanton
1998
- The Sender as Colonel Rosewater
- Gunshy as Jerry
- Maximum Bob as Col. Theodore Baker
1997
- The Angry Beavers
- Starship Troopers as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
- Prefontaine as Bill Bowerman
- Switchback as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
- Cracker as Lieutenant Fry
- Dead Men Can't Dance as Senator Fowler
- Weapons of Mass Distraction as Billy Paxton
- Rough Riders as Secretary of State John Hay
1996
- The Frighteners as Hiles
- Promised Land
- High Incident as Tony Van Camp
- All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series as Sergeant Yorkie (voice)
- Soul of the Game as Wilkie
- E! True Hollywood Story
- Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man as Self
1995
- Toy Story as Sergeant (voice)
- Se7en as Police Captain
- Leaving Las Vegas as Conventioneer
- Space: Above and Beyond as Sgt. Major Bougas
- Savate as Benedict
- Murder in the First as Judge Clawson
- Dead Man Walking as Clyde Percy
- Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back as Preacher Brian
1994
- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Prison Guard (uncredited)
- French Silk as Chief Crowder
- On Deadly Ground as Stone
- Love Is a Gun as Frank Deacon
- Sweet Justice as Luke
- 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
- Toy Soldiers as General Kramer
- True Identity as Houston’s Boss
- Civil Wars
- Street Justice as Special Agent Landau
- The Terror Within II as Von Demming
1990
- The Take as Weller
- The Rift as Captain Phillips
- Demonstone as Col. Joe Haines
- I'm Dangerous Tonight as Captain Aikman
- 83 Hours 'Til Dawn as Glen Fairling
- Kid as Luke Clanton
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