R. Lee Ermey
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1944-03-24 (74 years old)
Deathday
2018-04-15
Place of Birth
Emporia, Kansas, USA
Also known As
Ronald Lee Ermey
Lee Emery
R. Lee Emrey
Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermy
R. Lee Ermey
Biography
Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was a retired 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 focuse...
Acting
1999
as Sarge (voice)
1995
as Sergeant (voice)
1993
as Dick Mead
1987
as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
1995
as Clyde Percy
1988
as Mayor Tilman
1995
as Police Captain
1991
as General Kramer
1996
as Hiles
2006
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
2003
as Mr. Martin
1997
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
2001
as Coach
2002
as Mr. Parker
2002
as General Wallace
2002
as Verne Plummer
1997
as Bill Bowerman
1989
as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
1978
as Sergeant Loyce
2003
as Sheriff Hoyt
2005
as Captain Nichols
1990
as Captain Phillips
2000
as Caspar Callahan
1989
as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
2000
as Col. Ben Wilder
2012
as Manfred
2006
as Jack (voice)
2010
as Self
1994
as Benjamin Brewster
1998
as Colonel Rosewater
1997
as Senator Fowler
1999
as Gary
1996
as Wilkie
1994
as Frank Deacon
1990
as Glen Fairling
2000
as Marshall
2004
as John
2001
as Captain Elias
1998
as Jerry
1991
as Von Demming
1990
as Weller
2007
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
2001
as President Richard Benson
1990
as Captain Aikman
1990
as Luke Clanton
1994
as Chief Crowder
1997
as Billy Paxton
2002
as Lead Kidnapper
1993
as General Platt
1994
as Stone
2010
as Sarge (voice)
1990
as Col. Joe Haines
1999
as Marshal Nix
1997
as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
2001
as Himself
1979
as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
1993
as Detective Ferguson
1984
as Gunny
2014
as Self
2002
as Sheriff Gathers
2000
as Sarge (voice)
1994
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
2004
as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
1995
as Benedict
2006
as Sergeant (voice)
2018
as Self
1995
as Conventioneer
1995
as Judge Clawson
2001
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
1999
as Older Sheriff Pike
2007
as Himself
1999
as Frank Stanton
2008
as Leonard
1995
as Preacher Brian
1996
2015
2007
2020
as Self (archive footage)
1993
as Brisco County Sr.
1991
as Houston’s Boss
1979
as Arnold (uncredited)
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