R. Lee Ermey
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R. Lee Ermey

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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.

Films Featuring R. Lee Ermey

Toy Story

19958.0

Toy Story 2

19997.6

Sommersby

19936.4

Full Metal Jacket

19878.1

Dead Man Walking

19957.3

Mississippi Burning

19887.7

Se7en

19958.4

Toy Soldiers

19916.5

The Frighteners

19967.0

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

20066.2

Willard

20036.1

Switchback

19976.0

Saving Silverman

20015.8

Scenes of the Crime

20025.5

Taking Sides

20026.3

The Salton Sea

20026.6

Prefontaine

19976.5

The Siege of Firebase Gloria

19895.6

The Boys in Company C

19786.5

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

20036.3

Man of the House

20055.8

The Rift

19904.8

Skipped Parts

20006.1

Fletch Lives

19896.0

The Chaos Factor

20005.3

The Watch

20125.6

Shark Bait

20065.0

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

20106.6

Chain of Command

19944.7

The Sender

19985.0

Dead Men Can't Dance

19973.9

Escape from Alaska

19994.7

Soul of the Game

19964.9

Love Is a Gun

19945.7

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

19906.5

Jericho

20004.8

Y.M.I.

20044.3

On the Borderline

20014.5

Gunshy

19985.4

The Terror Within II

19914.1

The Take

19907.0

The Pixar Story

20077.5

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

20014.6

I'm Dangerous Tonight

19904.9

Kid

19906.0

French Silk

19944.3

Weapons of Mass Distraction

19975.2

Run Ronnie Run

20025.9

Body Snatchers

19936.2

On Deadly Ground

19945.2

Toy Story 3

20107.8

Demonstone

19904.7

You Know My Name

19994.8

Starship Troopers

19977.1

Sarge!

Sarge!

2001

Apocalypse Now

19798.3

Hexed

19934.7

Purple Hearts

19845.8

Kubrick Remembered

20146.3

Birdseye

20029.0

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins

20006.4

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

19946.5

Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre

20048.0

Savate

19955.8

X-Men: The Last Stand

20066.4

Filmworker

20187.1

Leaving Las Vegas

19957.3

Murder in the First

19957.1

Recess: School's Out

20016.6

Life

19996.7

Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel

2007

The Apartment Complex

19995.7

Solstice

20085.3

Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back

19955.6

Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man

19965.5

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

20157.1

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

20074.3

True Identity

19915.6

Up from the Depths

19793.7

A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign

20014.0

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign

20015.0

Kubrick by Kubrick

20207.3

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign

2001