R. Lee Ermey
AKA: Ronald Lee Ermey
Birthday: 1944-03-24
Died: 2018-04-15
Birthplace: Emporia, Kansas, USA
Home Page:
http://www.rleeermey.com/
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 focused on the development of different types of weapons.
He was a candidate for the National Rifle Association board of directors.
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Filmography
Character: Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Character: Police Captain
Character: Sergeant (voice)
Character: Army Sarge (voice)
Character: General Kramer
Character: Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
Character: Sheriff Buck Olmstead
Character: General Wallace
Character: Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
Character: Sergeant Loyce
Character: Captain Nichols
Character: Captain Phillips
Character: Caspar Callahan
Character: Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
Character: Col. Ben Wilder
Character: Benjamin Brewster
Character: Colonel Rosewater
Character: Sheriff Gathers
Character: Senator Fowler
Character: President Richard Benson
Character: Lead Kidnapper
Character: Col. Joe Haines
Character: Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Character: Detective Ferguson
Character: Prison Guard (uncredited)
Character: Himself / Sheriff Hoyt
Character: Sergeant (voice)
Character: Colonel O'Malley (voice)
Character: Older Sheriff Pike
Character: Preacher Brian
Character: Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
Character: Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)