Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was an American actor and U.S. Marine drill instructor. He achieved fame for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film
Full Metal Jacket, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Ermey was also a United States Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant. Ermey was often typecast in authority figure roles, such as Mayor Tilman in the film
Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in
Prefontaine, Sheriff Hoyt in the fifth and sixth installments of
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre franchise, Jimmy Lee Farnsworth in
Fletch Lives, a police captain in Seven, plastic army men leader Sarge in the first three films of the
Toy Story franchise (1995–2010), Lt. "Tice" Ryan in Rocket Power and John
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