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R. Lee Ermey

Name in Native Language: "Ronald Lee Ermey" (English/EN)
Drill Instructor / Actor / Television Producer / Screenwriter / Comedian | * 03/24/1944 († 74, 04/15/2018) | Emporia, Kansas (United States of America (USA))
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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 Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, Jimmy Lee Farnsworth in Fletch Lives, a police captain in Se7en, plastic army men leader Sarge in the first three films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–2010), Lt. "Tice" R... ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Comedies | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue. ...

Full Metal Jacket

R

1987 | 4.1/5 | 1h 57min
Drama, War
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After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers. ...

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

R

2003 | 3.1/5 | 1h 38min
Horror
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Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger ...

Mississippi Burning

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1988 | 3.8/5 | 2h 8min
Drama, Thriller, Crime, History, Mystery
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Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one ...

Se7en

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1995 | 4.2/5 | 2h 7min
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
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Awards & Nominations for R. Lee Ermey

Combat Action Ribbon National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Gallantry Cross (South Vietnam) Vietnam Campaign Medal
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Movies with R. Lee Ermey as Actor(75)

as himself2018 Filmworker
as himself2015 Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
as himself2014 Kubrick Remembered
as Manfred2012 The Watch
as Sarge (voice)2010 Toy Story 3
as himself2010 Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as himself2007 Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)2007 The Pixar Story
as Leonard2007 Solstice
as himself2007 Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
as Jack (voice)2006 Shark Bait
as Sergeant (voice)2006 X-Men: The Last Stand
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt2006 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
as Captain Nichols2005 Man of the House
as Himself / Sheriff Hoyt2004 Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
as Mr. Martin2003 Willard
as Sheriff Hoyt2003 The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
as Verne Plummer2002 The Salton Sea
as Lead Kidnapper2002 Run Ronnie Run
as Sheriff Gathers2002 Birdseye
as Mr. Parker2002 Scenes of the Crime
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)2001 Recess: School's Out
as Captain Elias2001 On the Borderline
as Coach2001 Saving Silverman
as General Wallace2001 Taking Sides
as President Richard Benson2001 Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Sarge (voice)2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
as Col. Ben Wilder2000 The Chaos Factor
as Caspar Callahan2000 Skipped Parts
as Marshall2000 Jericho
as Older Sheriff Pike1999 Life
as Marshal Nix1999 You Know My Name
as Army Sarge (voice)1999 Toy Story 2
as Frank Stanton1999 The Apartment Complex
as Gary1999 Escape from Alaska
as Jerry1998 Gunshy
as Colonel Rosewater1998 The Sender
as Billy Paxton1997 Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead1997 Switchback
as Bill Bowerman1997 Prefontaine
as Voice heard on speaker (uncredited) (voice)1997 Starship Troopers
as Senator Fowler1997 Dead Men Can't Dance
as himself1996 Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
as Hiles1996 The Frighteners
as Wilkie1996 Soul of the Game
as Police Captain1995 Se7en
as Judge Clawson1995 Murder in the First
as Clyde Percy1995 Dead Man Walking
as Preacher Brian1995 Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
as Sergeant (voice)1995 Toy Story
as Conventioneer1995 Leaving Las Vegas
as Benedict1995 Savate
as Chief Crowder1994 French Silk
as Prison Guard1994 Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Frank Deacon1994 Love Is a Gun
as Stone1994 On Deadly Ground
as Benjamin Brewster1994 Chain of Command
as Detective Ferguson1993 Hexed
as General Platt1993 Body Snatchers
as Dick Mead1993 Sommersby
as Von Demming1991 The Terror Within II
as General Kramer1991 Toy Soldiers
as Weller1990 The Take
as Captain Phillips1990 The Rift
as Glen Fairling1990 83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Lt. Ackman1990 I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Luke Clanton1990 Kid
as Col. Joe Haines1989 Demonstone
as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth1989 Fletch Lives
as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator1989 The Siege of Firebase Gloria
as Mayor Tilman1988 Mississippi Burning
as Gny. Sgt. Hartman1987 Full Metal Jacket
as Gunny1984 Purple Hearts
as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)1979 Apocalypse Now
as Sergeant Loyce1978 The Boys in Company C

TV Shows/Series with R. Lee Ermey as Actor(35)

2008 Eleventh Hour
as Wildcat (voice)2008 Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2004 Father of the Pride
as John House2004 House
2003 My Life as a Teenage Robot
as Self - Judge2002 Pet Star
2002 Fillmore!
as Additional Voices (voice)2002 Kim Possible
2002 Mail Call
as Janitor's Father2001 Scrubs
2001 Invader ZIM
as Jim Bodsworth2000 The District
as Sky Marshall Sanchez (voice)1999 Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
as Walter Burlock1999 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Coach (voice)1999 Family Guy
as Warden (voice)1999 Family Guy
1999 The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
as Col. Theodore Baker1998 Maximum Bob
1997 The Angry Beavers
as Lieutenant Fry1997 Cracker
as Secretary of State John Hay1997 Rough Riders
1996 Promised Land
1996 E! True Hollywood Story
as Tony Van Camp1996 High Incident
as Sergeant Yorkie1996 All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
as Sgt. Major Bougas1995 Space: Above and Beyond
as Luke1994 Sweet Justice
as Reverend Patrick Findley1993 The X-Files
1992 Human Target
1991 Civil Wars
as Special Agent Landau1991 Street Justice
1989 Tales from the Crypt
as Colonel Hapablap (voice)1989 The Simpsons
1988 China Beach
1984 Miami Vice

Additional Information

Official websites:
www.rleeermey.com
Full Name: Ronald Ermey
Born: Friday, 03/24 1944 (March) in Emporia, Kansas (United States of America (USA))
Died: Sunday, 04/15 2018 (April) in Santa Monica (aged: 74)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: University of Manila
Other names for R. Lee Ermey (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Ronald Lee Ermey"
"Lee Emery"
"R. Lee Emrey"
"Lee Ermey"
"R. Lee Ermy"
"The Gunny" (Pseudonym)
R. Lee Ermey frequently works together with these people:
Kevin Michael Richardson (84x, Actor)
Rachael MacFarlane (64x, Actress)
Tress MacNeille (39x, Actress)
Dee Bradley Baker (38x, Actor)
John Viener (38x, Actor)
John DiMaggio (36x, Actor)
Phil LaMarr (35x, Actor)
Tara Strong (34x, Actress)
Ralph Garman (33x, Actor)
Alec Sulkin (31x, Actor)
Danny Smith (29x, Actor)
Andrew Stanton (12x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:7417, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2023