R. Lee Ermey
Department: Acting
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.
Known For
Toy Story 2
1999
Toy Story
1995
Sommersby
1993
Full Metal Jacket
1987
Dead Man Walking
1995
Mississippi Burning
1988
Se7en
1995
Toy Soldiers
1991
The Frighteners
1996
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006
Willard
2003
Saving Silverman
2001
Switchback
1997
Scenes of the Crime
2002
Taking Sides
2002
The Salton Sea
2002
Prefontaine
1997
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
1989
The Boys in Company C
1978
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003
Man of the House
2005
The Rift
1990
Skipped Parts
2000
Fletch Lives
1989
The Chaos Factor
2000
The Watch
2012
Shark Bait
2006
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
Chain of Command
1994
The Sender
1998
Dead Men Can't Dance
1997
Escape from Alaska
1999
Soul of the Game
1996
Love Is a Gun
1994
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990
Jericho
2000
Y.M.I.
2004
On the Borderline
2001
Gunshy
1998
The Terror Within II
1991
The Take
1990
The Pixar Story
2007
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
Kid
1990
French Silk
1994
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
Run Ronnie Run
2002
Body Snatchers
1993
On Deadly Ground
1994
Toy Story 3
2010
Demonstone
1990
You Know My Name
1999
Starship Troopers
1997
Sarge!
2001
Apocalypse Now
1979
Hexed
1993
Purple Hearts
1984
Kubrick Remembered
2014
Birdseye
2002
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
2004
Savate
1995
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
Filmworker
2018
Leaving Las Vegas
1995
Murder in the First
1995
Recess: School's Out
2001
Life
1999
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007
The Apartment Complex
1999
Solstice
2008
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
1996
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007
True Identity
1991
Up from the Depths
1979
A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
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Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
2001
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
2001
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign
2001
My Life as a Teenage Robot
2002
The Simpsons
1989
The District
2000
Family Guy
1999
Fillmore!
2002
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
1999
Miami Vice
1984
China Beach
1988
Kim Possible
2002
Tales from the Crypt
1989
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Invader ZIM
2001
Mail Call
2002
Space: Above and Beyond
1995
The Angry Beavers
1997
Maximum Bob
1998
Pet Star
2002
Eleventh Hour
2008
Promised Land
1996
High Incident
1996
Cracker
1997
Civil Wars
1991
Sweet Justice
1994
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
Human Target
1992
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
1999
Family Guy
1999
House
2004
Rough Riders
1997
The X-Files
1993
Father of the Pride
2004
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001
Street Justice
1991
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
Action
1999
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
1996
Scrubs
2001