R. Lee Ermey
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
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
The Simpsons
1989
Family Guy
1999
Family Guy
1999
House
2004
The X-Files
1993
Scrubs
2001
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
Miami Vice
1984
Kim Possible
2002
Kim Possible
2002
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001
Filmography
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Walter Burlock · 1999
The Simpsons
as Colonel Hapablap (voice) · 1989
Family Guy
as Coach (voice) · 1999
Family Guy
as Warden (voice) · 1999
House
as John House · 2004
The X-Files
as Reverend Patrick Findley · 1993
Scrubs
as Janitor's Father · 2001
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Wildcat (voice) · 2008
Miami Vice
as Ernest Haskell · 1984
Kim Possible
as Additional Voices (voice) · 2002
Kim Possible
as General Sims (voice) · 2002
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
as Sergeant / Drill Sergeant · 2001
Toy Story 2
as Sarge (voice) · 1999
The District
as Jim Bodsworth · 2000
Tales from the Crypt
as Sheriff · 1989
Toy Story
as Sergeant (voice) · 1995
Se7en
as Police Captain · 1995
Toy Story 3
as Sarge (voice) · 2010
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Prison Warden (voice) · 1999
China Beach
· 1988
The Angry Beavers
· 1997
Apocalypse Now
as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) · 1979
Full Metal Jacket
as Gny. Sgt. Hartman · 1987
My Life as a Teenage Robot
· 2002
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Brisco Country Sr. · 1993
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
as Brisco County Sr. · 1993
Eleventh Hour
as Bob Henson · 2008
Fillmore!
· 2002
Promised Land
· 1996
Space: Above and Beyond
as Sgt. Major Bougas · 1995
Invader ZIM
· 2001
Starship Troopers
as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited) · 1997
Pet Star
as Self - Judge · 2002
Father of the Pride
as Bunny (voice) · 2004
Civil Wars
· 1991
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
as Sanchez (voice) · 1999
High Incident
as Tony Van Camp · 1996
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
as General Thornton (voice) · 1999
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
as Sheriff Hoyt · 2003
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
as Sergeant Yorkie (voice) · 1996
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt · 2006
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
as Prison Guard (uncredited) · 1994
Street Justice
as Special Agent Landau · 1991
Cracker
as Lieutenant Fry · 1997
Leaving Las Vegas
as Conventioneer · 1995
The Frighteners
as Hiles · 1996
The Watch
as Manfred · 2012
Dead Man Walking
as Clyde Percy · 1995
Mississippi Burning
as Mayor Tilman · 1988
Action
as Titus Scroad · 1999
Shark Bait
as Jack (voice) · 2006
Murder in the First
as Judge Clawson · 1995
Life
as Older Sheriff Pike · 1999
Man of the House
as Captain Nichols · 2005
Maximum Bob
as Col. Theodore Baker · 1998
The Salton Sea
as Verne Plummer · 2002
Sommersby
as Dick Mead · 1993
Rough Riders
as Secretary of State John Hay · 1997
Recess: School's Out
as Colonel O'Malley (voice) · 2001
Human Target
· 1992
Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage) · 2020
The Pixar Story
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage) · 2007
Mail Call
· 2002
Saving Silverman
as Coach · 2001
Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket
as Self - Gny. Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
as Sarge (voice) · 2000
E! True Hollywood Story
· 1996
Body Snatchers
as General Platt · 1993
Toy Soldiers
as General Kramer · 1991
Sweet Justice
as Luke · 1994
On Deadly Ground
as Stone · 1994
Fletch Lives
as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth · 1989
Switchback
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead · 1997
Willard
as Mr. Martin · 2003
Soul of the Game
as Wilkie · 1996
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
as Preacher Brian · 1995
I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Captain Aikman · 1990
Purple Hearts
as Gunny · 1984
Scenes of the Crime
as Mr. Parker · 2002
Skipped Parts
as Caspar Callahan · 2000
The Terror Within II
as Von Demming · 1991
Taking Sides
as General Wallace · 2002
Run Ronnie Run
as Lead Kidnapper · 2002
You Know My Name
as Marshal Nix · 1999
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator · 1989
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
as Self · 2015
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Richard Benson · 2001
The Boys in Company C
as Sergeant Loyce · 1978
Hexed
as Detective Ferguson · 1993
Love Is a Gun
as Frank Deacon · 1994
Gunshy
as Jerry · 1998
True Identity
as Houston’s Boss · 1991
Dead Men Can't Dance
as Senator Fowler · 1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Billy Paxton · 1997
The Apartment Complex
as Frank Stanton · 1999
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Glen Fairling · 1990
The Sender
as Colonel Rosewater · 1998
Prefontaine
as Bill Bowerman · 1997
The Rift
as Captain Phillips · 1990
Up from the Depths
as Arnold (uncredited) · 1979
Solstice
as Leonard · 2008
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign
as Sky Marshall Sanchez · 2001
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
· 2001
Kid
as Luke Clanton · 1990
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
as Self - Sheriff Hoyt · 2004
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as Self · 2010
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
as Self · 2007
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
as Self · 2007
The Take
as Weller · 1990
Birdseye
as Sheriff Gathers · 2002
Escape from Alaska
as Gary · 1999
Savate
as Benedict · 1995
Filmworker
as Self · 2018
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
· 2001
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
as Self · 1996
The Chaos Factor
as Col. Ben Wilder · 2000
Chain of Command
as Benjamin Brewster · 1994
Demonstone
as Col. Joe Haines · 1990
Sarge!
as Himself · 2001
Kubrick Remembered
as Self · 2014
Y.M.I.
as John · 2004
Jericho
as Marshall · 2000
X-Men: The Last Stand
as Sergeant (voice) · 2006
French Silk
as Chief Crowder · 1994
On the Borderline
as Captain Elias · 2001