
Cast
R. Lee Ermey
Acting
Cast
R. Lee Ermey
Known for
Acting
Born
1944-03-24
From
Emporia, Kansas, USA
Died
2018-04-15
Also known as Ronald Lee Ermey , Lee Emery, R. Lee Emrey
Biography
Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 β 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.

Toy Story
as Sergeant (voice)

Se7en
as Police Captain

Toy Story 2
as Sarge (voice)

Toy Story 3
as Sarge (voice)

Apocalypse Now
as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
as Sheriff Hoyt

Starship Troopers
as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)

Full Metal Jacket
as Gny. Sgt. Hartman

Mississippi Burning
as Mayor Tilman

Life
as Older Sheriff Pike

The Frighteners
as Hiles

Leaving Las Vegas
as Conventioneer

Naked Gun 33β : The Final Insult
as Prison Guard (uncredited)

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt

Sommersby
as Dick Mead

The Watch
as Manfred

Body Snatchers
as General Platt

Dead Man Walking
as Clyde Percy

Saving Silverman
as Coach

On Deadly Ground
as Stone

Murder in the First
as Judge Clawson

Man of the House
as Captain Nichols

Willard
as Mr. Martin

Shark Bait
as Jack (voice)

Switchback
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
as Sarge (voice)

Recess: School's Out
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)

Solstice
as Leonard

Hexed
as Detective Ferguson

Toy Soldiers
as General Kramer

The Boys in Company C
as Sergeant Loyce

The Rift
as Captain Phillips

Prefontaine
as Bill Bowerman

Fletch Lives
as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth

The Pixar Story
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)

Sarge!
as Himself

True Identity
as Houstonβs Boss

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Richard Benson

Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
as Preacher Brian

The Salton Sea
as Verne Plummer

Filmworker
as Self

The Siege of Firebase Gloria
as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator

Gunshy
as Jerry

The Sender
as Colonel Rosewater

Run Ronnie Run
as Lead Kidnapper

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
as Self

Purple Hearts
as Gunny

Scenes of the Crime
as Mr. Parker

The Apartment Complex
as Frank Stanton

The Take
as Weller

Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as Self

Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Billy Paxton

Skipped Parts
as Caspar Callahan

French Silk
as Chief Crowder

Birdseye
as Sheriff Gathers

Soul of the Game
as Wilkie

Taking Sides
as General Wallace

Jericho
as Marshall

I'm Dangerous Tonight
as Captain Aikman

Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
as Self

Kubrick Remembered
as Self

Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)

83 Hours 'Til Dawn
as Glen Fairling

Chain of Command
as Benjamin Brewster

Demonstone
as Col. Joe Haines

Love Is a Gun
as Frank Deacon

Kid
as Luke Clanton

You Know My Name
as Marshal Nix

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
as Self

X-Men: The Last Stand
as Sergeant (voice)

Escape from Alaska
as Gary

Savate
as Benedict

The Terror Within II
as Von Demming

Y.M.I.
as John

A Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
as Self (archive footage)

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign
as Sky Marshall Sanchez

Dead Men Can't Dance
as Senator Fowler

Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
as Self - Sheriff Hoyt

On the Borderline
as Captain Elias

The Chaos Factor
as Col. Ben Wilder

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign

Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign

Up from the Depths
as Arnold (uncredited)

Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
as Self