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Birthday: Mar 24, 1944
Place of Birth: Emporia, Kansas, USA

R. Lee Ermey

Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was a retired 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article R. Lee Ermey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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