Actor
R. Lee Ermey
Biography

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: ...

Known For
Acting
2020 -- Kubrick by Kubrick | Self (archive footage)
2018 -- Filmworker | Self
2015 -- Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond | Self
2014 -- Kubrick Remembered | Self
2012 -- The Watch | Manfred
2010 -- Machete Maidens Unleashed! | Self
2010 -- Toy Story 3 | Sarge (voice)
2008 -- Solstice | Leonard
2007 -- Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil | Self
2007 -- The Pixar Story | Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
2007 -- Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel | Himself
2006 -- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
2006 -- Shark Bait | Jack (voice)
2006 -- X-Men: The Last Stand | Sergeant (voice)
2005 -- Man of the House | Captain Nichols
2004 -- Y.M.I. | John
2004 -- Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre | Himself / Sheriff Hoyt
2003 -- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Sheriff Hoyt
2003 -- Willard | Mr. Martin
2002 -- Birdseye | Sheriff Gathers
2002 -- Scenes of the Crime | Mr. Parker
2002 -- Taking Sides | General Wallace
2002 -- The Salton Sea | Verne Plummer
2002 -- Run Ronnie Run | Lead Kidnapper
2001 -- On the Borderline | Captain Elias
2001 -- Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | President Richard Benson
2001 -- Recess: School's Out | Colonel O'Malley (voice)
2001 -- Saving Silverman | Coach
2001 -- Sarge! | Himself
2000 -- Jericho | Marshall
2000 -- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | Sarge (voice)
2000 -- Skipped Parts | Caspar Callahan
2000 -- The Chaos Factor | Col. Ben Wilder
1999 -- The Apartment Complex | Frank Stanton
1999 -- Toy Story 2 | Sarge (voice)
1999 -- You Know My Name | Marshal Nix
1999 -- Escape from Alaska | Gary
1999 -- Life | Older Sheriff Pike
1998 -- The Sender | Colonel Rosewater
1998 -- Gunshy | Jerry
1997 -- Starship Troopers | Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
1997 -- Switchback | Sheriff Buck Olmstead
1997 -- Weapons of Mass Distraction | Billy Paxton
1997 -- Dead Men Can't Dance | Senator Fowler
1997 -- Prefontaine | Bill Bowerman
1996 -- The Frighteners | Hiles
1996 -- Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man | Self
1996 -- Soul of the Game | Wilkie
1995 -- Dead Man Walking | Clyde Percy
1995 -- Toy Story | Sergeant (voice)
1995 -- Leaving Las Vegas | Conventioneer
1995 -- Se7en | Police Captain
1995 -- Savate | Benedict
1995 -- Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back | Preacher Brian
1995 -- Murder in the First | Judge Clawson
1994 -- Love Is a Gun | Frank Deacon
1994 -- Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Prison Guard (uncredited)
1994 -- On Deadly Ground | Stone
1994 -- French Silk | Chief Crowder
1994 -- Chain of Command | Benjamin Brewster
1993 -- The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. | Brisco County Sr.
1993 -- Body Snatchers | General Platt
1993 -- Sommersby | Dick Mead
1993 -- Hexed | Detective Ferguson
1991 -- True Identity | Houston’s Boss
1991 -- Toy Soldiers | General Kramer
1991 -- The Terror Within II | Von Demming
1990 -- 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | Glen Fairling
1990 -- Kid | Luke Clanton
1990 -- I'm Dangerous Tonight | Captain Aikman
1990 -- The Take | Weller
1990 -- The Rift | Captain Phillips
1990 -- Demonstone | Col. Joe Haines
1989 -- Fletch Lives | Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
1989 -- The Siege of Firebase Gloria | Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
1988 -- Mississippi Burning | Mayor Tilman
1987 -- Full Metal Jacket | Gny. Sgt. Hartman
1984 -- Purple Hearts | Gunny
1979 -- Apocalypse Now | Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
1978 -- The Boys in Company C | Sergeant Loyce
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