R. Lee Ermey

Known for ActingBorn 1944-03-24Died 2018-04-15Emporia, Kansas, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Birdseye

House

Invader ZIM

Se7en

The X-Files

Scrubs

Apocalypse Now

The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy

E! True Hollywood Story

Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre

Full Metal Jacket

High Incident

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Toy Story

Toy Story 3

The Simpsons

Tales from the Crypt

Pet Star

SpongeBob SquarePants

Batman: The Brave and the Bold

Toy Story 2

The Pixar Story

Mississippi Burning

Kim Possible

Kubrick by Kubrick

Fillmore!

My Life as a Teenage Robot

Family Guy

Maximum Bob

China Beach

Miami Vice

Filmworker

Dead Man Walking

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

Space: Above and Beyond

Leaving Las Vegas

The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

Mail Call

Cracker

Street Justice

Starship Troopers

Murder in the First

The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.

The Angry Beavers

The Frighteners

The Take

Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles

The District