R. Lee Ermey
Born March 24, 1944 (Age: 82)
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Emporia, Kansas, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
The Watch
2012
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as Manfred
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Age: 68
Toy Story 3
2010
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as Sarge (voice)
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Age: 66
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007
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as Self
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Age: 63
No Image
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007
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as Himself
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Age: 62
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006
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as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
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Age: 62
X-Men: The Last Stand
2006
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as Sergeant (voice)
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Age: 62
Man of the House
2005
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as Captain Nichols
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Age: 60
Y.M.I.
2004
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as John
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Age: 59
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
2004
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as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
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Age: 59
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003
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as Sheriff Hoyt
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Age: 59
Willard
2003
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as Mr. Martin
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Age: 58
Birdseye
2002
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as Sheriff Gathers
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Age: 58
Scenes of the Crime
2002
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as Mr. Parker
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Age: 58
Taking Sides
2002
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as General Wallace
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Age: 57
The Salton Sea
2002
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as Verne Plummer
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Age: 57
Run Ronnie Run
2002
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as Lead Kidnapper
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Age: 57
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
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as President Richard Benson
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Age: 57
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
2001
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as
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Age: 57
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
2001
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as
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Age: 57
Recess: School's Out
2001
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as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
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Age: 56
Saving Silverman
2001
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as Coach
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Age: 56
No Image
Sarge!
2001
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as Himself
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Age: 56
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign
2001
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as Sky Marshall Sanchez
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Age: 56
Jericho
2000
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as Marshall
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Age: 56
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000
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as Sarge (voice)
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Age: 56
Skipped Parts
2000
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as Caspar Callahan
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Age: 56
The Chaos Factor
2000
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as Col. Ben Wilder
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Age: 55
Toy Story 2
1999
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as Sarge (voice)
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Age: 55
Life
1999
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as Older Sheriff Pike
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Age: 55
The Sender
1998
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as Colonel Rosewater
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Age: 54
Gunshy
1998
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as Jerry
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Age: 53
Starship Troopers
1997
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as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 53
Switchback
1997
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as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
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Age: 53
Weapons of Mass Distraction
1997
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as Billy Paxton
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Age: 53
Dead Men Can't Dance
1997
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as Senator Fowler
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Age: 53
Prefontaine
1997
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as Bill Bowerman
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Age: 52
The Frighteners
1996
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as Hiles
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Age: 52
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
1996
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as Self
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Age: 52
Soul of the Game
1996
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as Wilkie
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Age: 52
Dead Man Walking
1995
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as Clyde Percy
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Age: 51
Toy Story
1995
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as Sergeant (voice)
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Age: 51
Leaving Las Vegas
1995
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as Conventioneer
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Age: 51
Se7en
1995
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as Police Captain
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Age: 51
Murder in the First
1995
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as Judge Clawson
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Age: 50
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
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as Prison Guard (uncredited)
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Age: 49
On Deadly Ground
1994
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as Stone
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Age: 49
Body Snatchers
1993
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as General Platt
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Age: 49
Sommersby
1993
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as Dick Mead
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Age: 48
Hexed
1993
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as Detective Ferguson
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Age: 48
True Identity
1991
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as Houston’s Boss
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Age: 47
Toy Soldiers
1991
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as General Kramer
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Age: 47
The Terror Within II
1991
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as Von Demming
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Age: 46
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990
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as Glen Fairling
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Age: 46
Kid
1990
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as Luke Clanton
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Age: 46
I'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
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as Captain Aikman
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Age: 46
The Take
1990
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as Weller
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Age: 46
The Rift
1990
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as Captain Phillips
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Age: 45
Demonstone
1990
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as Col. Joe Haines
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Age: 45
Fletch Lives
1989
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as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
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Age: 44
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
1989
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as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
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Age: 44
Mississippi Burning
1988
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as Mayor Tilman
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Age: 44
Full Metal Jacket
1987
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as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
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Age: 43
Apocalypse Now
1979
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as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
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Age: 35
The Boys in Company C
1978
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as Sergeant Loyce
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Age: 33