
R. Lee Ermey
Born: 1944-03-24
Place of Birth: 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.
Known For

Se7en

Toy Story

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 3

Full Metal Jacket

Apocalypse Now

Starship Troopers

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre

Solstice

The Watch

Sommersby

The Sender

Saving Silverman

The Rift

Life

Leaving Las Vegas

Switchback

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning

Body Snatchers

Hexed

Prefontaine

Mississippi Burning

The Frighteners

Savate

Kubrick Remembered

Taking Sides

Purple Hearts

Demonstone

Filmworker

French Silk

Birdseye

The Take

Gunshy

Man of the House

Murder in the First

Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back

Escape from Alaska

Jericho

Dead Man Walking

On Deadly Ground

Recess: School's Out

I'm Dangerous Tonight

Shark Bait

Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign

Toy Soldiers

Skipped Parts

Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins

The Salton Sea

Fletch Lives

Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign

Kid

The Terror Within II

Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond

The Pixar Story

The Chaos Factor

83 Hours 'Til Dawn

Machete Maidens Unleashed!

The Siege of Firebase Gloria

Willard

Dead Men Can't Dance

On the Borderline

Scenes of the Crime

Y.M.I.

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Love Is a Gun

Run Ronnie Run

Soul of the Game

The Boys in Company C

X-Men: The Last Stand

You Know My Name

Chain of Command

The Apartment Complex

Weapons of Mass Distraction

Up from the Depths

Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil

True Identity

Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
