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R. Lee Ermey
R. Lee Ermey’s screen credits include Police Captain in Se7en, Sergeant (voice) in Toy Story, and Gny. Sgt. Hartman in Full Metal Jacket.
Born March 24, 1944† April 15, 2018 Emporia, Kansas, USA3 movies on MoviHero
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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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- 2020Kubrick by KubrickSelf (archive footage)
- 2018FilmworkerSelf
- 2015Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and BeyondSelf
- 2014Kubrick RememberedSelf
- 2012The WatchManfred
- 2010Machete Maidens Unleashed!Self
- 2010Toy Story 3Sarge (voice)
- 2008SolsticeLeonard
- 2007Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and EvilSelf
- 2007The Pixar StorySergeant (voice) (archive footage)
- 2007Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a PrequelSelf
- 2006The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The BeginningUncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
- 2006Shark BaitJack (voice)
- 2006X-Men: The Last StandSergeant (voice)
- 2005Man of the HouseCaptain Nichols
- 2004Y.M.I.John
- 2004Chainsaw Redux: Making a MassacreSelf - Sheriff Hoyt
- 2003The Texas Chainsaw MassacreSheriff Hoyt
- 2003WillardMr. Martin
- 2002BirdseyeSheriff Gathers
- 2002Scenes of the CrimeMr. Parker
- 2002Taking SidesGeneral Wallace
- 2002The Salton SeaVerne Plummer
- 2002Run Ronnie RunLead Kidnapper
- 2001On the BorderlineCaptain Elias
- 2001Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca CampaignActor
- 2001Megiddo: The Omega Code 2Richard Benson
- 2001Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto CampaignActor
- 2001Recess: School's OutColonel O'Malley (voice)
- 2001Saving SilvermanCoach
- 2001Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet CampaignSky Marshall Sanchez
- 2001Sarge!Himself
- 2000JerichoMarshall
- 2000Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure BeginsSarge (voice)
- 2000Skipped PartsCaspar Callahan
- 2000The Chaos FactorCol. Ben Wilder
- 1999The Apartment ComplexFrank Stanton
- 1999Toy Story 2Sarge (voice)
- 1999You Know My NameMarshal Nix
- 1999Escape from AlaskaGary
- 1999LifeOlder Sheriff Pike
- 1998The SenderColonel Rosewater
- 1998GunshyJerry
- 1997Starship TroopersVoice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
- 1997SwitchbackSheriff Buck Olmstead
- 1997Weapons of Mass DistractionBilly Paxton
- 1997Dead Men Can't DanceSenator Fowler
- 1997PrefontaineBill Bowerman
- 1996The FrightenersHiles
- 1996Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible ManSelf
- 1996Soul of the GameWilkie
- 1995Dead Man WalkingClyde Percy
- 1995Leaving Las VegasConventioneer
- 1995SavateBenedict
- 1995Best of the Best 3: No Turning BackPreacher Brian
- 1995Murder in the FirstJudge Clawson
- 1994Love Is a GunFrank Deacon
- 1994Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final InsultPrison Guard (uncredited)
- 1994On Deadly GroundStone
- 1994French SilkChief Crowder
- 1994Chain of CommandBenjamin Brewster
- 1993Body SnatchersGeneral Platt
- 1993SommersbyDick Mead
- 1993HexedDetective Ferguson
- 1991True IdentityHouston’s Boss
- 1991Toy SoldiersGeneral Kramer
- 1991The Terror Within IIVon Demming
- 199083 Hours 'Til DawnGlen Fairling
- 1990KidLuke Clanton
- 1990I'm Dangerous TonightCaptain Aikman
- 1990The TakeWeller
- 1990The RiftCaptain Phillips
- 1990DemonstoneCol. Joe Haines
- 1989Fletch LivesJimmy Lee Farnsworth
- 1989The Siege of Firebase GloriaSgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
- 1988Mississippi BurningMayor Tilman
- 1984Purple HeartsGunny
- 1979Up from the DepthsArnold (uncredited)
- 1979Apocalypse NowEagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
- 1978The Boys in Company CSergeant Loyce
- Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal JacketSelf - Gny. Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)
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