R. Lee Ermey
- Acting
- March 24, 1944 · Emporia, Kansas, USA
- April 15, 2018
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
Filmography
- Kubrick by Kubrick · Self
- Filmworker · Self
- Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond · Self
- Kubrick Remembered · Self
- The Watch · Manfred
- Machete Maidens Unleashed! · Self
- Toy Story 3 · Sarge (Voice)
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold · Wildcat (Voice)
- Eleventh Hour · Bob Henson
- Solstice · Leonard
- Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil · Self
- The Pixar Story · Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
- Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel · Self
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning · Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
- Shark Bait · Jack (Voice)
- X-Men: The Last Stand · Sergeant (Voice)
- Man of the House · Captain Nichols
- House · John House
- Father of the Pride · Bunny (Voice)
- Y.M.I. · John
- Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre · Self
- The Texas Chainsaw Massacre · Sheriff Hoyt
- Willard · Mr. Martin
- My Life as a Teenage Robot
- Fillmore!
- Pet Star · Self
- Birdseye · Sheriff Gathers
- Mail Call
- Kim Possible · Additional Voices (Voice), General Sims (Voice)
- Scenes of the Crime · Mr. Parker
- Taking Sides · General Wallace
- The Salton Sea · Verne Plummer
- Run Ronnie Run · Lead Kidnapper
- On the Borderline · Captain Elias
- Scrubs · Janitor's Father
- Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
- Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 · Richard Benson
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy · Sergeant / Drill Sergeant
- Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
- Invader ZIM
- Recess: School's Out · Colonel O'Malley (Voice)
- Saving Silverman · Coach
- Sarge! · Self
- Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign · Sky Marshall Sanchez
- The District · Jim Bodsworth
- Jericho · Marshall
- Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins · Sarge (Voice)
- Skipped Parts · Caspar Callahan
- The Chaos Factor · Col. Ben Wilder
- The Apartment Complex · Frank Stanton
- Toy Story 2 · Sarge (Voice)
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit · Walter Burlock
- The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot · General Thornton (Voice)
- Action · Titus Scroad
- Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles · Sanchez (Voice)
- You Know My Name · Marshal Nix
- Escape from Alaska · Gary
- SpongeBob SquarePants · Prison Warden (Voice)
- Life · Older Sheriff Pike
- Family Guy · Coach (Voice), Warden (Voice)
- Maximum Bob · Col. Theodore Baker
- The Sender · Colonel Rosewater
- Gunshy · Jerry
- Starship Troopers · Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
- Switchback · Sheriff Buck Olmstead
- Cracker · Lieutenant Fry
- Rough Riders · Secretary of State John Hay
- Weapons of Mass Distraction · Billy Paxton
- The Angry Beavers
- Dead Men Can't Dance · Senator Fowler
- Prefontaine · Bill Bowerman
- All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series · Sergeant Yorkie (Voice)
- Promised Land
- E! True Hollywood Story
- The Frighteners · Hiles
- Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man · Self
- Soul of the Game · Wilkie
- High Incident · Tony Van Camp
- Dead Man Walking · Clyde Percy
- Toy Story · Sergeant (Voice)