R. Lee Ermey

Acting · Born 1944-03-24 in 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.

Filmography

• Toy Story as Sergeant (voice)
• Toy Story 2 as Sarge (voice)
• Full Metal Jacket as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
• Dead Man Walking as Clyde Percy
• Mississippi Burning as Mayor Tilman
• Se7en as Police Captain
• The Pixar Story as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
• Toy Story 3 as Sarge (voice)
• Starship Troopers as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
• Apocalypse Now as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)

TV

• The Simpsons as Colonel Hapablap (voice)
• Tales from the Crypt as Sheriff
• Invader ZIM
• Batman: The Brave and the Bold as Wildcat (voice)
• House as John House
• The X-Files as Reverend Patrick Findley
• Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Walter Burlock
• The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Sergeant / Drill Sergeant
• My Life as a Teenage Robot
• The District as Jim Bodsworth