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R. Lee Ermey
Overview
Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was a retired 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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Known for
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| 2020 | Kubrick by Kubrick | Actor | Self (archive footage) | 60 Fair |
| 2018 | Filmworker | Actor | Self | 60 Fair |
| 2015 | Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2014 | Kubrick Remembered | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2012 | The Watch | Actor | Manfred | 56 Average |
| 2010 | Machete Maidens Unleashed! | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2010 | Toy Story 3 | Actor | Sarge (voice) | 77 Good |
| 2009 | Lock N Load with R. Lee Ermey | Actor | N/A N/A |
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| 2008 | Solstice | Actor | Leonard | 57 Average |
| 2007 | The Pixar Story | Actor | Sergeant (voice) (archive footage) | 63 Fair |
| 2007 | Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2007 | Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 2006 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | Actor | Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt | 60 Fair |
| 2006 | Shark Bait | Actor | Jack (voice) | 55 Average |
| 2006 | X-Men: The Last Stand | Actor | Sergeant (voice) | 63 Fair |
| 2005 | Man of the House | Actor | Captain Nichols | 58 Average |
| 2004 | Y.M.I. | Actor | John | 59 Average |
| 2004 | Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre | Actor | Himself / Sheriff Hoyt | 59 Average |
| 2003 | The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Actor | Sheriff Hoyt | 62 Fair |
| 2003 | Willard | Actor | Mr. Martin | 59 Average |
| 2002 | Birdseye | Actor | Sheriff Gathers | N/A N/A |
| 2002 | Mail Call | Actor | 69 Fair |
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| 2002 | Scenes of the Crime | Actor | Mr. Parker | 58 Average |
| 2002 | Taking Sides | Actor | General Wallace | 59 Average |
| 2002 | The Salton Sea | Actor | Verne Plummer | 61 Fair |
| 2002 | Run Ronnie Run | Actor | Lead Kidnapper | 59 Average |
| 2001 | On the Borderline | Actor | Captain Elias | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | Actor | President Richard Benson | 58 Average |
| 2001 | Recess: School's Out | Actor | Colonel O'Malley (voice) | 61 Fair |
| 2001 | Saving Silverman | Actor | Coach | 57 Average |
| 2001 | Sarge! | Actor | Himself | N/A N/A |
| 2000 | Jericho | Actor | Marshall | 58 Average |
| 2000 | Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins | Actor | Sarge (voice) | 60 Fair |
| 2000 | Skipped Parts | Actor | Caspar Callahan | 59 Average |
| 2000 | The Chaos Factor | Actor | Col. Ben Wilder | 58 Average |
| 1999 | The Apartment Complex | Actor | Frank Stanton | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Toy Story 2 | Actor | Sarge (voice) | 75 Good |
| 1999 | The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot | Actor | General Thornton (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 1999 | Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles | Actor | Sky Marshall Sanchez (voice) | 69 Fair |
| 1999 | You Know My Name | Actor | Marshal Nix | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Escape from Alaska | Actor | Gary | 58 Average |
| 1999 | Life | Actor | Older Sheriff Pike | 63 Fair |
| 1998 | The Sender | Actor | Colonel Rosewater | 58 Average |
| 1998 | Gunshy | Actor | Jerry | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Starship Troopers | Actor | Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited) | 69 Fair |
| 1997 | Switchback | Actor | Sheriff Buck Olmstead | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Cracker | Actor | Lieutenant Fry | 69 Fair |
| 1997 | Rough Riders | Actor | Secretary of State John Hay | 67 Fair |
| 1997 | Weapons of Mass Distraction | Actor | Billy Paxton | 58 Average |
| 1997 | Dead Men Can't Dance | Actor | Senator Fowler | 59 Average |
| 1997 | Prefontaine | Actor | Bill Bowerman | 59 Average |
| 1996 | All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series | Actor | Sergeant Yorkie | 67 Fair |
| 1996 | The Frighteners | Actor | Hiles | 66 Fair |
| 1996 | Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man | Actor | Self | 59 Average |
| 1996 | Soul of the Game | Actor | Wilkie | 58 Average |
| 1996 | High Incident | Actor | Tony Van Camp | 70 Good |
| 1995 | Dead Man Walking | Actor | Clyde Percy | 69 Fair |
| 1995 | Toy Story | Actor | Sergeant (voice) | 79 Good |
| 1995 | Leaving Las Vegas | Actor | Conventioneer | 69 Fair |
| 1995 | Se7en | Actor | Police Captain | 83 Very good |
| 1995 | Savate | Actor | Benedict | 59 Average |
| 1995 | Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back | Actor | Preacher Brian | 58 Average |
| 1995 | Murder in the First | Actor | Judge Clawson | 65 Fair |
| 1994 | Love Is a Gun | Actor | Frank Deacon | 59 Average |
| 1994 | Sweet Justice | Actor | Luke | N/A N/A |
| 1994 | Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult | Actor | Prison Guard (uncredited) | 63 Fair |
| 1994 | On Deadly Ground | Actor | Stone | 55 Average |
| 1994 | French Silk | Actor | Chief Crowder | 58 Average |
| 1994 | Chain of Command | Actor | Benjamin Brewster | 58 Average |
| 1993 | Body Snatchers | Actor | General Platt | 60 Fair |
| 1993 | Sommersby | Actor | Dick Mead | 60 Fair |
| 1993 | Hexed | Actor | Detective Ferguson | 58 Average |
| 1991 | Toy Soldiers | Actor | General Kramer | 61 Fair |
| 1991 | The Terror Within II | Actor | Von Demming | 58 Average |
| 1990 | 83 Hours 'Til Dawn | Actor | Glen Fairling | 59 Average |
| 1990 | Kid | Actor | Luke Clanton | 59 Average |
| 1990 | I'm Dangerous Tonight | Actor | Captain Aikman | 58 Average |
| 1990 | The Take | Actor | Weller | N/A N/A |
| 1990 | The Rift | Actor | Captain Phillips | 57 Average |
| 1990 | Demonstone | Actor | Col. Joe Haines | 58 Average |
| 1989 | Fletch Lives | Actor | Jimmy Lee Farnsworth | 59 Average |
| 1989 | The Siege of Firebase Gloria | Actor | Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator | 58 Average |
| 1988 | Mississippi Burning | Actor | Mayor Tilman | 72 Good |
| 1987 | Full Metal Jacket | Actor | Gny. Sgt. Hartman | 80 Very good |
| 1984 | Purple Hearts | Actor | Gunny | 58 Average |
| 1979 | Apocalypse Now | Actor | Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) | 81 Very good |
| 1978 | The Boys in Company C | Actor | Sergeant Loyce | 59 Average |