Acting

R. Lee Ermey

Born 1944-03-24 · Emporia, Kansas, USA

Died 2018-04-15

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.

Credits

Newest first

Kubrick by Kubrick
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Filmworker
as Self
2018
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
as Self
2015
Kubrick Remembered
as Self
2014
The Watch
as Manfred
2012
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
as Self
2010
Toy Story 3
as Sarge (voice)
2010
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
as Wildcat (voice)
2008
Eleventh Hour
as Bob Henson
2008
Solstice
as Leonard
2008
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
as Self
2007
The Pixar Story
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
as Self
2007
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
2006
Shark Bait
as Jack (voice)
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand
as Sergeant (voice)
2006
Man of the House
as Captain Nichols
2005
House
as John House
2004
Father of the Pride
as Bunny (voice)
2004
Y.M.I.
as John
2004
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
2004
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
as Sheriff Hoyt
2003
Willard
as Mr. Martin
2003
My Life as a Teenage Robot
2002
Fillmore!
2002
Pet Star
as Self - Judge
2002
Birdseye
as Sheriff Gathers
2002
Mail Call
2002
Kim Possible
as Additional Voices (voice)
2002
Kim Possible
as General Sims (voice)
2002
Scenes of the Crime
as Mr. Parker
2002
Taking Sides
as General Wallace
2002
The Salton Sea
as Verne Plummer
2002
Run Ronnie Run
as Lead Kidnapper
2002
On the Borderline
as Captain Elias
2001
Scrubs
as Janitor's Father
2001
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Richard Benson
2001
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
as Sergeant / Drill Sergeant
2001
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
2001
Invader ZIM
2001
Recess: School's Out
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
2001
Saving Silverman
as Coach
2001
Sarge!
as Himself
2001
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign
as Sky Marshall Sanchez
2001
The District
as Jim Bodsworth
2000
Jericho
as Marshall
2000
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
as Sarge (voice)
2000
Skipped Parts
as Caspar Callahan
2000
The Chaos Factor
as Col. Ben Wilder
2000
The Apartment Complex
as Frank Stanton
1999
Toy Story 2
as Sarge (voice)
1999
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
as Walter Burlock
1999
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
as General Thornton (voice)
1999
Action
as Titus Scroad
1999
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
as Sanchez (voice)
1999
You Know My Name
as Marshal Nix
1999
Escape from Alaska
as Gary
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants
as Prison Warden (voice)
1999
Life
as Older Sheriff Pike
1999
Family Guy
as Coach (voice)
1999
Family Guy
as Warden (voice)
1999
Maximum Bob
as Col. Theodore Baker
1998
The Sender
as Colonel Rosewater
1998
Gunshy
as Jerry
1998
Starship Troopers
as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
1997
Switchback
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
1997
Cracker
as Lieutenant Fry
1997
Rough Riders
as Secretary of State John Hay
1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction
as Billy Paxton
1997
The Angry Beavers
1997
Dead Men Can't Dance
as Senator Fowler
1997
Prefontaine
as Bill Bowerman
1997
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
as Sergeant Yorkie (voice)
1996
Promised Land
1996
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
The Frighteners
as Hiles
1996
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
as Self
1996
Soul of the Game
as Wilkie
1996
High Incident
as Tony Van Camp
1996