R. Lee Ermey
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.
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Full filmography
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (1999) as Walter Burlock
- The Simpsons (1989) as Colonel Hapablap (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as Coach (voice)
- Family Guy (1999) as Warden (voice)
- House (2004) as John House
- Toy Story (1995) as Sergeant (voice)
- The X-Files (1993) as Reverend Patrick Findley
- Scrubs (2001) as Janitor's Father
- Toy Story 2 (1999) as Sarge (voice)
- Toy Story 3 (2010) as Sarge (voice)
- Miami Vice (1984) as Ernest Haskell
- Kim Possible (2002) as Additional Voices (voice)
- Kim Possible (2002) as General Sims (voice)
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (2001) as Sergeant / Drill Sergeant
- Se7en (1995) as Police Captain
- Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2008) as Wildcat (voice)
- The District (2000) as Jim Bodsworth
- Tales from the Crypt (1989) as Sheriff
- SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) as Prison Warden (voice)
- Apocalypse Now (1979) as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
- The Angry Beavers (1997)
- China Beach (1988)
- My Life as a Teenage Robot (2002)
- Full Metal Jacket (1987) as Gny. Sgt. Hartman