R. Lee Ermey
Birthday: 1944-03-24 | Place of Birth: Emporia, Kansas, USARonald 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article R. Lee Ermey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
Role
as Police Captain
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Leonard
as Jack (voice)
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
as Mr. Martin
as Sheriff Hoyt
as General Wallace
as Mr. Parker
as Captain Elias
as Coach
as President Richard Benson
as Caspar Callahan
as Col. Ben Wilder
as Marshall
as General Thornton (voice)
