R. Lee Ermey

R. Lee Ermey

Date of Birth:

Mar 24, 1944

Place of Birth:

Emporia, Kansas, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article R. Lee Ermey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

filmography:

Hexed Hexed

1993

Demonstone Demonstone

1990

Kid Kid

1990

The Take The Take

1990

Savate Savate

1995

Sarge! Sarge!

2001

Y.M.I. Y.M.I.

2004

Solstice Solstice

2008

Filmworker Filmworker

2018

Life Life

1999

Gunshy Gunshy

1998

Willard Willard

2003

Switchback Switchback

1997

Se7en Se7en

1995

Toy Story Toy Story

1995

Sommersby Sommersby

1993

Birdseye Birdseye

2002

Jericho Jericho

2000

The Sender The Sender

1998

The Rift The Rift

1990

The Watch The Watch

2012

Shark Bait Shark Bait

2006

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