Acting · Emporia, Kansas, USA · Born March 24, 1944
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.
MovieKubrick by Kubrick
2020
as Self (archive footage)
MovieFilmworker
2018
as Self
MovieToy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
2015
as Self
MovieKubrick Remembered
2014
as Self
MovieThe Watch
2012
as Manfred
MovieMachete Maidens Unleashed!
2010
as Self
MovieToy Story 3
2010
as Sarge (voice)
TVBatman: The Brave and the Bold
2008
as Wildcat (voice)
TVEleventh Hour
2008
as Bob Henson
MovieSolstice
2008
as Leonard
MovieFull Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
2007
as Self
MovieThe Pixar Story
2007
as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
MovieDown to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
2007
as Self
MovieThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
2006
as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
MovieShark Bait
2006
as Jack (voice)
MovieX-Men: The Last Stand
2006
as Sergeant (voice)
MovieMan of the House
2005
as Captain Nichols
TVHouse
2004
as John House
TVFather of the Pride
2004
as Bunny (voice)
MovieY.M.I.
2004
as John
MovieChainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
2004
as Self - Sheriff Hoyt
MovieThe Texas Chainsaw Massacre
2003
as Sheriff Hoyt
MovieWillard
2003
as Mr. Martin
TVMy Life as a Teenage Robot
2002
TVFillmore!
2002
TVPet Star
2002
as Self - Judge
MovieBirdseye
2002
as Sheriff Gathers
TVMail Call
2002
TVKim Possible
2002
as Additional Voices (voice)
MovieScenes of the Crime
2002
as Mr. Parker
MovieTaking Sides
2002
as General Wallace
MovieThe Salton Sea
2002
as Verne Plummer
MovieRun Ronnie Run
2002
as Lead Kidnapper
MovieOn the Borderline
2001
as Captain Elias
TVScrubs
2001
as Janitor's Father
MovieMegiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as Richard Benson
TVThe Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
2001
as Sergeant / Drill Sergeant
MovieRoughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
2001
MovieRoughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
2001
TVInvader ZIM
2001
MovieRecess: School's Out
2001
as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
MovieSaving Silverman
2001
as Coach
Sarge!
2001
as Himself
MovieRoughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign
2001
as Sky Marshall Sanchez
TVThe District
2000
as Jim Bodsworth
MovieJericho
2000
as Marshall
MovieBuzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
2000
as Sarge (voice)
MovieSkipped Parts
2000
as Caspar Callahan
MovieThe Chaos Factor
2000
as Col. Ben Wilder
MovieThe Apartment Complex
1999
as Frank Stanton
MovieToy Story 2
1999
as Sarge (voice)
TVLaw & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999
as Walter Burlock
TVThe Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
1999
as General Thornton (voice)
TVAction
1999
as Titus Scroad
TVRoughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
1999
as Sanchez (voice)
MovieYou Know My Name
1999
as Marshal Nix
MovieEscape from Alaska
1999
as Gary
TVSpongeBob SquarePants
1999
as Prison Warden (voice)
MovieLife
1999
as Older Sheriff Pike
TVFamily Guy
1999
as Coach (voice)
TVMaximum Bob
1998
as Col. Theodore Baker
MovieThe Sender
1998
as Colonel Rosewater
MovieGunshy
1998
as Jerry
MovieStarship Troopers
1997
as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
MovieSwitchback
1997
as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
TVCracker
1997
as Lieutenant Fry
TVRough Riders
1997
as Secretary of State John Hay
MovieWeapons of Mass Distraction
1997
as Billy Paxton
TVThe Angry Beavers
1997
MovieDead Men Can't Dance
1997
as Senator Fowler
MoviePrefontaine
1997
as Bill Bowerman
TVAll Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
1996
as Sergeant Yorkie (voice)
TVPromised Land
1996
TVE! True Hollywood Story
1996
MovieThe Frighteners
1996
as Hiles
MovieStanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
1996
as Self
MovieSoul of the Game
1996
as Wilkie
TVHigh Incident
1996
as Tony Van Camp
MovieDead Man Walking
1995
as Clyde Percy
MovieToy Story
1995
as Sergeant (voice)
MovieLeaving Las Vegas
1995
as Conventioneer
TVSpace: Above and Beyond
1995
as Sgt. Major Bougas
MovieSe7en
1995
as Police Captain
MovieSavate
1995
as Benedict
MovieBest of the Best 3: No Turning Back
1995
as Preacher Brian
MovieMurder in the First
1995
as Judge Clawson
MovieLove Is a Gun
1994
as Frank Deacon
Sweet Justice
1994
as Luke
MovieNaked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
1994
as Prison Guard (uncredited)
MovieOn Deadly Ground
1994
as Stone
MovieFrench Silk
1994
as Chief Crowder
MovieChain of Command
1994
as Benjamin Brewster
TVThe X-Files
1993
as Reverend Patrick Findley
TVThe Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
1993
as Brisco County Sr.
MovieBody Snatchers
1993
as General Platt
MovieSommersby
1993
as Dick Mead
MovieHexed
1993
as Detective Ferguson
TVHuman Target
1992
TVCivil Wars
1991
TVStreet Justice
1991
as Special Agent Landau
MovieTrue Identity
1991
as Houston’s Boss
MovieToy Soldiers
1991
as General Kramer
MovieThe Terror Within II
1991
as Von Demming
Movie83 Hours 'Til Dawn
1990
as Glen Fairling
MovieKid
1990
as Luke Clanton
MovieI'm Dangerous Tonight
1990
as Captain Aikman
MovieThe Take
1990
as Weller
MovieThe Rift
1990
as Captain Phillips
MovieDemonstone
1990
as Col. Joe Haines
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Colonel Hapablap (voice)
TVTales from the Crypt
1989
as Sheriff
MovieFletch Lives
1989
as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
MovieThe Siege of Firebase Gloria
1989
as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
MovieMississippi Burning
1988
as Mayor Tilman
TVChina Beach
1988
MovieFull Metal Jacket
1987
as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
TVMiami Vice
1984
as Ernest Haskell
MoviePurple Hearts
1984
as Gunny
MovieUp from the Depths
1979
as Arnold (uncredited)
MovieApocalypse Now
1979
as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
MovieThe Boys in Company C
1978
as Sergeant Loyce
MovieA Modern Art Masterpiece: The Untold Story of Full Metal Jacket
as Self (archive footage)
