Cast & creator
R. Lee Ermey
Best known for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Simpsons, Family Guy
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.
Also known as: Ronald Lee Ermey , Lee Emery, R. Lee Emrey, Lee Ermey, R. Lee Ermy
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film credits
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television credits
125
1978–2020 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (125)
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Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Walter Burlock
1999
The Simpsons
Colonel Hapablap (voice)
1989
Family Guy
Coach (voice)
1999Family Guy
Warden (voice)
1999
House
John House
2004
The X-Files
Reverend Patrick Findley
1993
Scrubs
Janitor's Father
2001
Batman: The Brave and the Bold
Wildcat (voice)
2008
Miami Vice
Ernest Haskell
1984
Kim Possible
Additional Voices (voice)
2002Kim Possible
General Sims (voice)
2002
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
Sergeant / Drill Sergeant
2001
Toy Story 2
Sarge (voice)
1999
The District
Jim Bodsworth
2000
Tales from the Crypt
Sheriff
1989
Toy Story
Sergeant (voice)
1995
Se7en
Police Captain
1995
Toy Story 3
Sarge (voice)
2010
SpongeBob SquarePants
Prison Warden (voice)
1999
China Beach
1988
The Angry Beavers
1997
Apocalypse Now
Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
1979
Full Metal Jacket
Gny. Sgt. Hartman
1987
My Life as a Teenage Robot
2002
The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Brisco Country Sr.
1993The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr.
Brisco County Sr.
1993
Eleventh Hour
Bob Henson
2008
Fillmore!
2002
Promised Land
1996
Space: Above and Beyond
Sgt. Major Bougas
1995
Invader ZIM
2001
Starship Troopers
Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
1997
Pet Star
Self - Judge
2002
Father of the Pride
Bunny (voice)
2004
Civil Wars
1991
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles
Sanchez (voice)
1999
High Incident
Tony Van Camp
1996
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot
General Thornton (voice)
1999
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Sheriff Hoyt
2003
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series
Sergeant Yorkie (voice)
1996
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
2006
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult
Prison Guard (uncredited)
1994
Street Justice
Special Agent Landau
1991
Cracker
Lieutenant Fry
1997
Leaving Las Vegas
Conventioneer
1995
The Frighteners
Hiles
1996
The Watch
Manfred
2012
Dead Man Walking
Clyde Percy
1995
Mississippi Burning
Mayor Tilman
1988
Action
Titus Scroad
1999
Shark Bait
Jack (voice)
2006
Murder in the First
Judge Clawson
1995
Life
Older Sheriff Pike
1999
Man of the House
Captain Nichols
2005
Maximum Bob
Col. Theodore Baker
1998
The Salton Sea
Verne Plummer
2002
Sommersby
Dick Mead
1993
Rough Riders
Secretary of State John Hay
1997
Recess: School's Out
Colonel O'Malley (voice)
2001
Human Target
1992
Kubrick by Kubrick
Self (archive footage)
2020
The Pixar Story
Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
2007
Mail Call
2002
Saving Silverman
Coach
2001
Kubrick's War: The Making of Full Metal Jacket
Self - Gny. Sgt. Hartman, Full Metal Jacket(archive footage) (archive sound)
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
Sarge (voice)
2000
E! True Hollywood Story
1996
Body Snatchers
General Platt
1993
Toy Soldiers
General Kramer
1991Sweet Justice
Luke
1994
On Deadly Ground
Stone
1994
Fletch Lives
Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
1989
Switchback
Sheriff Buck Olmstead
1997
Willard
Mr. Martin
2003
Soul of the Game
Wilkie
1996
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back
Preacher Brian
1995
I'm Dangerous Tonight
Captain Aikman
1990
Purple Hearts
Gunny
1984
Scenes of the Crime
Mr. Parker
2002
Skipped Parts
Caspar Callahan
2000
The Terror Within II
Von Demming
1991
Taking Sides
General Wallace
2002
Run Ronnie Run
Lead Kidnapper
2002
You Know My Name
Marshal Nix
1999
The Siege of Firebase Gloria
Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
1989
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond
Self
2015
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Richard Benson
2001
The Boys in Company C
Sergeant Loyce
1978
Hexed
Detective Ferguson
1993
Love Is a Gun
Frank Deacon
1994
Gunshy
Jerry
1998
True Identity
Houston’s Boss
1991
Dead Men Can't Dance
Senator Fowler
1997
Weapons of Mass Distraction
Billy Paxton
1997
The Apartment Complex
Frank Stanton
1999
83 Hours 'Til Dawn
Glen Fairling
1990
The Sender
Colonel Rosewater
1998
Prefontaine
Bill Bowerman
1997
The Rift
Captain Phillips
1990
Up from the Depths
Arnold (uncredited)
1979
Solstice
Leonard
2008
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign
Sky Marshall Sanchez
2001
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Pluto Campaign
2001
Kid
Luke Clanton
1990
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre
Self - Sheriff Hoyt
2004
Machete Maidens Unleashed!
Self
2010
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil
Self
2007
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel
Self
2007
The Take
Weller
1990
Birdseye
Sheriff Gathers
2002
Escape from Alaska
Gary
1999
Savate
Benedict
1995
Filmworker
Self
2018
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tesca Campaign
2001
Stanley Kubrick: The Invisible Man
Self
1996
The Chaos Factor
Col. Ben Wilder
2000
Chain of Command
Benjamin Brewster
1994
Demonstone
Col. Joe Haines
1990Sarge!
Himself
2001
Kubrick Remembered
Self
2014
Y.M.I.
John
2004
Jericho
Marshall
2000
X-Men: The Last Stand
Sergeant (voice)
2006
French Silk
Chief Crowder
1994
On the Borderline
Captain Elias
2001