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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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R. Lee Ermey Biography (1944-)
Full name, Ronald Lee Ermey; born March 24, 1944, in Emporia, KS; married Nila, c. 1976. Addresses: Agent: Agency for the Performing Arts, 9200 Sunset Blvd., Suite 900, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Actor, technical advisor
- Birth Details
- March 24, 1944
- Emporia, Kansas, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Appearances
- (As Lee Ermey) Staff sergeant Loyce, The Boys in Company C, Columbia, 1978
- (Uncredited) Eagle Thrust helicopter pilot, Apocalypse Now, UnitedArtists, 1979, extended version released as Apocalypse Now Redux
- Gunny, Purple Hearts, Warner Bros., 1984
- (As Lee Ermey) Gunnery sergeant Hartman, Full Metal Jacket (also known as Stanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket"), Warner Bros., 1987
- Mayor Tilman, Mississippi Burning, Orion, 1988
- Jimmy Lee Farnsworth, Fletch Lives, Universal, 1989
- Sergeant major Bill Hafner and narrator, The Siege of Firebase Gloria, Fries Entertainment, 1989
- Luke Clanton, Kid (also known as Back for Revenge), LIVE Home Video, 1990
- Major Joe Haines, Demonstone (also known as Deathstone andHeartstone), Fries Entertainment, 1990
- Captain Randall Phillips, La grieta (also known as Endless Descent and The Rift), LIVE Home Video, 1991
- General Kramer, Toy Soldiers, TriStar, 1991
- (Uncredited) Houston's boss, True Identity, Buena Vista, 1991
- Von Demming, The Terror Within II (also known as The Terror Within 2), Concorde Productions, 1991
- Detective Ferguson, Hexed (also known as All Shook Up), Columbia, 1993
- Dick Mead, Sommersby, Warner Bros., 1993
- General Platt, Body Snatchers, Warner Bros., 1993
- Benjamin Brewster, Chain of Command, c. 1993
- Frank Deacon, Love Is a Gun, Trimark Pictures, 1994
- (Uncredited) Mess hall guard, Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (also known as The Naked Gun III), Paramount, 1994
- Stone, On Deadly Ground (also known as Rainbow Warrior andSpirit Warrior), Warner Bros., 1994
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Kidnapped, [Germany], 1994
- Clyde Percy, Dead Man Walking, Gramercy Pictures, 1995
- Conventioneer, Leaving Las Vegas, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1995
- Judge Clawson, Murder in the First (also known as Meurtre a Alcatraz), Warner Bros., 1995
- Lieutenant colonel J. P. McIntire, Under the Hula Moon, Trident Releasing, 1995
- Police captain, Seven (also known as Se7en), New Line Cinema, 1995
- Voice of Sarge, Toy Story (animated), Buena Vista, 1995
- Hiles, The Frighteners (also known as Frighteners and Robert Zemeckis Presents: "The Frighteners"), Universal, 1996
- (Uncredited) Preacher Brian, Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back,Lions Gate Films, 1996
- Bill Bowerman, Prefontaine, Buena Vista, 1997
- Pullman T. Fowler, Dead Men Can't Dance (also known as DMZand Rangers), Imperial Entertainment/LIVE Entertainment, 1997
- Sheriff Buck Olmstead, Switchback (also known as Going Westand Going West in America), Paramount, 1997
- Gary, Avalanche (also known as Escape from Alaska), PM Entertainment Group, 1999
- Older Sheriff Pike, Life, Universal, 1999
- Voice of Sarge, Toy Story 2 (animated), Buena Vista, 1999
- Caspar Callahan, Skipped Parts (also known as The Wonder of Sex), Trimark Pictures, 2000
- Marshall, Jericho, Black Knight Productions, 2000
- Voice of Sarge, Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (animated; also known as The Adventures of Buzz Lightyear), Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2000
- Captain Elias, On the Borderline, New Line Cinema, 2001
- Coach Norton, Saving Silverman (also known as Evil Woman),Columbia, 2001
- General Wallace, Taking Sides (also known as Taking Sides--DerFall Furtwaengler,
Taking Sides--Le cas Furtwaengler, and Der Fall Furtwaengler), New Yorker Films, 2001
- Mr. Parker, Scenes of the Crime, Mediafilm, 2001
- President Richard Benson, Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (also known asMegiddo), Gener8Xion Entertainment, 2001
- Voice of Colonel O'Malley, Recess: School's Out (animated; also known as Recess: The Ultimate Summer Vacation and Summer Vacation: The Ultimate Recess), Buena Vista, 2001
- (Uncredited) Jockey master, Frank McKlusky, C.I., Buena Vista, 2002
- John, Y.M.I., Temple 4 Films, 2002
- Lead kidnapper, Run Ronnie Run (also known as Run Ronnie Run! The Ronnie Dobbs Story: A Mr. Show Movie), New Line Cinema, 2002
- Sheriff Gathers, A.K.A Birdseye (also known as Birdseye), 2002
- Verne Plummer, The Salton Sea, Warner Bros., 2002
- Mr. Frank Martin, Willard, New Line Cinema, 2003
- Sheriff Hoyt, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, New Line Cinema, 2003
- Captain Nichols, Man of the House (also known as Cheer Up),Columbia, 2005
- Sheriff Hoyt, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (also known as Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Origin and Untitled Texas Chainsaw Massacre Prequel), New Line Cinema, 2006
- Voice of General Puddles, Cat Tale (animated), Imagi Entertainment, 2006
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Film Work
- (As Lee Ermey) Technical advisor, The Boys in Company C, Columbia,1978
- (Uncredited) Military advisor, Apocalypse Now, United Artists, 1979, extended version released as Apocalypse Now Redux
- (As Lee Ermey) Technical advisor, Full Metal Jacket (also known asStanley Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket"), Warner Bros., 1987
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Television Appearances
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Series
- Lieutenant Fry, Cracker (also known as Fitz), ABC, 1997, 1999
- Voice, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot (animated), Fox, 1999-2001,ABC Family Channel, beginning 2002
- Host, Mail Call, History Channel, 2002-
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Miniseries
- Secretary of State John Hay, Rough Riders (also known as TeddyRoosevelt & the Rough Riders), TNT, 1997
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Movies
- Captain Aickman, I'm Dangerous Tonight, USA Network, 1990
- Detective Tony Weller, The Take (also known as The Mobsters), USA Network, 1990
- Glen Fairling, 83 Hours 'til Dawn, CBS, 1990
- Chief Crowder, French Silk, ABC, 1994
- Dan Byrd, Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story, Fox, 1994
- Jack Benedict, Savate (also known as The Fighter), HBO, 1995
- Wilkie Wilkerson, Soul of the Game (also known as Baseball in Black and White and Field of Honour), HBO, 1996
- Billy Paxton, Weapons of Mass Distraction, HBO, 1997
- Rosewater, The Sender, HBO, 1997
- Jerry, Gunshy, Cinemax, 1998
- Frank Stanton, The Apartment Complex, Showtime, 1999
- Nix, You Know My Name (also known as Bill Tilghman), TNT, 1999
- Colonel Ben Wilder, The Chaos Factor, HBO, 2000
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Specials
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Sarge! (documentary), History Channel, 2001
- Himself, Hollywood Vietnam (documentary), American Movie Classics,2005
- Himself, The 100 Greatest War Films, Channel 4 (England), 2005
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Awards Presentations
- Host, American Veteran Awards, 2004
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Episodic
- Haskell (homicide detective), "The Rising Sun of Death," Miami Vice, NBC, 1987
- Colonel "Buster" Darling, "Who's Happy Now?," China Beach, ABC, 1989
- General Randall Bell, "Das Boat House," Civil Wars, ABC, 1992
- Special agent Landau, "Innocent Blood," Street Justice, syndicated, 1992
- Brisco County, Sr., "Senior Spirit," The Adventures of Brisco County,Jr. (also known as Brisco County, Jr.), Fox, 1993
- Martin, "Wipe-Out," Raven, CBS, 1993
- Town sheriff, "Staired in Horror," Tales from the Crypt (also known as HBO's "Tales from the Crypt"), HBO, 1994
- Reverend Findley, "Revelations," The X-Files, Fox, 1995
- Voice of Colonel Hapablap, "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming," The Simpsons (animated), Fox, 1995
- Tony Van Camp, "Till Death Do Us Part," High Incident, ABC, 1996
- Leo C. Greene, "The Collapse," Promised Land (also known as Home of the Brave), CBS, 1997
- Leo C. Greene, "The Promise," Promised Land (also known as Homeof the Brave), CBS, 1997
- (As Lee Emery) Sergeant Goonther, "Fancy Prance," The Angry Beavers (animated), Nickelodeon, 1997
- Colonel Ted Baker, "Wandalust," Maximum Bob, ABC, 1998
- Titus Scroad, "Lights, Camera, Action," Action (also known as Dragon), Fox, 1999
- Voice of Sanchez (a sky marshal), "Requiem," Roughnecks: The StarshipTroopers Chronicle (animated; also known as Starship Troopers andStarship Troopers: The Series), Sci-Fi Channel, TeleToon, and syndicated, 2000
- Jim Bodsworth, "New World," The District, CBS, 2001
- Voice of coach, "Mr. Saturday Knight," Family Guy (animated; alsoknown as Padre de familia), Fox, 2001
- Janitor's father, "My Old Man," Scrubs, NBC, 2002
- Voice of Sergeant Hobo 678, "Hobo 13," Invader ZIM (animated), Nickelodeon, 2002
- Voice of General Sims, "Rufus vs. Commodore Puddles," Kim Possible(animated; also known as Disney's "Kim Possible"), The Disney Channel, 2003
- Voice of Bunny, "One Man's Meat Is Another Man's Girlfriend," Father of the Pride (animated), NBC, 2004
- Voice of sergeant, "Bully Boogie/There Here Be Dwarves," The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (animated; also known as Grim & Evil), Cartoon Network, 2004
- Judge, Pet Star, Animal Planet, 2004
- (Uncredited) Voice of gunnery sergeant Hartman, Howard Stern, E! Entertainment Television, 2004
- John House, "Daddy's Boy," House (also known as House, M.D.), Fox, 2005
- Appeared as Luke Bramson in Sweet Justice, NBC. Appeared as TitusScroad in "Dead Man Floating," "Dragon's Blood," and "Love Sucks," all unaired episodes of Action (also known as Dragon), Fox.
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Pilots
- Brisco County, Sr., The Adventures of Brisco County, Jr. (also known as Brisco County, Jr.), Fox, 1993
- Gunnery sergeant major Frank Bougus, Space: Above and Beyond (alsoknown as Above and Beyond), Fox, 1995
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Radio Appearances
- (Uncredited) Voice of gunnery sergeant Hartman, The Howard Stern RadioShow, 2004
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RECORDINGS
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Videos
- (Uncredited) Gunnery sergeant Hartman, Commercial Entertainment Product (collection of music videos), TVT Records, 1992
- Himself, The Year of the Rat (documentary), New Line Home Video, 2003
- Himself and Sheriff Hoyt, Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre (documentary), New Line Home Video, 2004
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Music Videos
- Crispin Glover, "Ben" (appeared on the DVD for Willard), 2003
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Video Games
- Lyle the handyman, Double Switch, 1993
- Voice of Sarge, Toy Story 2, 1999
- Voice of General Barnaky, Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel, Interplay Productions, 2001
- (As R. Lee Ermy) Voice of Wa-Wa (the Water Elemental), Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex, 2001
- Voice, Real War, Simon & Schuster Interactive, 2001
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WRITINGS
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Film Additional Dialogue
- (As R. Lee Ermy) The Siege of Firebase Gloria, Fries Entertainment, 1989
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Nonfiction
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Mail Call (also known as Mail Call: The Book That Takes Qs andKicks As), Hyperion, 2005
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Periodicals
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Entertainment Weekly, January 31, 1997, p. 38
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TV Guide, January 10, 2004, p. 16
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