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Ermey's performance won critical raves and he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award as Best Supporting Actor.Įrmey later played a drill instructor in the pilot episode of Space: Above and Beyond and the ghost of a drill instructor in the film The Frighteners, both similar to his character in Full Metal Jacket. Kubrick later indicated that Ermey was an excellent performer, often needing just two or three takes per scene, also unusual for a Kubrick film. Seeking authenticity for the film, Kubrick allowed Ermey to write or edit his own dialogue and improvise on the set, a notable rarity in a Kubrick film. Breaking his word to original actor Tim Colceri, Kubrick gave Colceri's part to R. Kubrick changed his mind after Ermey put together an instructional tape, in which he went on an extended tirade at several extras, convincing Kubrick he was the right man for the role. Initially, he was intended to be only the technical advisor.

Furie's The Boys in Company C.įor the next few years, Ermey played a series of minor film roles until 1987, when he was cast as drill instructor Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. Ermey then was cast as a Marine drill instructor in Sidney J. He played a First Air Cavalry helicopter pilot in Apocalypse Now, and doubled as a technical advisor to director Francis Ford Coppola. Įrmey regularly took the opportunity to speak with new recruits, visiting the Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in San Diego, California, and the Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island in Beaufort, South Carolina-at the latter of which an episode of Mail Call was filmed.Įrmey was cast in his first film while attending the University of Manila in the Philippines, using his G.I. On May 17, 2002, he received an honorary promotion to Gunnery Sergeant ( E-7) by the Commandant of the Marine Corps, General James L. He was medically retired in 1972 because of several injuries.

The remainder of his service was on Okinawa, where he was advanced to Staff Sergeant ( E-6). In 1968, he was ordered to South Vietnam with MWSG-17, and spent 14 months in-country. Įrmey then served in Marine Wing Support Group 17 at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Okinawa, Japan. He served in the aviation support field for a few years before becoming a drill instructor in India Company, 3rd Recruit Training Battalion, at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego, where he was assigned from 1965 to 1967. In 1961, at age 17, Ermey enlisted in the United States Marine Corps and went through recruit training at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in San Diego, California. After his second arrest, a judge gave him a choice between the military and jail Ermey chose the military. As a teenager, Ermey often got into trouble with the authorities, and he was arrested twice for criminal mischief by the age of 17. In 1958, when Ermey was 14, he and his family moved to Zillah, Washington. He grew up with five brothers on a farm outside Kansas City, Kansas.

He also hosted GunnyTime on the Outdoor Channel.Įrmey was born in Emporia, Kansas, on March 24, 1944, to John Edward (1924–2016) and Betty (née Pantle) Ermey (1925–2005). Lee Ermey, which concerned the development of different types of weapons. On television, Ermey hosted two programs on the History Channel: Mail Call, in which he answered viewers' questions about various military issues both modern and historic and Lock n' Load with R. "Tice" Ryan in Rocket Power, a Prison Warden in an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, and John House in House. Ermey was also a United States Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant.Įrmey was often typecast in authority figure roles, such as Mayor Tilman in the film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, Jimmy Lee Farnsworth in Fletch Lives, a police captain in Se7en, plastic army men leader Sarge in the first three films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–2010), Lt. He achieved fame for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was an American actor and Marine drill instructor.