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R. Lee Ermey

1944 - 2018

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Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was an American actor and U.S. Marine drill instructor. 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. Ermey was also a United States Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant. Ermey was often typecast in authority figure roles, such as Mayor Tilman in the film Mississippi Burning (1988), Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine (1997), Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and its prequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), Jimmy Lee Farnsworth in Fletch Lives (1989), a police captain in Seven (1995), plastic army men leader Sarge in the first three films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–2010), Major "Maddogg" Madison in Rocket Power, and John House in House. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. R. Lee Ermey is the 586th most popular actor (down from 567th in 2019), the 1,242nd most popular biography from United States (down from 1,039th in 2019) and the 304th most popular American Actor.

R. Lee Ermey is most famous for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's 1987 film "Full Metal Jacket."

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Among actors, R. Lee Ermey ranks 586 out of 13,578. Before him are Stephen Graham, Natalie Portman, Phoebe Cates, J. K. Simmons, Dev Anand, and Matthew McConaughey. After him are John Goodman, Brendan Fraser, Mickey Rooney, Ming-Na Wen, Tom Waits, and Akshay Kumar.

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Among people born in 1944, R. Lee Ermey ranks 80. Before him are Luigi Riva, Kunishige Kamamoto, Rolf M. Zinkernagel, Jonathan Demme, David J. Wineland, and Marc Ouellet. After him are Raymond Moody, Udo Kier, Rudy Giuliani, Maria João Pires, Zafarullah Khan Jamali, and Peter Weir. Among people deceased in 2018, R. Lee Ermey ranks 55. Before him are Bernard Lewis, Paul Allen, Jamal Khashoggi, Jin Yong, Gudrun Burwitz, and Robert Venturi. After him are Shoko Asahara, Osamu Shimomura, Stéphane Audran, Michael Halliday, Reynaldo Bignone, and Francis Lai.

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Among people born in United States, R. Lee Ermey ranks 1,242 out of 20,380. Before him are Chick Corea (1941), Jim Jarmusch (1953), James Hetfield (1963), Daniel Nathans (1928), Matthew McConaughey (1969), and Angelo Badalamenti (1937). After him are William R. Pogue (1930), John Goodman (1952), Betty Ford (1918), Brendan Fraser (1968), Eliot Ness (1903), and Mickey Rooney (1920).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, R. Lee Ermey ranks 304. Before him are Linda Hunt (1945), Bette Midler (1945), Kirstie Alley (1951), Phoebe Cates (1963), J. K. Simmons (1955), and Matthew McConaughey (1969). After him are John Goodman (1952), Brendan Fraser (1968), Mickey Rooney (1920), Tom Waits (1949), Mickey Rourke (1952), and Robert Vaughn (1932).

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