R. Lee Ermey

R. LEE ERMEY has appeared in more than 60 feature films in 25 years and was a Golden Globe® Best Supporting Actor nominee and Boston Society of Film Critics Award winner for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in Stanley Kubrick‘s Full Metal Jacket.

Ermey served 11 years‘ active duty with the U.S. Marine Corps. He rose to the rank of staff NCO, served two years as a drill instructor and did a tour of duty in Vietnam. Medically retired in 1971, he used his G.I. Bill benefits to enroll at the University of Manila in the Philippines, where he studied drama. Francis Ford Coppola was filming Apocalypse Now in the area and cast Ermey in a featured role, which inaugurated Ermey‘s film career.

His numerous roles in feature film include Switchback, starring opposite Dennis Quaid and Danny Glover, Dead Man Walking, Seven, Leaving Las Vegas, Murder in the First, Life, The Frighteners and
Sommersby, as well as his critically acclaimed role opposite Jared Leto in Prefontaine. Ermey also starred in Saving Silverman with Jason Biggs, Jack Black, Steve Zahn and Amanda Peet; Scenes of the Crime with Jeff Bridges; and Taking Sides opposite Harvey Keitel. For New Line, he starred in the remake of Willard with Crispin Glover, as well as the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre and the prequel Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, where he reprised his infamous character Sheriff Hoyt.

Ermey is no stranger to television, having starred in numerous telefilms including HBO‘s Weapons of Mass Distraction, TNT‘s The Rough Riders and You Know My Name, as well as Showtime‘s The Apartment Complex. Ermey also hosted his own show for the History Channel, Mail Call, which ran for 100 episodes over eight seasons. It focused on military technology-past, present and future. His new show, Lock N‘ Load with R. Lee Ermey, also was seen on the History Channel and History International.

He continues doing numerous voice-over roles for such popular shows as The Simpsons and Family Guy.

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