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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 54 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). R. Lee Ermey is the 567th most popular actor (down from 549th in 2019), the 1,039th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,022nd in 2019) and the 275th 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 567 out of 13,578. Before him are Michelle Yeoh, Michael Jai White, Milla Jovovich, Forest Whitaker, Brendan Gleeson, and David Hasselhoff. After him are Lillian Gish, Laurence Fishburne, Danielle Darrieux, Buck Henry, Lance Henriksen, and La Belle Otero.

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Among people born in 1944, R. Lee Ermey ranks 77. Before him are Bernhard Schlink, Jonathan Demme, Gérard Mourou, Nǃxau ǂToma, Kary Mullis, and Ashraf Marwan. After him are W. G. Sebald, Gianni Morandi, Günter Netzer, Thein Sein, Michelle Phillips, and Andrew S. Tanenbaum. Among people deceased in 2018, R. Lee Ermey ranks 48. Before him are Barbara Bush, Günter Blobel, Leon M. Lederman, Bernard Lewis, Shoko Asahara, and Paul Allen. After him are Milena Dravić, Paul D. Boyer, Gene Sharp, Joe Jackson, Ruud Lubbers, and Wim Kok.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, R. Lee Ermey ranks 1,039 out of 20,380. Before him are Philip Warren Anderson (1923), Randy Couture (1963), David Hasselhoff (1952), Jerry Goldsmith (1929), Al Jarreau (1940), and Paul Flory (1910). After him are Lillian Gish (1893), Ellen DeGeneres (1958), Laurence Fishburne (1961), Gordon Moore (1929), Buck Henry (1930), and Alfred Hershey (1908).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, R. Lee Ermey ranks 275. Before him are Woody Harrelson (1961), Mr. T (1952), Kevin Kline (1947), Michael Jai White (1967), Forest Whitaker (1961), and David Hasselhoff (1952). After him are Lillian Gish (1893), Laurence Fishburne (1961), Buck Henry (1930), Lance Henriksen (1940), Gary Sinise (1955), and Ed O'Neill (1946).

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