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Those were great. Saw him in Texas Chainsaw the other day. Pretty intense guy.

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Born in Emporia, Kansas, Ermey enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1961. Ermey was arrested several times as a teenager and the judge gave him a choice of the military or jail. He later joked that the Marine Corps "put a screeching halt to my unconventional manner". He spent two years as a drill instructor at Marine Corps Recruit Depot San Diego in San Diego, California from 1965 to 1967. In 1968, Ermey arrived in Vietnam where he served for 14 months with the Marine Wing Support Group 17. He then served two tours of duty in Okinawa, Japan. During that time, Ermey rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant and was medically discharged in 1972 for several injuries received during his tours (yet has not been awarded The Purple Heart). Ermey has admitted that he still has nightmares about his combat experiences, a symptom of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Ermey's Marine Corps awards and decorations are as follows:

Action Ribbon
Meritorious Unit Commendation
Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Vietnam Service Medal with one bronze service star
Drill Instructor Ribbon
Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm
Vietnam Campaign Medal
Marksman Badge with Rifle Bar
Sharpshooter Badge with Pistol Bar

Bet you would never guess that one of my DIs in Basic was SSgt Meany.

Tis True.

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Golden Globe nominee and Boston Society of Film Critics Award Winner for Best Supporting Actor in director Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, R. Lee Ermey, after more than 25 years in the business, is one of the most successful and talented actors in film and television today.

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. He continues doing numerous voiceover roles which span from The Simpsons to Toy Story("1" and "2").

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 a tour of duty in Viet Nam. Medically retired in 1971, he used his G.I. Bill benefits, and enrolled 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. He has since gone on to star or appear in approximately sixty films.

Ermey is no stranger to prestigious television either. He has starred in numerous telefilms including HBO's Weapons of Mass Distraction, TNT's The Rough Riders, and TNT's You Know My Name, starring Sam Elliot, as well as Showtime's The Apartment Complex.

Lee starred with Elizabeth Pena in the feature On the Borderline. Just before that, Lee was in the feature film Skipped Parts, with Jennifer Jason Leigh and Drew Barrymore. Recently, Lee starred in Saving Silverman with Jason Biggs, Jack Black, Steve Zahn and Amanda Peet. Lee appears opposite Jeff Bridges in Scenes of the Crime and Harvey Keitel in Taking Sides. For New Line he appeared in Run Ronnie Run and starred in the remake of Willard with Crispin Glover. Also for New Line, he stars in the remake of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Lee is also hosting his own show for The History Channel, MAIL CALL, which focuses on military technology past, present and future. It continues to be one of the highest rated series on The History Channel. Lee has recently begun filming Cheer Up with Tommy Lee Jones for Revolution Studios.

http://www.historychannel.com/mailcall/?page=host

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000388/

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006) (post-production) .... Sheriff Hoyt
Cat Tale (2006) (post-production) (voice) .... General Puddles

"House, M.D."
... aka House (USA: short title)
- Daddy's Boy (2005) TV Episode .... John House
Man of the House (2005/I) .... Captain Nichols
"Father of the Pride"
- One Man's Meat Is Another Man's Girlfriend (2004) TV Episode (voice) .... Bunny
"Grim & Evil"
... aka The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (USA: new title)
- Bully Boogie/There Here Be Dwarves (2004) TV Episode (voice) .... Sargeant
"Kim Possible"
... aka Disney's Kim Possible (USA: complete title)
- Rufus vs. Commodore Puddles (2003) TV Episode (voice) .... General Sims
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) .... Sheriff Hoyt
"Fillmore!"
... aka Disney's Fillmore! (USA: complete title)
- South of Friendship, North of Honor (2003) TV Episode (voice) .... Colonel Thrift
Willard (2003) .... Frank Martin
A.K.A. Birdseye (2002) .... Sheriff Gathers
... aka Birdseye (USA)
Frank McKlusky, C.I. (2002) (V) (uncredited) .... Jockey Master
"Scrubs"
- My Old Man (2002) TV Episode .... Janitor's Father
The Salton Sea (2002) .... Verne Plummer
Y.M.I. (2002) .... John
Run Ronnie Run (2002) .... Lead Kidnapper
On the Borderline (2001) .... Capt. Elias
Taking Sides (2001) .... General Wallace
... aka Fall Furtwängler, Der (Austria)
... aka Taking Sides - Der Fall Furtwängler (Germany)
... aka Taking sides - Le cas Furtwängler (France)
Scenes of the Crime (2001) .... Mr. Parker
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001) .... President Richard Benson
... aka Megiddo (USA: short title)
"Family Guy"
... aka Padre de familia (USA: Spanish title)
- Mr. Saturday Knight (2001) TV Episode (voice) .... Coach
Real War (2001) (VG) (voice)
"Invader ZIM"
- HOBO 13 (????) TV Episode (voice) .... Sergeant Hobo 678
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel (2001) (VG) (voice) .... General Barnaky
"The District"
- New World (2001) TV Episode .... Jim Bodsworth
Recess: School's Out (2001) (voice) .... Colonel O'Malley
Saving Silverman (2001) .... Coach Norton
... aka Evil Woman (Australia) (Europe: English title) (UK) (USA: working title)
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex (2001) (VG) (voice) (as R. Lee Ermy) .... Wa-Wa - The Water Elemental
Jericho (2000) .... Marshall
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins (2000) (V) (voice) .... Sarge
"Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles"
... aka Starship Troopers: The Series (UK)
- Requiem (2000) TV Episode (voice) .... Sky Marshall Sanchez
Skipped Parts (2000) .... Caspar Callahan
... aka The Wonder of Sex (UK)
The Chaos Factor (2000) .... Col. Ben Wilder

"Action"
- Lights, Camera, Action (1999) TV Episode .... Titus Scroad
- Dead Man Floating (????) TV Episode .... Titus Scroad
- Dragon's Blood (????) TV Episode .... Titus Scroad
- Love Sucks (????) TV Episode .... Titus Scroad
Toy Story 2 (1999) (voice) .... Army Sarge
The Apartment Complex (1999) (TV) .... Frank Stanton
"Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot" (1999) TV Series (voice) .... General Thorton
Avalanche (1999) .... Gary
... aka Escape from Alaska (USA: video title)
Life (1999) .... Older Sheriff Pike
You Know My Name (1999) (TV) .... Nix
... aka Bill Tilghman
Toy Story 2 (1999/II) (VG) .... Sergeant
"Maximum Bob"
- Wandalust (1998) TV Episode .... Col. Theodore Baker
The Sender (1998) .... Colonel Rosewater
Gunshy (1998) .... Jerry
Switchback (1997) .... Sheriff Buck Olmstead
"The Angry Beavers"
- Fancy Prance (1997) TV Episode (voice) (as Lee Emery) .... Sergeant Goonther
"Promised Land"
... aka Home of the Brave
- The Promise (1997) TV Episode .... Leo C. Greene
- The Collapse (1997) TV Episode .... Leo C. Greene
"Cracker" (1997) TV Series .... Lieutenant Fry
... aka Fitz (UK)
Rough Riders (1997) (TV) .... Secretary of State John Hay
Weapons of Mass Distraction (1997) (TV) .... Billy Paxton
Dead Men Can't Dance (1997) .... Sen. Pullman T. Fowler
Prefontaine (1997) .... Bill Bowerman
Savate (1997) (uncredited) .... Benedict
... aka The Fighter
The Frighteners (1996/I) .... Sgt. Hiles
... aka Frighteners (UK)
... aka Robert Zemeckis Presents: The Frighteners (USA: complete title)
Soul of the Game (1996) (TV) .... Wilkie
... aka Field of Honour (UK)
"High Incident"
- Till Death Do Us Part (1996) TV Episode .... Tony Van Camp
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back (1996) (uncredited) .... Preacher Brian
Dead Man Walking (1995) .... Clyde Percy
"The X Files"
... aka The X-Files (USA)
- Revelations (1995) TV Episode .... Reverend Patrick Findley
Under the Hula Moon (1995) .... Lt. Col. J. P. McIntire
"The Simpsons"
- Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming (1995) TV Episode (voice) .... Colonel Leslie Hapablap
Toy Story (1995) (voice) .... Sergeant
"Space: Above and Beyond"
- Pilot (1995) TV Episode .... Sergeant Major Frank Bougus
Se7en (1995) .... Police Captain
Leaving Las Vegas (1995) .... Conventioneer
... aka Leaving Las Vegas (France)
Murder in the First (1995) .... Judge Clawson
... aka Meurtre à Alcatraz (France)
"Tales from the Crypt"
... aka HBO's Tales from the Crypt
- Staired in Horror (1994) TV Episode .... Sheriff
Chain of Command (1994) .... Benjamin Brewster
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult (1994) (uncredited) .... Mess Hall Guard
Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story (1994) (TV) (uncredited) .... Mr. Byrd
On Deadly Ground (1994) .... Stone
French Silk (1994) (TV) .... Chief Crowder
Love Is a Gun (1994) .... Frank Deacon
Kidnapped (1994)
"The Adventures of Brisco County Jr."
... aka Brisco County Jr.
- Senior Spirit (1993) TV Episode .... Brisco County Sr.
- Pilot (1993) TV Episode .... Brisco County Sr.
Body Snatchers (1993) .... General Platt
Sommersby (1993) .... Dick Mead
Hexed (1993) .... Det. Ferguson
... aka All Shook Up (UK: video title)
Double Switch (1993) (VG) .... Lyle (the handyman)
"Street Justice"
- Innocent Blood (1992) TV Episode .... Special Agent Landau
"Civil Wars"
- Das Boat House (1992) TV Episode .... General Randall Bell
True Identity (1991) (uncredited) .... Houston's Boss
Toy Soldiers (1991) .... General Kramer
Kid (1991/I) .... Luke
... aka Back for Revenge
83 Hours 'Til Dawn (1990) (TV) .... Glen Fairling
I'm Dangerous Tonight (1990) (TV) .... Lt. Ackman
The Take (1990) (TV) .... Weller
The Terror Within II (1990) .... Von Demming
... aka The Terror Within 2 (USA: video box title)
The Rift (1990) .... Capt. Phillips
... aka Endless Descent (USA: video box title)
... aka Grieta, La (Spain)

"China Beach"
- Who's Happy Now? (1989) TV Episode .... Colonel Buster Darling
Fletch Lives (1989) .... Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989) .... Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner/Narrator
Demonstone (1989) .... Col. Joe Haines
... aka Deathstone (UK)
Mississippi Burning (1988) .... Mayor Tilman
"Miami Vice"
- The Rising Sun of Death (1987) TV Episode .... Haskell, homicide detective
Full Metal Jacket (1987) (as Lee Ermey) .... Gunnery Sergeant Hartman
... aka Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (USA: poster title)
Purple Hearts (1984) .... Gunny

Apocalypse Now (1979) (uncredited) .... Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot
... aka Apocalypse Now Redux (International: English title: longer version)
The Boys in Company C (1978) (as Lee Ermey) .... SSgt. Loyce (Drill Instructor, Co. 163)

Filmography as: Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Archive Footage

Miscellaneous Crew - filmography
(2000s) (1980s) (1970s)

The Year of the Rat (2003) (V) (special thanks)

The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1989) (additional dialogue) (as R. Lee Ermy)
Full Metal Jacket (1987) (technical advisor) (as Lee Ermey)
... aka Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (USA: poster title)

Apocalypse Now (1979) (military advisor) (uncredited)
... aka Apocalypse Now Redux (International: English title: longer version)

Filmography as: Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Himself, Archive Footage

Himself - filmography

Hollywood Vietnam (2005) (TV) .... Himself
The 100 Greatest War Films (2005) (TV) .... Himself
"Howard Stern"
- Episode dated 10 September 2004 (2004) TV Episode (voice) (uncredited) .... Sgt. Hartman
"Pet Star"
- Episode #3.3 (2004) TV Episode .... Judge
American Veteran Awards (2004) (TV) .... Himself (Host)
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre (2004) (V) .... Himself/Sheriff Hoyt
The Year of the Rat (2003) (V) .... Himself
"Mail Call" (2002) TV Series .... Host

FMJ is one of the best films of all time and Gunny Ermy gave one of the best performances.

George SSSS

IMO, Full Metal Jacket is a very realistic portrayal of USMC Boot Camp, and Vietnam, circa 1965 to 1970.

Gawd love that movie.

I really like Vincent D'Onofrio. I almost freaked out when he was Edgar in "Men in Black". I watch the reruns of "Law and Order criminal intent" everynite because of him. He is a phenomenal actor.

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Originally posted by h2co-pilot:
Gawd love that movie.

I really like Vincent D'Onofrio. I almost freaked out when he was Edgar in "Men in Black". I watch the reruns of "Law and Order criminal intent" everynite because of him. He is a phenomenal actor.

Every time I see him on Law & Order I keep expecting him to do that herky-jerky bug walk.

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Originally posted by h2co-pilot:
Gawd love that movie.

I really like Vincent D'Onofrio. I almost freaked out when he was Edgar in "Men in Black". I watch the reruns of "Law and Order criminal intent" everynite because of him. He is a phenomenal actor.

Ultra-liberal wack job. But yeah, a good actor.

Anyone watch Mail Call on History Channel? That show wouldn't be half as good w/o Ermey.

offensive language - this is in no way politically correct speach

That being said... this brings back some memories

link I

anyone remember this? link II too bad it's a remix

Man... this is a rough one to hear live. link III

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Originally posted by Sewie:
Anyone watch Mail Call on History Channel? That show wouldn't be half as good w/o Ermey.

X2!!!!!!!!

You can get your own 'motivational' Ermey action figure!

http://www.rleeermey.com/

Basic was the best I always wondered how those came up with their material. I remember a guy who told the DI that he had lost his ID card and the DI said "How would like if I lose my foot up your ASS"! Too funny...