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R. Lee Ermey

Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was a retired United States Marine Corps drill instructor and actor. Ermey often played the roles of authority figures, such as his breakout performance as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, Sher... more

Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was a retired United States Marine Corps drill instructor and actor.

Ermey often played the roles of authority figures, such as his breakout performance as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, and plastic army men leader Sarge in the Toy Story films.

He hosted two programs on the History Channel: Mail Call, in which he answered viewers' questions about various militaria both modern and historic; and Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey, which focused on the development of different types of weapons.

He was a candidate for the National Rifle Association board of directors.

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Se7en
(1995)
Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Two homicide detectives are on a desperate hunt for a serial killer whose crimes are based on the "seven deadly sins" in this dark and haunting film that takes viewers from the tortured remains of one victim to the next. The seasoned Det. Sommerset researches each sin in an effort to get inside the killer's mind, while his novice partn...
Runtime:
127 min
Director:
David Fincher
Cast:
Brad Pitt, Morgan Freeman, Gwyneth Paltrow, R. Lee Ermey, Andrew Kevin Walker
8.6
82%
65
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Apocalypse Now
(1979)
Drama, War
At the height of the Vietnam war, Captain Benjamin Willard is sent on a dangerous mission that, officially, "does not exist, nor will it ever exist." His goal is to locate - and eliminate - a mysterious Green Beret Colonel named Walter Kurtz, who has been leading his personal army on illegal guerrilla missions into enemy territory.
Runtime:
147 min
Director:
Francis Ford Coppola
Cast:
Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Laurence Fishburne, Sam Bottoms
8.4
98%
94
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Toy Story
(1995)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from their owner, the duo eventually learns to put aside their differences.
Runtime:
81 min
Director:
John Lasseter
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Don Rickles, Jim Varney, Wallace Shawn
8.3
100%
95
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Full Metal Jacket
(1987)
Drama, War
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
Runtime:
117 min
Director:
Stanley Kubrick
Cast:
Matthew Modine, Adam Baldwin, Vincent D'Onofrio, R. Lee Ermey, Dorian Harewood
8.3
92%
76
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Toy Story 3
(2010)
Animation, Comedy, Family
Woody, Buzz, and the rest of Andy's toys haven't been played with in years. With Andy about to go to college, the gang find themselves accidentally left at a nefarious day care center. The toys must band together to escape and return home to Andy.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
Lee Unkrich
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Ned Beatty, Joan Cusack, Joan Cusack
8.2
98%
92
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Toy Story 2
(1999)
Animation, Comedy, Family
Andy heads off to Cowboy Camp, leaving his toys to their own devices. Things shift into high gear when an obsessive toy collector named Al McWhiggen, owner of Al's Toy Barn kidnaps Woody. Andy's toys mount a daring rescue mission, Buzz Lightyear meets his match and Woody has to decide where he and his heart truly belong.
Runtime:
92 min
Director:
John Lasseter
Cast:
Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Kelsey Grammer, Joan Cusack, Joan Cusack
7.9
100%
88
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Mississippi Burning
(1988)
Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Two FBI agents investigating the murder of civil rights workers during the 60s seek to breach the conspiracy of silence in a small Southern town where segregation divides black and white. The younger agent trained in FBI school runs up against the small town ways of his partner, a former sheriff.
Runtime:
128 min
Director:
Alan Parker
Cast:
Gene Hackman, Willem Dafoe, Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, R. Lee Ermey
7.8
84%
65
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Leaving Las Vegas
(1995)
Drama, Romance
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Runtime:
111 min
Director:
Mike Figgis
Cast:
Nicolas Cage, Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Richard Lewis, Steven Weber
7.5
91%
82
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Dead Man Walking
(1995)
Drama
A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who, in his last days, forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality, as she accompanies him to his execution.
Runtime:
122 min
Director:
Tim Robbins
Cast:
Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Robert Prosky, Raymond J. Barry, R. Lee Ermey
7.5
95%
80
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The Frighteners
(1996)
Comedy, Horror
Once an architect, Frank Bannister now passes himself off as an exorcist of evil spirits. To bolster his facade, he claims his "special" gift is the result of a car accident that killed his wife. But what he does not count on is more people dying in the small town where he lives. As he tries to piece together the supernatural mystery o...
Runtime:
110 min
Director:
Peter Jackson
Cast:
Michael J. Fox, Jeffrey Combs, Jake Busey, Chi McBride, Trini Alvarado
7.1
67%
52
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Life
(1999)
Comedy, Crime
Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
Ted Demme
Cast:
Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Nick Cassavetes, Bernie Mac
6.8
51%
63
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
(2003)
Horror
After picking up a traumatized young hitchhiker, five friends find themselves stalked and hunted by a chainsaw-wielding killer and his family of equally psychopathic killers.
Runtime:
98 min
Director:
Marcus Nispel
Cast:
Jessica Biel, Jonathan Tucker, Erica Leerhsen, Mike Vogel, Eric Balfour
6.2
37%
38
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Murder in the First
(1995)
Crime, Drama
Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punishment he is put in solitary confinement. The maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days, but Henri spends years alone, cold and in complete darkness, only to emerge a madman and soon to be a murderer. The story follows a...
Runtime:
122 min
Director:
Marc Rocco
Cast:
Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman, Embeth Davidtz, William H. Macy
7.3
50%
N/A
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The Salton Sea
(2002)
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
Runtime:
103 min
Director:
D. J. Caruso
Cast:
Val Kilmer, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Goldberg, Luis Guzmán, Doug Hutchison
7.1
63%
41
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The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning
(2006)
Horror, Thriller
Chrissie and her friends set out on a road trip for a final fling before one is shipped off to Vietnam. Along the way, bikers harass the foursome and cause an accident that throws Chrissie from the vehicle. The lawman who arrives on the scene kills one of the bikers and brings Chrissie's friends to the Hewitt homestead, where young Lea...
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Jonathan Liebesman
Cast:
Jordana Brewster, Taylor Handley, Diora Baird, Matt Bomer, R. Lee Ermey
5.8
14%
30
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Toy Soldiers
(1991)
Action, Adventure, Thriller
After federal agents arrest a drug czar and put him on trial, the cartel leader's vicious son storms a prep school and takes its students hostage. They rebel against the armed intruders and try to take back their academy by any means necessary.
Runtime:
112 min
Director:
Daniel Petrie Jr.
Cast:
Sean Astin, Wil Wheaton, George Perez, George Perez, Keith Coogan
6.6
38%
46
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Saving Silverman
(2001)
Comedy, Crime, Romance
A pair of buddies conspire to save their best friend from marrying the wrong woman, a cold-hearted beauty who snatches him from them and breaks up their Neil Diamond cover band.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Dennis Dugan
Cast:
Jason Biggs, Steve Zahn, Jack Black, Amanda Peet, Amanda Detmer
5.9
19%
22
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Sommersby
(1993)
Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Set in the south of the United States just after the Civil War, Laurel Sommersby is just managing to work the farm without her husband Jack, believed killed in the Civil War. By all accounts, Jack Sommersby was not a pleasant man, thus when he returns, Laurel has mixed emotions. It appears that Jack has changed a great deal, leading so...
Runtime:
109 min
Director:
Jon Amiel
Cast:
Jodie Foster, Richard Gere, Bill Pullman, James Earl Jones, Lanny Flaherty
6.2
62%
N/A
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Fletch Lives
(1989)
Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Fletch is a fish out of water in small-town Louisiana, where he's checking out a tumbledown mansion he's inherited. When a woman he flirts with turns up dead, he becomes a suspect and must find the killer and clear his name.
Runtime:
95 min
Director:
Michael Ritchie
Cast:
Chevy Chase, Hal Holbrook, Julianne Phillips, R. Lee Ermey, Richard Libertini
6.1
37%
40
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Willard
(2003)
Drama, Horror, Thriller
Desperate for companionship, the repressed Willard befriends a group of rats that inhabit his late father's deteriorating mansion. In these furry creatures, Willard finds temporary refuge from daily abuse at the hands of his bedridden mother and his father's old partner, Frank. Soon it becomes clear that the brood of rodents is ready a...
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Glen Morgan
Cast:
Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs
6.1
64%
61
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Body Snatchers
(1993)
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
When Environmental Protection Agency inspector Steve Malone travels to a remote military base in order to check for toxic materials, he brings his family along for the ride. After arriving at the base, his teenage daughter Marti befriends Jean Platt, daughter of the base's commander, General Platt. When people at the base begin acting ...
Runtime:
87 min
Director:
Abel Ferrara
Cast:
Gabrielle Anwar, Terry Kinney, Billy Wirth, Christine Elise, Forest Whitaker
6.0
70%
65
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Switchback
(1997)
Thriller
FBI agent Dennis Quaid tries to catch a serial killer who kidnapped his son.
Runtime:
118 min
Director:
Jeb Stuart
Cast:
Dennis Quaid, Danny Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Claudia Stedelin, Jared Leto
6.4
32%
N/A
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Recess: School's Out
(2001)
Animation, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
It's the most exciting time of year at Third Street Elementary-- the end of the School Year! But boredom quickly sets in for protagonist TJ Detweiler, as his friends are headed for Summer Camp. One day, while passing by the school on his bike, he notices a green glow coming from the school's auditorium. This is the work of the insidiou...
Runtime:
82 min
Director:
Chuck Sheetz
Cast:
Andrew Lawrence, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Rickey D'Shon Collins, Jason Davis, Pamela Adlon
6.6
60%
43
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Man of the House
(2005)
Action, Comedy
Texas Ranger Roland Sharp is assigned to protect the only witnesses to the murder of a key figure in the prosecution of a drug kingpin -- a group of University of Texas cheerleaders. Sharp must now go undercover as an assistant cheerleading coach and move in with the young women.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Stephen Herek
Cast:
Tommy Lee Jones, Cedric the Entertainer, Christina Milian, Paula Garcés, Monica Keena
5.4
9%
35
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Prefontaine
(1997)
Drama, Romance
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Runtime:
106 min
Director:
Steve James
Cast:
Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermey, Ed O'Neill, Breckin Meyer, Lindsay Crouse
6.8
59%
56
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Run Ronnie Run
(2002)
Comedy
A redneck with an uncanny knack for getting arrested becomes the star of his own reality program.
Runtime:
86 min
Director:
Troy Miller
Cast:
David Cross, David Cross, Bob Odenkirk, Bob Odenkirk, Bruce Taylor
6.3
71%
N/A
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Taking Sides
(2001)
Drama, Music, War
One of the most spectacular and renowned conductors of the 1930s, Wilhelm Furtwangler's reputation rivaled that of Toscanini's. After the war, he was investigated as part of the Allies' de-Nazification programme. In the bombed-out Berlin of the immediate post-war period, the Allies slowly bring law and order to bear on an occupied Germ...
Runtime:
108 min
Director:
István Szabó
Cast:
Harvey Keitel, Stellan Skarsgård, Moritz Bleibtreu, R. Lee Ermey, Birgit Minichmayr
7.2
N/A
61
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Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins
(2000)
Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Family, Science Fiction
Buzz Lightyear must battle Emperor Zurg with the help of three hopefuls who insist on being his partners.
Runtime:
70 min
Director:
Tad Stones
Cast:
Tim Allen, Tim Allen, Nicole Sullivan, Stephen Furst, Stephen Furst
6.2
N/A
N/A
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The Boys in Company C
(1978)
War
Disheartened by futile combat, appalled by the corruption of their South Vietnamese ally, and constantly endangered by the incompetence of their own company commander, the young men find a possible way out of the war. They are told that if they purposely lose a soccer game against a South Vietnamese team, they can spend the rest of the...
Runtime:
125 min
Director:
Sidney J. Furie
Cast:
Stan Shaw, Andrew Stevens, James Canning, Michael Lembeck, Craig Wasson
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Skipped Parts
(2000)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A woman and her son must leave a small South Carolina town because of her wild behavior.
Runtime:
100 min
Director:
Tamra Davis
Cast:
Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Mischa Barton, Bug Hall, Brad Renfro
6.4
N/A
N/A
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Solstice
(2008)
Drama, Horror, Mystery
While on a summer trip with her friends, Megan begins to feel the presence of Sophie, her twin sister who recently committed suicide.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Daniel Myrick
Cast:
Elisabeth Harnois, Shawn Ashmore, Hilarie Burton, Amanda Seyfried, Tyler Hoechlin
5.3
N/A
N/A
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The Siege of Firebase Gloria
(1989)
Action, War
A Marine patrol stops at Firebase Gloria at the start of the Tet Offensive during the Vietnam war. With the firebase attacked, the patrol remains to help defend it. The Marines barely hold off the VC (Viet Cong), but in the end, hold the base.
Runtime:
97 min
Director:
Brian Trenchard-Smith
Cast:
R. Lee Ermey, Mark Neely, Garrison Hershberger, Margi Gerard, Wings Hauser
7.1
N/A
N/A
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On Deadly Ground
(1994)
Action, Thriller
Forrest Taft is an environmental agent who works for the Aegis Oil Company in Alaska. Aegis Oil's corrupt CEO is the kind of person who doesn't care whether or not oil spills into the ocean or onto the land—just as long as it's making money for him.
Runtime:
102 min
Director:
Steven Seagal
Cast:
Steven Seagal, Michael Caine, Joan Chen, John C. McGinley, R. Lee Ermey
4.6
12%
33
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Machete Maidens Unleashed!
(2010)
Documentary
In the final decades of the 20th century, the Philippines was a country where low-budget exploitation-film producers were free to make nearly any kind of movie they wanted, any way they pleased. It was a country with extremely lax labor regulations and a very permissive attitude towards cultural expression. As a result, it became a hot...
Runtime:
85 min
Director:
Mark Hartley
Cast:
Roger Corman, Colleen Camp, John Landis, Sid Haig, R. Lee Ermey
7.4
88%
N/A
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Soul of the Game
(1996)
Drama, History
Satchel Paige and Josh Gibson are the greatest players in the Colored leagues, and everyone expects that one of them will make the leap to the Major Leagues, now that there is talk of integration. But, unexpectedly, it's the rookie with the army record, Jackie Robinson, that gets tapped to be the first.
Runtime:
94 min
Director:
Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Cast:
Delroy Lindo, Mykelti Williamson, Blair Underwood, Edward Herrmann, Salli Richardson-Whitfield
7.4
67%
N/A
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Scenes of the Crime
(2002)
Action, Drama, Thriller
A young man about to get married earns extra cash by driving a local mobster, but things go awry when the mobster is shot dead by a rival crime boss.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Dominique Forma
Cast:
Jon Abrahams, Peter Greene, Jeff Bridges, Mädchen Amick, R. Lee Ermey
5.8
50%
N/A
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Gunshy
(1998)
Action, Crime, Thriller
When the New York journalist Jake Bridges catches his girlfriend with another guy, he goes to Atlantic City to drink himself to oblivion. He is saved from a bar brawl by a small-time mobster Frankie, and Jake falls in love with Frankie's girlfriend Melissa. Jake soon also joins Frankie in his money-collecting duties.
Runtime:
100 min
6.0
20%
N/A
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Jericho
(2000)
Mystery, Western
A man, Jericho (Mark Valley), wanders into a town and gets embroiled in a deeper mystery than he bargained for.
Runtime:
101 min
Director:
Merlin Miller
Cast:
Mark Valley, Leon Coffee, R. Lee Ermey, Lisa Stewart, Mark Collie
6.4
N/A
N/A
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83 Hours 'Til Dawn
(1990)
Crime, Drama, TV Movie, Thriller
A wealthy man's daughter is kidnapped and placed in a box with air for only 83 hours.
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Donald Wrye
Cast:
Peter Strauss, Robert Urich, Paul Winfield, Elizabeth Gracen, Kevin Kilner
5.7
N/A
N/A
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Dead Men Can't Dance
(1997)
Action, Thriller
To stamp out the threat of nuclear war, a special ops team must travel to North Korea to carry out a covert mission to destroy a nuclear power plant. Everything does not go as planned. Their communications are cut off and they must remember their survival training to get them through.
Runtime:
105 min
5.0
N/A
N/A