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R. Lee Ermey
★ Acting

R. Lee Ermey

1944 – 2018 · Emporia, Kansas, USA · Active 1978–2020

R. Lee Ermey, born in 1944, brought his military background to the screen, often portraying authoritative figures. His role as Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) exemplifies his ability to instill fear through sheer presence. Ermey also appears in The Terror Within II (1991) and Dead Man Walking (1995), where his performances resonate with the gritty realism typical of cult cinema. With a career that spans decades, Ermey's work in these films cements his status as a notable figure in the realm of exploitation and horror.

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The Terror Within II

The Terror Within II

1991 ★ 3.8
as Von Demming

In a world gone mad, the last human colony struggles to survive underground, beneath a land of nightmarish mutants who seek to destroy them. But when the mutant breaks inside humanity's final stronghold, the battle for survival pits the human colonists against their deadly invaders miles below the earth's surface.

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Filmography

125 credits
2020s 1 credit
2020
Kubrick by Kubrick as Self (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.5
2010s 6 credits
2018
Filmworker as Self
Movie ★ 7.1
2014
Movie ★ 6.5
2012
The Watch as Manfred
Movie ★ 5.6
2010
Movie ★ 6.6
2010
Toy Story 3 as Sarge (voice)
Movie ★ 7.8
2000s 43 credits
2008
Solstice as Leonard
Movie ★ 5.3
2008
Eleventh Hour as Bob Henson
TV ★ 6.6
2008
TV ★ 7.6
2007
The Pixar Story as Sergeant (voice) (archive footage)
Movie ★ 7.6
2006
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning as Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt
Movie ★ 6.2
2006
Shark Bait as Jack (voice)
Movie ★ 5.0
2006
X-Men: The Last Stand as Sergeant (voice)
Movie ★ 6.4
2005
Man of the House as Captain Nichols
Movie ★ 5.8
2004
Y.M.I. as John
Movie ★ 4.3
2004
Movie ★ 8.0
2004
House as John House
TV ★ 8.6
2004
Father of the Pride as Bunny (voice)
TV ★ 5.0
2003
Willard as Mr. Martin
Movie ★ 6.1
2003
Movie ★ 6.3
2002
Scenes of the Crime as Mr. Parker
Movie ★ 5.5
2002
Taking Sides as General Wallace
Movie ★ 6.2
2002
The Salton Sea as Verne Plummer
Movie ★ 6.6
2002
Run Ronnie Run as Lead Kidnapper
Movie ★ 5.9
2002
Birdseye as Sheriff Gathers
Movie ★ 9.0
2002
TV ★ 7.5
2002
Kim Possible as Additional Voices (voice)
TV ★ 7.5
2002
TV ★ 7.2
2002
Pet Star as Self - Judge
TV ★ 7.9
2002
Kim Possible as General Sims (voice)
TV ★ 7.5
2001
Movie ★ 5.8
2001
On the Borderline as Captain Elias
Movie ★ 4.5
2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as Richard Benson
Movie ★ 4.6
2001
Sarge! as Himself
Movie
2001
Recess: School's Out as Colonel O'Malley (voice)
Movie ★ 6.6
2001
TV ★ 8.5
2001
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy as Sergeant / Drill Sergeant
TV ★ 8.1
2001
Scrubs as Janitor's Father
TV ★ 8.2
2000
Skipped Parts as Caspar Callahan
Movie ★ 6.0
2000
The Chaos Factor as Col. Ben Wilder
Movie ★ 5.3
2000
Jericho as Marshall
Movie ★ 4.8
2000
Movie ★ 6.4
2000
The District as Jim Bodsworth
TV ★ 6.8
1990s 62 credits
1999
Toy Story 2 as Sarge (voice)
Movie ★ 7.6
1999
Movie ★ 4.7
1999
You Know My Name as Marshal Nix
Movie ★ 4.8
1999
Life as Older Sheriff Pike
Movie ★ 6.7
1999
The Apartment Complex as Frank Stanton
Movie ★ 5.7
1999
Family Guy as Coach (voice)
TV ★ 7.4
1999
TV ★ 7.1
1999
The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot as General Thornton (voice)
TV ★ 7.2
1999
Family Guy as Warden (voice)
TV ★ 7.4
1999
TV ★ 7.9
1999
Action as Titus Scroad
TV ★ 6.6
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants as Prison Warden (voice)
TV ★ 7.7
1998
The Sender as Colonel Rosewater
Movie ★ 4.9
1998
Gunshy as Jerry
Movie ★ 5.5
1998
Maximum Bob as Col. Theodore Baker
TV ★ 7.3
1997
Switchback as Sheriff Buck Olmstead
Movie ★ 6.0
1997
Prefontaine as Bill Bowerman
Movie ★ 6.5
1997
Dead Men Can't Dance as Senator Fowler
Movie ★ 3.9
1997
Movie ★ 5.2
1997
Starship Troopers as Voice heard on speaker (voice) (uncredited)
Movie ★ 7.1
1997
TV ★ 6.9
1997
Cracker as Lieutenant Fry
TV ★ 7.2
1997
Rough Riders as Secretary of State John Hay
TV ★ 6.2
1996
Movie ★ 6.9
1996
Movie ★ 4.9
1996
Movie ★ 6.2
1996
TV ★ 6.5
1996
High Incident as Tony Van Camp
TV ★ 8.0
1996
All Dogs Go To Heaven: The Series as Sergeant Yorkie (voice)
TV ★ 6.1
1995
Toy Story as Sergeant (voice)
Movie ★ 8.0
1995
Dead Man Walking as Clyde Percy
Movie ★ 7.3
1995
Se7en as Police Captain
Movie ★ 8.4
1995
Savate as Benedict
Movie ★ 5.8
1995
Leaving Las Vegas as Conventioneer
Movie ★ 7.3
1995
Murder in the First as Judge Clawson
Movie ★ 7.1
1995
Movie ★ 5.6
1995
Space: Above and Beyond as Sgt. Major Bougas
TV ★ 7.2
1994
Chain of Command as Benjamin Brewster
Movie ★ 4.8
1994
Love Is a Gun as Frank Deacon
Movie ★ 5.7
1994
French Silk as Chief Crowder
Movie ★ 4.3
1994
Movie ★ 5.2
1994
Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult as Prison Guard (uncredited)
Movie ★ 6.5
1994
TV ★ 6.0
1993
Sommersby as Dick Mead
Movie ★ 6.4
1993
Body Snatchers as General Platt
Movie ★ 6.2
1993
Hexed as Detective Ferguson
Movie ★ 4.8
1993
The X-Files as Reverend Patrick Findley
TV ★ 8.4
1993
TV ★ 7.1
1993
TV ★ 7.1
1992
TV ★ 5.5
1991
Toy Soldiers as General Kramer
Movie ★ 6.5
1991
Movie ★ 4.1
1991
True Identity as Houston’s Boss
Movie ★ 5.6
1991
TV ★ 4.5
1991
Street Justice as Special Agent Landau
TV ★ 7.2
1990
The Rift as Captain Phillips
Movie ★ 4.7
1990
83 Hours 'Til Dawn as Glen Fairling
Movie ★ 6.5
1990
The Take as Weller
Movie ★ 7.0
1990
I'm Dangerous Tonight as Captain Aikman
Movie ★ 4.9
1990
Kid as Luke Clanton
Movie ★ 6.0
1990
Demonstone as Col. Joe Haines
Movie ★ 4.7
1980s 9 credits
1989
The Siege of Firebase Gloria as Sgt. Maj. Bill Hafner / Narrator
Movie ★ 5.7
1989
Fletch Lives as Jimmy Lee Farnsworth
Movie ★ 6.0
1989
The Simpsons as Colonel Hapablap (voice)
TV ★ 8.0
1989
TV ★ 8.0
1988
Mississippi Burning as Mayor Tilman
Movie ★ 7.7
1988
TV ★ 7.5
1987
Full Metal Jacket as Gny. Sgt. Hartman
Movie ★ 8.1
1984
Movie ★ 5.8
1984
Miami Vice as Ernest Haskell
TV ★ 7.5
1970s 3 credits
1979
Apocalypse Now as Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Movie ★ 8.3
1979
Up from the Depths as Arnold (uncredited)
Movie ★ 3.8
1978
The Boys in Company C as Sergeant Loyce
Movie ★ 6.5
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