Ronald Lee Ermey

Ronald Lee Ermey

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Ronald Lee Ermey Wiki Biography

  • Ronald Lee Ermey was born in Emporia, Kansas, on March 24, 1944. 
  • He is an actor best known for playing Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film “Complete Metal Jacket,” Mayor Tilman in the 1988 film “Mississippi Burning,” and Sheriff Hoyt in the remake of “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre.” 
  • He is also a former Staff Sergeant from the United States Marine Corps, who started acting in 1978. 
  • So, have you ever wondered what R. Lee Ermey’s net worth is? 
  • According to reports, Ermey’s net worth is reported to be over $12 million as of mid-2021. 
  • His successful career as an actor in the entertainment industry is the key source of this amount of money. 
  • He has also starred in a variety of advertisements and television shows, which has added to his net worth. 
  • His ownership of the Bravery Brewery in Lancaster, California, is another source of his fortune. 
  • R. Lee Ermey grew up on a farm near Kansas City with his five siblings. 
  • He moved to Toppenish, Washington, with his family when he was 14 years old. 
  • Ermey was a troublemaker in his youth and had several run-ins with the law, having been convicted twice. 
  • After his second conviction, the judge gave him the choice of going to jail or entering the military, and he chose the latter, joining the US Marine Corps in 1961. 
  • Ronald’s acting career started in the late 1970s, when he starred in the film “The Boys In Company C” (1978), followed by “Apocalypse Now” the following year. 
  • He returned to acting in the 1980s, landing roles in the films “Purple Hearts” (1984) and “Full Metal Jacket” (1985), and three years later, he landed his breakthrough role as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s film “Full Metal Jacket.” 
  • Since then, his career has only gotten better, as has his net worth and popularity. 
  • He has starred in over 120 films, television shows, and video game titles, resulting in a significant rise in his net worth. 
  • Emery’s net worth was enhanced by his voice-over work on numerous animated TV and film series, as well as video games, including “Toy Story” (1995), “Big Guy And Rusty The Boy Robot” (1999), “Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles” (1999-2000), “Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood Of Steel” (2001), “Batman: The Brave And The Bold” (2009-2011), “Batman: The Emery has received several prestigious nominations and awards during his career, including a Golden Globe nomination in the category Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture and a BSFC Award in the category Best Supporting Actor for his work on the film “Full Metal Jacket,” among others. 
  • In terms of his personal life, R. Lee Ermey has been married to Nila Ermey since 1975, and the couple has four children. 
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Ronald Lee Ermey Quick Info

Full Name R. Lee Ermey
Net Worth $12 Million
Salary $1 Million
Date Of Birth March 24, 1944
Place Of Birth Emporia, Kansas, U.S.
Height 6′ (1.83 m)
Profession Actor, Miscellaneous Crew, Producer
Education The University of Manila, University of Texas at Austin
Nationality American
Spouse Nila Ermey
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/R.Lee.Ermey
Twitter https://twitter.com/rleeermey
Google+ https://plus.google.com/105776000771298319708
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000388/
Awards Combat Action Ribbon, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Gallantry Cross, Combat Action Ribbon, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Gallantry Cross
Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Movies Full Metal Jacket, The Boys in Company C, Seven, Saving Silverman, Dead Man Walking, The Frighteners, Willard, Toy Story, Toy Story 3, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning, Mississippi Burning, Toy Story 2, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Siege of Firebase Gloria, On Deadly Ground, Leaving La…
TV Shows Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, Cracker, All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series, High Incident, Sweet Justice, Street Justice, Human Target, Mail Call, Toy Story Treats, Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot, Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, All Dogs Go to He…

Ronald Lee Ermey Trademarks

  1. Tough and often scary screen presence
  2. Commanding and dynamic delivery.
  3. Best known for playing military drill instructors

Ronald Lee Ermey Quotes

  • I got to write most of everything I said.
  • Every character I’ve ever played, I always try to take him right to the edge and not allow him to fall over, but directors tend to pull me back a little bit.
  • When you try to find funding for a VVA function, it doesn’t seem like it’s any trouble at all. People come out of the woodwork with their money to help out because we went over and fought a war.
  • I honestly do feel that I am a role model for young people.
  • I got space from Travis Air Force Base, went back to the Philippine Islands, and made it a point to meet the only American casting director in the Philippines. I was off and running.
  • Everybody respects the Vietnam Veterans of America.
  • I disagree with a lot of those changes, however at the end of the day – I go down to recruit graduation at least once or twice a year.
  • It’s been a pretty fun ride, to tell you the truth.
  • I play well with everybody.
  • We had times in ’66 and ’67 when we would pick up a platoon of privates out of the receiving barracks the week before we even graduated the platoon that we were on!
  • There have been a lot of changes in recruit training in the past twenty years.
  • I try to get over to Iraq and Afghanistan as much as I can.
  • That’s all I cared about too, was getting it right.
  • To be a good actor, I’m a firm believer that you need to bring something to the table.
  • Kubrick ate it up. He loved it. He just let me go crazy.
  • I’ve never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can’t speak for those guys.
  • I spend a lot of time with my characters.
  • Kubrick’s films have life – they just never die.
  • There’s a lot of whiners in every crowd.
  • I was stationed at a marine recruit depot in San Diego from 1965 to 1967.
  • I’m never like I say, I’m never happy, I’m never satisfied, it’s never good enough.
  • Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P’s and Q’s and respectably conduct yourself if you expect to have friends.
  • Without discipline, there is no Marine Corps.
  • I go to the VA Hospital when I have a problem and the doctor jumps on me.
  • Back in the old Corp, we weren’t training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam.
  • I don’t have to be concerned about everybody else’s character.
  • I always love to come to Austin.
  • The drill instructor must have total and complete control. Mindless obedience is what he’s after.
  • America’s trying to do the best for its veterans.
  • Back in those days, intimidation was the greatest tool the drill instructor had. Without that tool, he would not have had control.
  • The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.
  • Drill instructors worked seven days a week, fifteen to seventeen hours a day in many cases, with no time off in between platoons.
  • I don’t have any respect at all for the scum-bags who went to Canada to avoid the draft or to avoid doing their fair share.
  • Communications are better now than in my Vietnam days.
  • For me, it’s an honor for the military to ask me to go to Iraq, Afghanistan, or GITMO. I’m happy to go.
  • You’d be surprised how many kids and young people come to the website and send me an email that they are actually going into the Marine Corp because of something that I said or did.
  • There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran’s Administration just wasn’t geared up for it. I know for a fact that it’s getting better and better.
  • The bad news motivated the drill instructors that much more.
  • The best part about the movie and everybody seems to rave about it, is the boot camp part.
  • I firmly believe that you live and learn, and if you don’t learn from past mistakes, then you need to be drug out and shot.
  • Even though I disagree with many of the changes, when I see the privates graduate at the end of the day, when they walk off that drill field at the end of the ceremony, they are still fine privates; outstanding, well-motivated privates.
  • It’s my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.

Ronald Lee Ermey Important Facts

  • As of 2016, has appeared in three films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Apocalypse Now (1979), Mississippi Burning (1988), and Toy Story 3 (2010)_.
  • When he was 17, he would always get in trouble so much with the police. During a court hearing, the judge gave him the choice of either facing jail or join the military. He chose the military.
  • In January 2014 he outraged animal rights activists by posting photos of himself on Facebook posing with dead lions he had shot in Africa. He also boasted of killing “Cape Buffalo, lion, lioness, and ­wildebeest” on previous trips to Africa.
  • Starting his third year as host on “Mail Call” on the History Channel. [July 2005]
  • Hosting “Lock N Load” a new show about military hardware on the History Channel. [August 2009]
  • Currently doing a series of radio and television commercials for Geico. [July 2010]
  • Hosting “Mail Call” on the History Channel. [August 2002]
  • Was seriously considered for the role of J. Jonah Jameson in Spider-Man (2002), before J.K. Simmons was cast.
  • Was one of the few people ever allowed to improvise for notorious perfectionist Stanley Kubrick. A lot of his dialogue lines in Full Metal Jacket (1987) were improvised.
  • In 2010, he was chosen as the new spokesman for SOG Specialty Knives & Tool. SOG’s new “Gunny Approved” advertising campaign includes a special edition line of knives and tools developed in conjunction with Ermey.
  • In 1987, he was involved in a jeep accident during Full Metal Jacket’s making (1987). At 1:00 am one morning, he skidded off the road, breaking all the ribs on his left side. He refused to pass out and kept flashing his car lights until a motorist stopped. In some scenes in the movie, he does not move his left arm at all.
  • Has four children with wife Nila and two daughters from a previous marriage. Has nine grandchildren.
  • Aside from his early military roles, he often plays authority figures, such as sheriffs, police chiefs, and other types of law-enforcement officers.
  • Parodied his famous role from Full Metal Jacket (1987) (Gunnery Sergeant Hartman) as a Ghost in the comedy film The Frighteners (1996).
  • Chosen as first celebrity spokesperson for Glock firearms and products in 2004.
  • Used the same line (“You’re not afraid of a little blood, are you?”) in two consecutive movies — Willard (2003) and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003). Both films were released in 2003 and both films just happened to be remade as well.
  • After injuries forced him to retire from military service, he moved to the Philippines and enrolled in the University of Manila, where he studied Criminology and Drama.
  • The United States Marine Corps awards and decorations include Meritorious Unit Commendation, Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal (w/bronze service star), Vietnam Campaign Medal (w/60 Device), Vietnam Gallantry Cross (w/Palm), Good Conduct Medal (w/two bronze service stars), Marksman Badge (w/Rifle Bar) and Sharpshooter Badge (w/Pistol Bar).
  • Although he retired from the United States Marine Corps in 1971, Ermey was later awarded the Honorary rank of Gunnery Sergeant.
  • Served in the United States Marine Corps from April 1961 to October 1971 under the service number 195-60-39. Was retired as a Staff Sergeant on a medical disability.
  • Was not intended to be in Full Metal Jacket (1987). He was hired as a technical advisor for the actor who was to play the drill instructor, but he did such a good job at it that Ermey himself was hired for the part.

Ronald Lee Ermey Filmography

Title Year Status Character Role
The Simpsons 1995-2015 TV Series Colonel Leslie Hapablap Actor
Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness 2012-2015 TV Series General Tsin Actor
Call of Duty: Ghosts 2013 Video Game Multiplayer Announcer – Drill Instructor DLC (voice) Actor
Someone Picked the Wrong Girl 2013 Video short Glock Man Actor
The Watch 2012/I Manfred Actor
Family Guy 2001-2011 TV Series Warden / Coach Actor
Batman: The Brave and the Bold 2009-2011 TV Series Wildcat Actor
X-Play 2011 TV Series Actor
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit 2010 TV Series Walter Burlock Actor
Toy Story 3 2010 Video Game Sarge (voice) Actor
An Okay Place to Eat 2010 Short Sergeant Cereal Actor
Batman: The Brave and the Bold – The Videogame 2010 Video Game Wildcat (voice) Actor
Toy Story 3: The Video Game 2010 Video Game Army Sarge (voice) Actor
Toy Story 3 2010 Sarge (voice) Actor
Eleventh Hour 2008 TV Series Bob Henson Actor
House M.D. 2005-2008 TV Series John House Actor
Toy Story Midway Mania! 2008 Short Sarge (voice) Actor
Solstice 2008/II Leonard Actor
SpongeBob SquarePants 2007 TV Series Warden Actor
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning 2006 Uncle Charlie Hewitt / Sheriff Hoyt Actor
Shark Bait 2006 Jack (voice) Actor
X-Men: The Last Stand 2006 Sergeant (voice) Actor
Man of the House 2005/I Captain Nichols Actor
My Life as a Teenage Robot 2005 TV Series Sarge Actor
Father of the Pride 2004 TV Series Bunny Actor
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy 2004 TV Series Sergeant / Drill Sergeant Actor
Y.M.I. 2004 John Actor
Kim Possible 2003 TV Series General Sims Actor
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2003 Sheriff Hoyt Actor
Fillmore! 2003 TV Series Colonel Thrift Actor
Rocket Power 2003 TV Series Madison Actor
Willard 2003 Mr. Martin Actor
Birdseye 2002 Sheriff Gathers Actor
Invader ZIM 2002 TV Series Sergeant Hobo 678 Actor
Frank McKlusky, C.I. 2002 Jockey Master (uncredited) Actor
Scrubs 2002 TV Series Janitor’s Father Actor
The Salton Sea 2002 Verne Plummer Actor
Run Ronnie Run 2002 Lead Kidnapper Actor
This Week in History 2001 TV Series Actor
Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex 2001 Video Game Wa-Wa – The Water Elemental (voice, as R. Lee Army) Actor
On the Borderline 2001 Capt. Elias Actor
Taking Sides 2001 General Wallace Actor
Scenes of the Crime 2001 Mr. Parker Actor
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 2001 President Richard Benson Actor
Real War 2001 Video Game Pre-mission Briefings Narrator (voice) Actor
Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel 2001 Video Game General Simon Barnaky (voice) Actor
The District 2001 TV Series Jim Bodsworth Actor
Recess: School’s Out 2001 Colonel O’Malley (voice, as Lee Ermey) Actor
Saving Silverman 2001 Coach Actor
Jericho 2000 Marshall Actor
Action 1999-2000 TV Series Titus Scroad Actor
Buzz Lightyear of Star Command: The Adventure Begins 2000 Video Sarge (voice) Actor
Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles 1999-2000 TV Series Sky Marshall Sanchez Actor
Skipped Parts 2000 Caspar Callahan Actor
The Chaos Factor 2000 Col. Ben Wilder Actor
Toy Story 2 1999/I Video Game Sergeant (voice) Actor
Toy Story 2 1999 Army Sarge (voice) Actor
The Apartment Complex 1999 TV Movie Frank Stanton Actor
Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot 1999 TV Series General Thorton (voice) Actor
Avalanche 1999 Gary Actor
Life 1999/I Older Sheriff Pike Actor
Cracker: Mind Over Murder 1997-1999 TV Series Lieutenant Fry Actor
You Know My Name 1999 TV Movie Marshal Nix Actor
Maximum Bob 1998 TV Series Col. Theodore Baker Actor
All Dogs Go to Heaven: The Series 1998 TV Series Sergeant Yorkie Actor
Gunshy 1998 Jerry Actor
The Sender 1998 Colonel Rosewater Actor
Starship Troopers 1997 Voice heard on speaker when troopers were receiving gear for battle (voice, uncredited) Actor
The Angry Beavers 1997 TV Series Sergeant Guenther Actor
Switchback 1997 Sheriff Buck Olmstead Actor
Promised Land 1997 TV Series Leo C. Greene Actor
Weapons of Mass Distraction 1997 TV Movie Billy Paxton Actor
Dead Men Can’t Dance 1997 Sen. Pullman T. Fowler Actor
Prefontaine 1997 Bill Bowerman Actor
Rough Riders 1997 TV Series Secretary of State John Hay Actor
Toy Story 1996 Video Game Army Sarge (voice) Actor
The Frighteners 1996 Sgt. Hiles Actor
Soul of the Game 1996 TV Movie Wilkie Actor
High Incident 1996 TV Series Tony Van Camp Actor
Toy Story Treats 1996 TV Series short Sarge Actor
Dead Man Walking 1995 Clyde Percy Actor
The X-Files 1995 TV Series Reverend Patrick Findley Actor
Toy Story 1995 Sergeant (voice) Actor
Under the Hula Moon 1995 Lt. Col. J. P. McIntire Actor
Space: Above and Beyond 1995 TV Series Sergeant Major Bougus Actor
Leaving Las Vegas 1995 Conventioneer Actor
Se7en 1995 Police Captain Actor
Best of the Best 3: No Turning Back 1995 Preacher Brian (uncredited) Actor
Sweet Justice 1995 TV Series Luke Actor
Savate 1995 Video Benedict (uncredited) Actor
Murder in the First 1995 Judge Clawson Actor
Tales from the Crypt 1994 TV Series Sheriff Actor
Love Is a Gun 1994 Frank Deacon Actor
Naked Gun 33 1/3: The Final Insult 1994 Mess Hall Guard (uncredited) Actor
Rise and Walk: The Dennis Byrd Story 1994 TV Movie Mr. Byrd (uncredited) Actor
On Deadly Ground 1994 Stone Actor
Chain of Command 1994 Benjamin Brewster Actor
French Silk 1994 TV Movie Chief Crowder Actor
Double Switch 1993 Video Game The Handyman (as R. Lee Emrey) Actor
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. 1993 TV Series Brisco County Sr. Actor
Body Snatchers 1993 General Platt Actor
Sommersby 1993 Dick Mead (as Ronald Lee Ermey) Actor
Hexed 1993 Det. Ferguson Actor
Street Justice 1992 TV Series Special Agent Landau Actor
Civil Wars 1992 TV Series General Randall Bell Actor
Human Target 1992 TV Series General Ferris Actor
True Identity 1991 Houston’s Boss (uncredited) Actor
Toy Soldiers 1991 General Kramer Actor
The Terror Within II 1991 Von Demming Actor
83 Hours ‘Til Dawn 1990 TV Movie Glen Failing Actor
Kid 1990 Luke Actor
I’m Dangerous Tonight 1990 TV Movie Lt. Ackman Actor
The Take 1990 TV Movie Weller Actor
The Rift 1990 Capt. Phillips Actor
Demon stone 1990 Col. Joe Haines Actor
China Beach 1989 TV Series Colonel Buster Darling Actor
Fletch Lives 1989 Jimmy Lee Farnsworth Actor
The Siege of Firebase Gloria 1989 Bill Hafner Actor
Mississippi Burning 1988 Mayor Tilman Actor
Miami Vice 1987 TV Series Det. Sgt. Ernest Haskell Actor
Full Metal Jacket 1987 Gny. Sgt. Hartman (as Lee Ermey) Actor
Purple Hearts 1984 Gunny Actor
Up from the Depths 1979 Actor
Apocalypse Now 1979 Eagle Thrust Seven Helicopter Pilot (uncredited) Actor
The Boys in Company C 1978 Sergeant Loyce (as Lee Ermey) Actor
Full Metal Jacket 1987 technical advisor – as Lee Ermey Miscellaneous
An Officer and a Gentleman 1982 technical advisor – uncredited Miscellaneous
Apocalypse Now 1979 military advisor – uncredited Miscellaneous
The Boys in Company C 1978 technical advisor – as Lee Ermey Miscellaneous
GunnyTime with R. Lee Ermey 2015-2016 TV Series executive producer – 3 episodes Producer
The Siege of Firebase Gloria 1989 additional dialogue – as R. Lee Ermey Writer
The Year of the Rat 2003 Video documentary very special thanks Thanks
Down to the Bone: Anatomy of a Prequel 2007 Video documentary Himself Self
E! True Hollywood Story 2006 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Max on Set: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre – The Beginning 2006 TV Movie documentary Sheriff Hoyt Self
Hollywood Vietnam 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
The 100 Greatest War Films 2005 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
Howard Stern 2004 TV Series Sgt. Hartman Self
American Veteran Awards 2004 TV Special Himself – Host Self
Chainsaw Redux: Making a Massacre 2004 Video documentary Himself / Sheriff Hoyt Self
The Year of the Rat 2003 Video documentary Himself – Mr. Martin Self
The 45th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1988 TV Special Himself – Nominee Self
Shooting ‘Full Metal Jacket’ 1986 Documentary Himself Self
Filmworker 2017 Documentary Himself Self
GunnyTime with R. Lee Ermey 2015-2016 TV Series Himself – Host / Himself Self
Toy Story at 20: To Infinity and Beyond 2015 TV Movie documentary Himself – Sergeant Self
Military Makeover 2015 TV Series Himself – Host Self
Fox and Friends 2014-2015 TV Series Himself Self
Kubrick Remembered 2014 Documentary Himself Self
Saving Private K-9 2014 TV Series documentary Himself Self
Making Glock’s Somebody Picked the Wrong… 2013 Documentary short Multiple Self
Hannity 2012 TV Series Himself Self
Designing Spaces 2011 TV Series Himself – Host Self
Machete Maidens Unleashed! 2010 Documentary Himself Self
National Memorial Day Parade 2010 TV Movie documentary Himself Self
For Love of Liberty: The Story of America’s Black Patriots 2010 TV Movie documentary voice Self
Lock ‘N Load with R. Lee Ermey 2009 TV Series documentary Himself / Himself – Host Self
Full Metal Jacket: Between Good and Evil 2007 Video documentary short Himself (as Lee Ermey) Self
Mail Call 2002-2007 TV Series documentary Himself – Host / Himself Self
Rat People: Friends and Foes 2003 Video documentary short Mr. Martin (uncredited) Archive Footage
The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. 1993 TV Series Brisco County Sr. Archive Footage
EBN: Commercial Entertainment Product 1992 Video short Gunnery Sgt. Hartman (uncredited) Archive Footage

Ronald Lee Ermey Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie Category
2013 Bronze Telly Telly Awards Online Video Someone Picked the Wrong Girl (2013) Won
1988 BSFC Award Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actor Full Metal Jacket (1987) Won
2013 Bronze Telly Telly Awards Online Video Someone Picked the Wrong Girl (2013) Nominated
1988 BSFC Award Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actor Full Metal Jacket (1987) Nominated