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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.
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R. Lee Ermey played the role of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, a tough and abusive drill instructor, in the 1987 war film Full Metal Jacket. See his quotes, photos, and biography on IMDb.
He got a featured role in Sidney J. Furie's The Boys in Company C (1978), playing a drill instructor. Ermey worked with Furie again in Purple Hearts (1984). However, his most famous (or infamous) role came as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987), for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe. He did win the ...
- Actor, Additional Crew, Producer
- March 24, 1944
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- April 15, 2018
Learn how a war veteran and technical adviser became one of the most legendary characters in Kubrick's 1987 film, Full Metal Jacket. Find out why he was never meant to play the role, how he wrote his own dialogue, and how he parodied his own rants in other films.
Apr 16, 2018 · R. Lee Ermey, 'Full Metal Jacket' Sergeant, Dies At 74 : The Two-Way Ermey was no stranger to military life. He was a U.S. Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant...
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Apr 17, 2018 · Gunnery Sergeant. Hartman (R.Lee Ermey) incensed at a transgression of barrack room rules in the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket. The famous scene is a brutal verbal assault, insults flying as fast as machine gun bullets. Many lines from it have become iconic, such as "What is your major malfunction?"
