R. Lee Ermey

ACTOR, MISCELLANEOUS, PRODUCER

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A talented character actor known for his military roles, Ronald Lee Ermey was in the United States Marine Corps for 11 years. He rose to the rank of Staff Sergeant, and later was bestowed the honorary rank of Gunnery Sergeant by the Marine Corps, after he served 14 months in Vietnam and later did two tours in Okinawa, Japan. After injuries forced him to retire from the Corps, he moved to the Phillipines, enrolling in the University of Manila, where he studied Criminology and Drama. He appeared in several Filipino films before being cast as a helicopter pilot in Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979). Due to his Vietnam experiences, Coppola also utilized him as a technical adviser. 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 best supporting actor award from The Boston Society of Film Critics. Since then, he has appeared in numerous character roles in such films as Leaving Las Vegas (1995), Se7en (1995) and Dead Man Walking (1995). However, Ermey prefers comedy to drama, and has a comedic role in Saving Silverman (2001). - IMDb Mini Biography By: Nick Johansen / honassen@yahoo.com

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of R. Lee Ermey’s flixes, followed by Google Play Movies compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

R. Lee Ermey on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1986 to 2015. See the full graphs of the number of R. Lee Ermey movies released per year from 1997 till 2015.

Top Genres

R. Lee Ermey works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Action Genre flixes. 18% of R. Lee Ermey movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that R. Lee Ermey worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that R. Lee Ermey has worked on is 6.2.

6.2 / 10

R. Lee Ermey's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Documentary,History,War
Lock 'N Load with R. Lee Ermey (2009)

Sergeant R. Lee Ermey tells of the historical value and origin of the worlds most prevelant guns and other military weaponry!

8.5/1060 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

Comedy,Documentary,History
Mail Call (2002)

Former U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant R. Lee Ermey answers viewers' questions about military technology.

8.4/1030 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Comedy
Action (1999)

A dark comedy about Peter Dragon (played by Jay Mohr), a sleazy Hollywood executive. His last, massively expensive, movie bombed and he needs a hit. Will "Beverley Hills Gun Club" be it and how far will he have to go to make it?

8.3/1030 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

Drama,War
Full Metal Jacket (1987)

A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.

8.3/10116 min

Available in 11 platform(s).

Biography,Drama,Romance
Prefontaine (1997)

Based on the life of Olympic hopeful Steve Prefontaine, a long distance runner who lived in Oregon and died young.

6.8/10106 min

Available in 10 platform(s).

Action,Drama,War
The Siege of Firebase Gloria (1988)

A tough sergeant and his sidekick roll into a demoralized firebase and proceed to rebuild morale and fortifications in advance of the climactic battle with the VietCong.

6.8/1099 min

Available in 8 platform(s).

Drama,Horror,Thriller
Willard (2003)

A young man with an unusual connection to rats uses them at his own sociopathic will.

6.1/10100 min

Available in 9 platform(s).

Comedy,Crime,Mystery
Fletch Lives (1989)

After receiving an inheritance in Louisiana, Los Angeles reporter Irvin Fletcher heads to the Belle Isle plantation where he gets himself into hilarious trouble.

6.1/1095 min

Available in 13 platform(s).