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R. Lee Ermey
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Person

R. Lee Ermey

1944 – 2018 · aged 74

American actor and soldier (1944–2018)

Born
24 Mar 1944 · Emporia
Died
15 Apr 2018 · Santa Monica

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 85 years
  1. 24 Mar 1944BornBorn in Emporia
  2. 1955 – 1975WarVietnam War
  3. 15 Apr 2018DiedDied in Santa Monica

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1944 – 2018).

  1. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  2. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  3. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  4. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  5. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  6. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  8. 1956Suez Crisis
  9. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  11. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  12. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  13. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  14. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  15. 1968Prague Spring
  16. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  17. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  18. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  19. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  20. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  21. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  22. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  23. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  24. 1985Schengen Agreement
  25. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  26. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  27. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  28. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union
  29. 19941994 FIFA World Cup
  30. 1994 – 1996First Chechen War
  31. 19981998 FIFA World Cup
  32. 2001 – 2021War in Afghanistan
  33. 2003 – 2011Iraq War
  34. 20042004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami
  35. 20062006 FIFA World Cup
  36. 20082008 Summer Olympics
  37. 2008Russo-Georgian War
  38. 20102010 Haiti earthquake
  39. 2010 – 2012Arab Spring
  40. 20112011 Norway attacks

Biography

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. Ermey was also a United States Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant.

Ermey was often typecast in authority figure roles, such as Mayor Tilman in the film Mississippi Burning (1988), Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine (1997), Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003) and its prequel The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning (2006), Jimmy Lee Farnsworth in Fletch Lives (1989), a police captain in Seven (1995), plastic army men leader Sarge in the first three films of the Toy Story franchise (1995–2010), Major "Maddogg" Madison in Rocket Power, and John House in House.

On television, Ermey hosted two programs on the History Channel: Mail Call, in which he answered viewers' questions about various military issues both modern and historic; and Lock n' Load with R. Lee Ermey, which concerned the development of different types of weapons. Ermey also hosted GunnyTime on the Outdoor Channel.

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