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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/2
bronze service stars)
Marksman Badge (w/Rifle
Bar)
Sharpshooter Badge
(w/Pistol Bar) |
Full name:
Ronald Lee Ermey
Born:
24
March 1944, Emporia, Kansas,
USA. 
Service
: United
States Marine Corps 1961 - 1972 
Rank:
E-7 Honorary Gunnery Sergeant 
Status:
Retired
As a Golden Globe nominee and
Boston Society of Film Critics
Award-winner for Best Supporting
Actor in director Stanley
Kubrick's "Full Metal Jacket",
R. Lee Ermey is one of the most
successful and talented actors
working in film and television
today.
His numerous roles in feature
film include: "Switchback",
starring opposite Dennis Quaid
and Danny Glover, "Dead Man
Walking", "Seven", "Leaving Las
Vegas", "Murder In The First",
"Life", "The Frighteners" and "Sommersby"
as well as his critically
acclaimed role opposite Jared
Leto in "Prefontaine". He
continues doing numerous voice
over roles which span from "The
Simpsons" to "Toy Story"(1 and
2)
Ermey spent eleven years in the
Marine Corps, Two of which were
spent as being a Drill
Instructor at Marine Corps
Recruit Depot San Diego, India
Company 3rd Recruit Training
Battalion 1965-67, Arrived in
Vietnam in 1968 spending 14
months attached to Marine Wing
Support Group 17 and 2 tours in
Okinawa. He rose to the rank of
Staff Sergeant and was medically
retired for injuries received.
Using G.I. Bill benefits, Ermey
enrolled at the University of
Manila in the Philippines, where
he studied drama. Francis Ford
Coppola was filming "Apocalypse
Now" in the area and cast Ermey
in a featured role. He has since
gone on to star or appear in
approximately forty films.
Ermey is no stranger to
prestigious television either.
He has starred in numerous
telefilms including HBO’s
"Weapons of Mass Distraction",
TNT’s "The Rough Riders", and
TNT’s "You Know My Name",
starring Sam Elliot, as well as
Showtime’s "The Apartment
Complex".
Recently, Lee starred with
Elizabeth Pena in the feature
"On the Borderline". Just before
that, Lee was in the feature
film "Skipped Parts", with
Jennifer Jason Leigh and Drew
Barrymore. He also had a
recurring role on FOX’s
critically acclaimed "Action",
starring Jay Mohr and Illeana
Douglas.
Watch Lee each week on his
NEW show, MAIL CALL, on The
History Channel. Lee most
recently starred in "Saving
Silverman", with Jason Biggs,
Jack Black, Steve Zahn and
Amanda Peet. And, just in the
last couple of months, Lee has
appeared opposite Jeff Bridges
in "Scenes of the Crime", Harvey
Keitel in "Taking Sides" and
Crispin Glover in "Willard".
From:
http://www.rleeermey.com/about.php |
