page_title: R. Lee Ermey
section_title: Awards and decorations
hierarchical_section_title: R. Lee Ermey / Awards and decorations
caption_attribution_description: English: Retired Marine and actor R. Lee Ermey talks to the 7th Communication Battalion Sergeant Major and his wife during their Marine Corps Birthday Ball at the Palms on Camp Hansen, Okinawa. Italiano: R. Lee Ermey, attore ed ex-Marine, parla al sergente maggiore del 7° Battaglione Comunicazioni e a sua moglie durante il Marine Corps Birthday Ball at the Palms a Camp Hansen, Okinawa.
context_page_description: Ronald Lee Ermey was an American film, television and voice actor, and 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, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, Jimmy Lee Farnsworth in Fletch Lives, a police captain in Se7en, plastic army men leader Sarge in the Toy Story films, Lt. "Tice" Ryan in Rocket Power, a prison warden in an episode of SpongeBob SquarePants, 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. He also hosted GunnyTime on the Outdoor Channel.
context_section_description: Ermey was retroactively awarded the Marine Corps Drill Instructor Ribbon after he retired from the military due to his prior service as a Marine Corps recruit training instructor. Ermey's military awards included:
  GySgt Ermey received two service stripes.
caption: R. Lee Ermey during the United States Marine Corps birthday ball, November 2006
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