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Back in the old Corp, we weren't training those privates to infiltrate into the peacetime Marine Corp. We were training those privates to go to Vietnam.
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Birth: | 24th March, 1944 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Actor |
Ronald Lee Ermey is an American actor, best known for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full
Metal Jacket. He is a retired U.S. Marine and an honorary Gunnery Sergeant; during his tenure in the U.S. Marine Corps,
he served as a drill instructor. Ermey has often been typecast for the roles of authority figures, such as Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake,
and plastic army men leader Sarge in the Toy Story films.
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