The film begins when a group of recruits arrives on an island ready to become Marines and serve in the Vietnam War.
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He is probably best remembered for the numerous memorable lines he delivered as the no-nonsense sergeant: including: “ What is your major malfunction, numbnuts? Didn’t mommy and daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?” and “ I want that head so sanitary and squared away that the Virgin Mary herself would be proud to go in there and take a dump.Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket is known for its wry and rather dark sense of humor, most apparent in the film’s dialogue. Another role he landed around that same time also hit close to home, playing a Marine drill instructor in Sidney Furie’s The Boys in Company C.īut it was his role role in Kubrick’s 1987 film Full Metal Jacket that brought him household recognition and critical acclaim in addition to his Golden Globe nom, he also earned a best supporting actor award from the Boston Society of Film Critics.
And I love sunshine, I don’t know about you.”Īfter retiring from the military with 11 years of service under his belt, Ermey took some acting classes and was cast in one of his first roles, playing a helicopter pilot in 1979’s Apocalypse Now, and also serving as a technical adviser to director Francis Ford Coppola on the film. He said I could either go into the military - any branch I wanted to go to - or he was going to send me where the sun never shines. “Basically, a silver-haired judge, a kindly old judge, looked down at me and said, ‘This is the second time I’ve seen you up here and it looks like we’re going to have to do something about this,” he told CMP. There, he became a “troublemaker and a bit of a hell-raiser,” he told the Civilian Marksmanship Program’s online magazine in September 2010, and he found himself in court multiple times. Ermey also served 14 months in Vietnam and completed two tours in Okinawa, Japan.īoth March 24, 1944, in Emporia, Kansas, Ermey’s family moved to Toppenish, Washington, when he was 14. He also served as a drill instructor for the Marines. Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant. That’s what he wanted most of all.”Įrmey not only played a member of the military in the movies, but he also was one in real life, having been a U.S. Please support your men and women in uniform. And, we will honor his memory with hope and kindness. He continued: “There are many Gunny’s, but this one was OURS. Lee Ermey, Their 'Full Metal Jacket' Tormentor Matthew Modine, Vincent D'Onofrio Pay Tribute to R. And, he especially cared deeply for others in need.” Lee Ermey was a family man, and a kind and gentle soul. Gunnery Sergeant Hartman of Full Metal Jacket fame was a hard and principled man.
He has also contributed many iconic and indelible characters on film that will live on forever. And, it is extremely difficult to truly quantify all of the great things this man has selflessly done for, and on behalf of, our many men and women in uniform. “It is a terrible loss that nobody was prepared for. “He will be greatly missed by all of us,” he wrote. On Ermey’s Facebook page, Rogin added more thoughts about the actor and his longtime client. Lee Ermey (“The Gunny”) passed away this morning from complications of pneumonia. It is with deep sadness that I regret to inform you all that R. Lee Ermey’s long time manager, Bill Rogin:
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