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
Status:   Retired
Rank:   E-7 Gunnery Sergeant

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, which included one-and-a-half tours in Vietnam. 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 appeared opposite Jeff Bridges in "Scenes of the Crime" and Harvey Keitel in "Taking Sides".