R. Lee Ermey, a former drill instructor who became a Marine Corps icon for his portrayal of Gunnery Sergeant Hartman aka “The Gunny” in the 1972 film “Full Metal Jacket, is dead, his manager said. He ...

Go on a journey through history with R. Lee Ermey to see the technology behind the very first round of ammunition. Then hit every important engineering development until Gunny fires the latest and ...

Most people know R. Lee Ermey from his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Stanley Kubrick’s “Full Metal Jacket.” And if you somehow joined the military and never saw “Full Metal Jacket,” the first ...

Tough-talking actor R. Lee Ermey, who accused President Obama of trying to impose socialism in 2010 and who just penned a book slamming welfare, gun control, illegal immigration and global warming, is ...

EVARO HILL - "The Gunny" came to town Tuesday, and things went boom. Cameras whirred in a gulch up Evaro Hill as lanky R. Lee Ermey, an ex-Marine sergeant and Golden Globe-nominated actor, folded ...

Everyone knows R. Lee Ermey as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in the 1987 Vietnam War movie "Full Metal Jacket." It was a role that led to a number of similar roles throughout his 40-year career. He played a ...

Camp Foster, Okinawa, January 2006: Emma Perry, 6, is all smiles as she hugs "the Gunny," R. Lee Ermey, at the Camp Foster Bookmark. Emma watches Ermey's History Channel show "Mail Call" all the time ...

Ermey was no stranger to military life. He was a U.S. Marine Corps staff sergeant and an honorary gunnery sergeant and served in Vietnam. He took... R. Lee Ermey will best be remembered for playing ...

R. Lee Ermey will best be remembered for playing hard-nosed military men throughout his acting career, such as Gunnery Sgt. Hartman in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. Ermey died Sunday from ...

R. Lee Ermey, the actor known for his Golden Globe-nominated role as an intimidating drill sergeant in "Full Metal Jacket," died Sunday at the age of 74, according to a statement from his manager. R.

The news was announced via his official Twitter account by his longtime manager. By Kimberly Nordyke Managing Editor, Digital R. Lee Ermey, a Golden Globe-nominated actor best known for his role as ...

We lost a Hollywood legend today. The Golden-Globe-nominated actor's longtime manager, Bill Rogin, released a statement on Ermey's Twitter account indicating that he died from pneumonia complications ...