Intense middle-aged character player of film and TV who convinces as macho military hard-asses and tough cops (more often than not gone bad). Ermey made an indelible impression as the demanding and brutally derisive Marine drill sergeant in the basic training sequence of Stanley Kubrick's chilling Vietnam drama, "Full Metal Jacket" (1987). His earlier career as a Marine Staff Non-Commissioned Officer serving in Vietnam lent powerful authority to his performance.Ermey medically retired from active duty after sustaining injuries. He moved to Manila in the Philippines where he could afford to
