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Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was an American actor and U.S. Marine drill instructor.He achieved fame for his role as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
Full Metal Jacket is a 1987 war film directed and produced by Stanley Kubrick from a screenplay he co-wrote with Michael Herr and Gustav Hasford. The film is based on Hasford's 1979 autobiographical novel The Short-Timers. It stars Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio, Adam Baldwin, Dorian Harewood, and Arliss Howard.
Full Metal Jacket: Stanley Kubrick: Matthew Modine, R. Lee Ermey, Vincent D'Onofrio: Based on the semi-autobiographical novel The Short-Timers by Gustav Hasford, this film portrays recruit training and the Vietnam War from the point of view of James "Joker" Davis. At boot camp, GySgt Hartman proves to be a vicious drill instructor, and after ...
A full metal jacket (FMJ) bullet is a small-arms projectile consisting of a soft core (often lead) encased in an outer shell ("jacket") of harder metal, such as gilding metal, cupronickel, or, less commonly, a steel alloy. A bullet jacket usually allows higher muzzle velocities than bare lead without depositing significant amounts of metal in ...
Full Metal Jacket: Private/Sergeant J.T. "Joker" Davis Orphans: Treat 1988 Married to the Mob: FBI Agent Mike Downey The Gamble: Francesco Sacredo 1989 Gross Anatomy: Joe Slovak 1990 Memphis Belle: Captain Dennis Dearborn Pacific Heights: Drake Goodman 1992 Equinox: Henry Petosa / Freddy 'Ace' Wind: Will Parker 1993 When I Was a Boy: None
Gomer's Mayberry roots were evident in the spin-off series Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., where his countrified, backward nature served as the mainstay for the show's humor, making him a comic foil to the hard-nosed drill instructor (later platoon sergeant) Gunnery Sergeant Vince Carter, played by Frank Sutton.
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Full metal jacket (ammunition), a bullet consisting of a soft core encased in a shell of harder metal; Full Metal Jacket, a 1987 war film produced, directed and co-written by Stanley Kubrick; Full Metal Jousting, an American reality television show that debuted on the History Channel; Funhit Mein Jaari, a Hindi-language television comedy series