- Films
- 37
- Avg rating
- 6.12
- Peak run
- 1978’88
- 7+ run
- 2 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
R. by the numbers
Average
6.12
27 rated films
Vote weighted
6.22
bigger films count more
Median
6.1
half are better
Consistency
±1.06
rating spread
Career
31y
1978 to 2008
Total votes
1.64M
across every film
Best
8.2
Full Metal Jacket
Worst
4.6
On Deadly Ground
Newest first
Filmography
| 2008 | Solstice | Leonard | 5.3 | 7,413 |
| 2006 |  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre: The Beginning | Uncle Charlie Hewitt | 5.8 | 82,905 |
| 2003 |  Willard | Mr. Martin | 6.1 | 20,320 |
| 2003 |  The Texas Chainsaw Massacre | Sheriff Hoyt | 6.2 | 164K |
| 2001 |  Saving Silverman | Coach | 5.9 | 46,733 |
| 2001 | Taking Sides | General Wallace | 7.0 | 4,245 |
| 2001 | Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 | President Richard Benson | 3.9 | 3,095 |
| 2001 | Scenes of the Crime | Mr. Parker | 5.7 | 2,183 |
| 2000 | The Chaos Factor | Col. Ben Wilder | · | 477 |
| 2000 | Skipped Parts | Caspar Callahan | 6.2 | 3,941 |
| 2000 | On the Borderline | Capt. Elias | · | 366 |
| 2000 | Jericho | Marshall | · | 604 |
| 1999 | Avalanche | Gary | · | 717 |
| 1998 | Gunshy | Jerry | 5.8 | 1,159 |
| 1998 | The Sender | Colonel Rosewater | 3.8 | 1,000 |
| 1997 | Dead Men Can't Dance | Sen. Pullman T. Fowler | · | 605 |
| 1997 |  Switchback | Sheriff Buck Olmstead | 6.5 | 16,350 |
| 1997 | Prefontaine | Bill Bowerman | 6.8 | 7,996 |
| 1995 |  Dead Man Walking | Clyde Percy | 7.5 | 110K |
| 1995 |  Murder in the First | Judge Clawson | 7.3 | 33,330 |
Better together?
R. Lee Ermey's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On R. Lee Ermey
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