How old was R. Lee Ermey in the movie Mississippi Burning?
R. Lee Ermey was 43 in Mississippi Burning when he played the character 'Mayor Tilman'.
That was over 35 years ago in 1988.
In 2018 he died aged 74, starring in 75 films in his career, 70 of those after Mississippi Burning was first released. If he were alive today he would be 80.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In Mississippi Burning, I think R. Lee Ermey looks:
Did you know?
- Director Alan Parker has worked with R. Lee Ermey just once in his career.
- R. Lee Ermey's first movie was as 'Sergeant Loyce' in The Boys in Company C, released in 1978 when he was 32
- Mississippi Burning scores 7.68 out of 10 on TMDB.
