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Full Metal Jacket
Vietnam can kill me, but it can’t make me care.
A pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the U.S.-Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.
  • Released on 06/26/1987 (Movie)
  • 8.132 out of 10 (10334 votes on TMDB)
  • Drama / War
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Matthew Modine

Character's name: "Pvt. Joker"
Birthday: 03/22/1959
Birthplace: Loma Linda, California, USA
Biography:
Matthew Avery Modine (born March 22, 1959) is an award-winning American actor. His film roles include Private Joker in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket, the title character in Alan Parker's Birdy, high school wrestler Louden Swain in Vision Quest, ex-CIA/football star turned chimpanzee trainer Alec McCall in Funky Monkey, and the oversexed Sullivan Groff in Weeds.

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Adam Baldwin

Character's name: "Animal Mother"
Birthday: 02/27/1962
Birthplace: Winnetka, Illinois, Estados Unidos
Biography:
Appearing in dozens of films since 1980, Baldwin rose to prominence as the troubled outcast Ricky Linderman in My Bodyguard (1980) and moved on to bigger roles in D.C. Cab (1983), Full Metal Jacket (1987), Independence Day (1996), The Patriot (2000) and Serenity (2005)—in which he reprises his role as the mercenary Jayne Cobb from the television series Firefly. His other work includes Radio Flyer (1992), From the Earth to the Moon (1998), The X-Files (Knowle Rohrer), Smoke Jumpers (1996), The Cape, Men in Black: The Series, Stargate SG-1, Angel, The Inside, NCIS and the 2005 remake of The Poseidon Adventure. He also starred in the ABC series Day Break as Chad Shelten in 2006. Baldwin parodied the Ricky Linderman character in the 2008 film Drillbit Taylor. Baldwin won a SyFy Genre Award in 2006 for Best Supporting Actor/Television for his role as Jayne Cobb in the television series Firefly. Baldwin was cast as Clark Kent/Superman in the first DC animated universe movie, Superman: Doomsday, based on DC Comics' The Death of Superman and is currently co-starring in the NBC television show Chuck as NSA Agent John Casey. The show premiered September 24, 2007. Baldwin has a role as a voice actor in the Xbox 360 games Halo 3 and Halo 3: ODST, the latter putting him in the role of Cpl. Taylor "Dutch" Miles. Baldwin also appears as a voice actor in Half Life 2: Episode 2 for various resistance soldiers and citizens. Adam also appeared in Mass Effect 2, playing the role of Quarian marine Kal'Reegar. Baldwin was born in Chicago, Illinois and studied at New Trier Township High School East in Winnetka, Illinois. He has three children with his wife, Ami. He has been a registered voter with the Democratic Party since 1980, but admits reexamining his views after being given a copy of David Horowitz's book Radical Son. Politically, he considers himself a "small government conservative libertarian", and has contributed blogs to the Huffington Post and Big Hollywood. As a hobby, he also collects and posts links to varying viewpoints on his Twitter feed

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Vincent D'Onofrio

Character's name: "Pvt. Pyle"
Birthday: 06/30/1959
Birthplace: Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography:
Vincent Philip D'Onofrio (born June 30, 1959) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is known for his supporting and leading roles in both film and television. He has been nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. His roles include Private Leonard "Gomer Pyle" Lawrence in Full Metal Jacket (1987), Edgar the Bug in Men in Black (1997) and Men in Black: The Series (1997–2001), Carl Stargher in The Cell (2000), New York City Police Detective Robert Goren in Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011), Victor "Vic" Hoskins in Jurassic World (2015), and Wilson Fisk / Kingpin in four television series of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

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R. Lee Ermey

Character's name: "Gny. Sgt. Hartman"
Birthday: 03/24/1944
Date of Death: 04/15/2018
Birthplace: Emporia, Kansas, USA
Biography:
Ronald Lee Ermey (March 24, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was a retired United States Marine Corps drill instructor and actor. Ermey often played the roles of authority figures, such as his breakout performance as Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Full Metal Jacket, Mayor Tilman in the Alan Parker film Mississippi Burning, Bill Bowerman in Prefontaine, Sheriff Hoyt in The Texas Chainsaw Massacre remake, and plastic army men leader Sarge in the Toy Story films. He hosted two programs on the History Channel: Mail Call, in which he answered viewers' questions about various militaria both modern and historic; and Lock N' Load with R. Lee Ermey, which focused on the development of different types of weapons. He was a candidate for the National Rifle Association board of directors. Description above from the Wikipedia article R. Lee Ermey, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Dorian Harewood

Character's name: "Eightball"
Birthday: 08/06/1950
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Biography:
Dorian Harewood (born August 6, 1950) is an African American actor. He first garnered attention for his portrayal of Simon Haley (father of author Alex Haley) in the ABC miniseries Roots: The Next Generations. He is also known for his roles in Full Metal Jacket and The Jesse Owens Story, and for his co-starring role in the ABC Television series Strike Force. In 1994, he was awarded the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, Mini-Series or Television Movie, for his recurring role as jazz/blues saxophonist Clarence "Cool Papa" Charleston on the NBC drama series I'll Fly Away. Description above from the Wikipedia article Dorian Harewood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Kevyn Major Howard

Character's name: "Rafterman"
Birthday: 09/16/2024
Biography:
Kevyn Major Howard is a Canadian actor best known for his role as "Rafterman" in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket.

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Arliss Howard

Character's name: "Pvt. Cowboy"
Birthday: 10/18/1954
Birthplace: Independence, Missouri, USA
Biography:
Arliss Howard (born Leslie Richard Howard; October 18, 1954) is an American actor, writer and film director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Arliss Howard, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Ed O'Ross

Character's name: "Lt. Touchdown"
Birthday: 07/04/1946
Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography:
Ed O'Ross (born Edward Oross; July 4, 1946) is an American actor. Some of his prominent roles are as Itchy in Dick Tracy, Colonel Perry in Universal Soldier, Lt. Touchdown in Full Metal Jacket, ruthless Georgian mobster Viktor Rostavili in Red Heat, police detective Cliff Willis in The Hidden, and for his role on the TV Show Shark (2006-2008).

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John Terry

Character's name: "Lt. Lockhart"
Birthday: 01/25/1950
Birthplace: Vero Beach, Florida, USA
Biography:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. John Terry (born January 25, 1950) is an American film, television, and stage actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article John Terry, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Kieron Jecchinis

Character's name: "Crazy Earl"
Birthday: 06/03/1964
Birthplace: England, UK

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Kirk Taylor

Character's name: "Payback"
Birthday: 09/16/2024

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Tim Colceri

Character's name: "Doorgunner"
Birthday: 06/15/1951
Birthplace: Canton, Ohio, USA
Biography:
Tim Colceri (born June 15, 1951) is an American actor and comedian. He is most known for his role in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick film Full Metal Jacket, where he played the door gunner who uttered the much-quoted lines "Get some!" (adopted as the byline for the 2008 movie Tropic Thunder) and "Ain't war hell?" He was originally cast to play Gunnery Sergeant Hartman but was removed from the role in favor of R. Lee Ermey.

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Jon Stafford

Character's name: "Doc Jay"
Birthday: 09/16/2024

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Bruce Boa

Character's name: "Poge Colonel"
Birthday: 07/10/1930
Date of Death: 04/17/2004
Birthplace: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Biography:
Bruce Boa was a Canadian actor, who found success playing the token North American in British films and television.

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Ian Tyler

Character's name: "Lt. Cleves"
Birthday: 09/16/2024


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Gustav Hasford
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Stanley Kubrick
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Jan Harlan
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Stanley Kubrick
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Stanley Kubrick
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