William Lafferty wrote:
 
>         The actor who portrayed the d. i. in Kubrick's *Full Metal Jacket*
> (whose name escapes me) was featured, I believe, on *Entertainment
> Tonight* within the last two weeks as an actual Marine d. i. who has
> fashioned a successful acting career in playing that specific role.
 
That actor is R. Lee Ermey, now appearing in the the Steve Prefontaine
biopic as a coach.  He was also in last year's "Frighteners" as a ghost
of a drill instructor working to keep corpses in their graves.
 
David.
 
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