In Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket, what is the name of the Marine Corps drill instructor?

The Marine Corps drill instructor in Stanley Kubrick’s Full Metal Jacket is Gunnery Sergeant Hartman.

Hartman oversees recruit training at Parris Island and attempts to break down and reshape the young men under his command. His relentless insults and rigid discipline establish the film’s opening section, which examines military conditioning and the dehumanizing pressures of boot camp.

R. Lee Ermey played Hartman. Ermey had served as a United States Marine drill instructor, and his military experience contributed to the role’s highly specific vocabulary, rhythm and physical authority. Hartman’s dialogue became one of the film’s most quoted elements.

Full Metal Jacket was released in 1987 and is divided into two contrasting sections: recruit training in the United States and combat in Vietnam. The character of Hartman appears primarily in the first section, while the film later explores how training and war affect the recruits’ identities.