Editing Full Metal Jacket (section)

==Cast==
* [[Matthew Modine]] as Private (later Sergeant) James T. "Joker" Davis, a wisecracking young Marine. On set, Modine kept a diary that in 2005 was adapted into a [[Full Metal Jacket Diary|book]] and in 2013 into an [[mobile app|interactive app]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://unframed.lacma.org/2013/03/04/full-metal-jacket-diary-a-qa-with-matthew-modine |title=Full Metal Jacket Diary: A Q&A with Matthew Modine |website=Unframed |date=March 4, 2013 |access-date=September 1, 2018 |archive-date=September 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901215832/https://unframed.lacma.org/2013/03/04/full-metal-jacket-diary-a-qa-with-matthew-modine |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Adam Baldwin]] as Sergeant "Animal Mother", a nihilistic, combat-hungry machine gunner in the Lusthog Squad who takes pride in killing enemy soldiers, and scorns any authority other than his own.
* [[Vincent D'Onofrio]] as Private Leonard "[[Gomer Pyle#Character|Gomer Pyle]]"{{efn|The "Gomer Pyle" nickname recalls the character from the ''[[Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.]]'' TV sitcom. He stands out from the other characters and is passively resistant to being stamped by Hartman into the Marine Corps mold.<ref>{{cite book | last=Abrams | first=J. | title=The Philosophy of Stanley Kubrick | publisher=University Press of Kentucky | series=The Philosophy of Popular Culture | year=2007 | isbn=978-0-8131-7256-9 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QbJo2oiFFoUC | access-date=2022-02-04 | page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=QbJo2oiFFoUC&pg=PA40 40]}}</ref>}} Lawrence, an overweight, slow-minded recruit who is the subject of Hartman's mockery. D'Onofrio heard from Modine of the auditions for the film. D'Onofrio recorded his audition using a rented video camera and was dressed in army fatigues. According to Kubrick, Pyle was "the hardest part to cast in the whole movie"; Modine suggested D'Onofrio to Kubrick, so he cast him in the part.<ref name="lobrutto" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Davids |first=Brian |date=2020-09-25 |title=Matthew Modine Reflects on 'Full Metal Jacket' and the One Similarity Between Stanley Kubrick and Christopher Nolan |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/matthew-modine-reflects-on-full-metal-jacket-and-the-one-similarity-between-stanley-kubrick-and-christopher-nolan-4067246/ |access-date=2023-10-18 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref> D'Onofrio was required to gain {{convert|70|lb|kg}}.<ref name="NYTWeight">{{cite news |first=Leslie |last=Bennetts |title=The Trauma of Being a Kubrick Marine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/10/movies/the-trama-of-being-a-kubrick-marine.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=July 10, 1987 |access-date=April 30, 2009 |archive-date=February 8, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208013538/http://www.nytimes.com/1987/07/10/movies/the-trama-of-being-a-kubrick-marine.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="DonofrioWeight">{{cite web |first=Amy |last=Harrington |title=Stars Who Lose and Gain Weight for Movie Roles |url=https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/stars-who-lose-and-gain-weight-for-movie-roles/ |publisher=[[Fox News Channel]] |date=October 19, 2009 |access-date=October 23, 2011 |archive-date=April 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150411113408/http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2009/10/19/stars-lose-gain-weight-movie-roles/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[R. Lee Ermey]] (credited as "Lee Ermey") as Gunnery Sergeant L. Hartman, a harsh, foul-mouthed and ruthless [[Drill instructor#U.S. Marine Corps|senior drill instructor]]. Ermey used his actual experience as a U.S. Marines drill instructor in the Vietnam War to improvise much of his dialogue.<ref name="BluRayDVD">{{cite video |title=Full Metal Jacket ''Additional Material'' |publisher=Blu-ray/DVD}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/how-r-lee-ermey-created-his-memorable-full-metal-jacket-role-20180417-h0yuym.html |title=How R. Lee Ermey created his memorable Full Metal Jacket role |last=Andrews |first=Travis M. |newspaper=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] |date=April 17, 2018 |access-date=April 28, 2018 |archive-date=April 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428181715/https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/movies/how-r-lee-ermey-created-his-memorable-full-metal-jacket-role-20180417-h0yuym.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Dorian Harewood]] as Corporal "Eightball", an African American member of the squad unfazed by racial slurs, and Animal Mother's closest friend.
* [[Arliss Howard]] as Private (later Sergeant) "Cowboy" Evans, a friend of Joker and a member of the Lusthog Squad.
* [[Kevyn Major Howard]] as Private First Class "Rafterman", a combat photographer.
* [[Ed O'Ross]] as First Lieutenant Walter J. "Touchdown" Schinoski, the Lusthog Squad's platoon leader.
* [[John Terry (actor)|John Terry]] as First Lieutenant Lockhart, the editor of ''[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]]''.
* Kieron Jecchinis as Sergeant "Crazy Earl", the first Lusthog Squad leader.
* [[Bruce Boa]] as the Colonel who scolds Joker for writing “Born to Kill” on his helmet and simultaneously wearing a peace symbol on his lapel.
* [[Kirk Taylor]] as Private "Payback", a squad member.
* John Stafford as "Doc Jay," a [[United States Navy|Navy]] hospital corpsman providing medical support for the squad.
* [[Tim Colceri]] as a ruthless and sadistic helicopter door gunner who suggests that Joker and Rafterman write a story about him. Colceri, a former Marine, was originally slated to play Hartman, a role that went to Ermey. Kubrick gave Colceri this smaller part as a consolation.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2012/08/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-stanley-kubricks-full-metal-jacket-107476/ |title=5 Things You Might Not Know About Stanley Kubrick's 'Full Metal Jacket' |website=[[Indie Wire]] |date=August 7, 2012 |access-date=September 1, 2018 |first=Oliver |last=Lyttelton |archive-date=September 1, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180901215719/https://www.indiewire.com/2012/08/5-things-you-might-not-know-about-stanley-kubricks-full-metal-jacket-107476/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* Ian Tyler as Lieutenant Cleves, an officer present at the uncovering of a [[mass grave]].
* Gary Landon Mills as Donlon, a squad member who works as a radio operator.
* Sal Lopez as "T.H.E. Rock", a squad member.
* Papillon Soo Soo as a Da Nang prostitute with whom Joker and Rafterman ask a local man to take their picture, only for the man to abscond with Rafterman's camera.
* Ngoc Le as the [[Viet Cong]] sniper.
* Peter Edmund as Private "Snowball" Brown, a recruit in Hartman's platoon.
* Antu N'Jai as a recruit.
* Steve Boucher as a recruit.