Tim Colceri is an American actor and comedian. He is most known for his role in the 1987 Stanley Kubrick

Stanley Kubrick

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 classic Full Metal Jacket

Full Metal Jacket

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, where he played the door gunner

Door gunner

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 who uttered the much-quoted lines "Get some!" (adopted as the byline for the 2008 movie Tropic Thunder

Tropic Thunder

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) and "Ain't war hell?"

Early life and education

Tim was born on June 15, 1951 in Canton, Ohio

Canton, Ohio

Canton is the county seat of Stark County in northeastern Ohio, approximately south of Akron and south of Cleveland.The City of Caton is the largest incorporated area within the Canton-Massillon Metropolitan Statistical Area...

. When he was 2 years old, his parents moved to Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

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 where he grew up. At age 18, Tim enlisted in the United States Marine Corps

United States Marine Corps

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 and spent 13 months in Da Nang

Da Nang

Đà Nẵng , occasionally Danang, is a major port city in the South Central Coast of Vietnam, on the coast of the South China Sea at the mouth of the Han River. It is the commercial and educational center of Central Vietnam; its well-sheltered, easily accessible port and its location on the path of...

, Vietnam

Vietnam

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. He was discharged on his 20th birthday, and immediately enrolled at Arizona State University

Arizona State University

Arizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...

, majoring in physical education with his goal of being a wrestling coach.

Career

Colceri became a professional golf player after graduating from college. Three years later, he cut a tendon in his little finger and was forced to find a new profession. He worked at the Victoria Station Restaurant near the Miami airport for three years, then got a job with Braniff Airlines

Braniff International Airways

Braniff International Airways was an American airline that operated from 1928 until 1982, primarily in the midwestern and southwestern U.S., South America, Panama, and in its later years also Asia and Europe...

 as a flight attendant.

He got into acting through a friend who was taking an acting class and insisted he try acting.

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