Actors who were also real life marines Clint Eastwood in Heartbreak Ridge. R. Lee Ermey in Full Metal Jacket. Lee Marvin in The Delta Force. Steve McQueen in several movies. Chuck Norris in Invasion USA and The Delta Force. Steven Segal in Hard to Kill. John Wayne in many movies. Actors who were never real life marines Benjamin Bratt, in Blood In, Blood Out. Tom Cruise, in Born on the Fourth of July. Benicio Del Toro, played real-life marine Enrique Camarena in Drug Wars: The Camarena Story. Vincent D'Onofrio, in Full Metal Jacket. Harrison Ford, in Air Force One. Brendan Fraser, in Gods and Monsters. Louis Gossett Jr, in An Officer and a Gentleman. Marvin Hagler, former world champion boxer, in Indio. Al Pacino, in The Godfather, The Godfather II and The Godfather III. Bill Paxton, in Aliens. Charlie Sheen, in Platoon. Martin Sheen, in Apocalypse Now. Wesley Snipes, in Passenger 57. Meshash Taylor, in Mannequin and Mannequin 2: On the Move. Mario Van Peebles, in Heartbreak Ridge. Actresses Rebecca DeMornay, in Feds, she plays a marine who wants to join the FBI.