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Don LaFontaine

1940 - 2008

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Donald LeRoy LaFontaine (August 26, 1940 – September 1, 2008) was an American voice actor who recorded more than 5,000 film trailers and hundreds of thousands of television advertisements, network promotions, and video game trailers over four decades. He became identified with the phrase "In a world ...", used in so many movie trailers that it became a humorous catchphrase. Widely known in the film industry, the man whose nicknames included "Thunder Throat", "The Voice of God" and "The King of Movie Trailers", became known to a wider audience through commercials for GEICO insurance and the Mega Millions lottery game. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2024). Don LaFontaine is the 9,118th most popular actor (down from 8,973rd in 2024), the 13,762nd most popular biography from United States (down from 13,178th in 2019) and the 4,237th most popular American Actor.

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Among actors, Don LaFontaine ranks 9,118 out of 13,578. Before him are David Castañeda, Danielle Panabaker, Wotan Wilke Möhring, Adam Garcia, Jun'ichi Kanemaru, and Valérie Bonneton. After him are Ashley Laurence, David Chokachi, Anna Deavere Smith, Carrie Ng, Irene Worth, and Min Hyo-rin.

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Among people born in 1940, Don LaFontaine ranks 602. Before him are Trevor Nunn, Hira Devi Waiba, Billy Fury, Maxine Hong Kingston, Melba Moore, and Howard Hesseman. After him are Bob Knight, Harry Jerome, James Burrows, Adam Faith, Cynthia Weil, and Savitri Jindal. Among people deceased in 2008, Don LaFontaine ranks 384. Before him are Phyllis A. Whitney, Joseph Pevney, Jimmy Stewart, John Rutsey, Chuck Daigh, and Hrvoje Ćustić. After him are Malalai Kakar, Lois Nettleton, Hazel Court, Graham Higman, Earl Palmer, and Julie Ege.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don LaFontaine ranks 13,766 out of 20,380. Before him are Henry Heth (1825), Steve Huffman (1983), Rivers Cuomo (1970), Nick Diaz (1983), Ernest Moniz (1944), and Dorothy Fields (1904). After him are Ashley Laurence (1966), David Chokachi (1968), Walt Faulkner (1918), Catherine Asaro (1955), Gian-Carlo Coppola (1963), and Anna Deavere Smith (1950).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Don LaFontaine ranks 4,239. Before him are Aisha Hinds (1975), Howard Hesseman (1940), Dash Mihok (1974), Angus Cloud (1998), David Castañeda (1989), and Danielle Panabaker (1987). After him are Ashley Laurence (1966), David Chokachi (1968), Anna Deavere Smith (1950), Irene Worth (1916), Jesse L. Martin (1969), and Abigail Cowen (1998).

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