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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 catch-phrase. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Don LaFontaine has received more than 1,251,225 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Don LaFontaine is the 7,893rd most popular actor (down from 6,658th in 2019), the 11,667th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,289th in 2019) and the 3,826th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.69

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.96

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Don LaFontaine ranks 7,893 out of 9,996Before him are Patrick Gallagher, Luke Mitchell, Ron Glass, Lacey Chabert, Caroline Williams, and Douglas Booth. After him are Jeff Rawle, Han Chae-young, Patsy Kelly, Steve Oedekerk, Paresh Rawal, and Ross Marquand.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1940, Don LaFontaine ranks 521Before him are Bill Hunter, Alexei Panshin, Asrani, Carole Ann Ford, Igor Romishevsky, and Mary Rand. After him are Ken Fletcher, James Burrows, Brian Labone, Terry McDermott, Bob Knight, and Penelope Coelen. Among people deceased in 2008, Don LaFontaine ranks 328Before him are Forrest J Ackerman, Phyllis A. Whitney, Julie Ege, Studs Terkel, Hazel Court, and Choi Yo-sam. After him are Mahendra Kapoor, John Rutsey, Levi Stubbs, Bill Melendez, Suzanne Tamim, and Tsvetanka Khristova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Don LaFontaine ranks 11,667 out of 18,182Before him are John Conyers (1929), Lacey Chabert (1982), Caroline Williams (1957), Pat O'Brien (1968), Walter Payton (1954), and Anthony W. England (1942). After him are John Davis (1921), Patsy Kelly (1910), Tabitha Stevens (1970), Kevin Poulsen (1965), Sam Perkins (1961), and J. Donald Cameron (1833).

Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Don LaFontaine ranks 3,826Before him are Kari Wuhrer (1967), Omar Benson Miller (1978), Isabelle Fuhrman (1997), Ron Glass (1945), Lacey Chabert (1982), and Caroline Williams (1957). After him are Patsy Kelly (1910), Steve Oedekerk (1961), Ross Marquand (1981), Marc Vann (1954), Jimmi Simpson (1975), and Gladys Brockwell (1893).

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