1940 - 2008
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.
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Among actors, Don LaFontaine ranks 7,893 out of 9,996. Before 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.
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 7,887
1985 - Present
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 7,888
1945 - 2016
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 7,889
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 7,890
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 7,891
1992 - Present
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 7,892
1940 - 2008
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 7,893
1951 - Present
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 7,894
1980 - Present
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 7,895
1910 - 1981
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 7,896
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 7,897
1955 - Present
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 7,898
1981 - Present
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 7,899
Among people born in 1940, Don LaFontaine ranks 521. Before 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 328. Before 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.
1940 - 2011
HPI: 39.41
Rank: 515
1940 - 2022
HPI: 39.37
Rank: 516
1940 - Present
HPI: 39.24
Rank: 517
1940 - Present
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 518
1940 - 2013
HPI: 39.14
Rank: 519
1940 - Present
HPI: 39.05
Rank: 520
1940 - 2008
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 521
1940 - 2006
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 522
1940 - Present
HPI: 38.65
Rank: 523
1940 - 2006
HPI: 38.63
Rank: 524
1940 - 2023
HPI: 38.40
Rank: 525
1940 - 2023
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 526
1940 - Present
HPI: 37.93
Rank: 527
1916 - 2008
HPI: 39.22
Rank: 322
1903 - 2008
HPI: 39.18
Rank: 323
1943 - 2008
HPI: 39.10
Rank: 324
1912 - 2008
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 325
1926 - 2008
HPI: 39.00
Rank: 326
1973 - 2008
HPI: 38.97
Rank: 327
1940 - 2008
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 328
1934 - 2008
HPI: 38.64
Rank: 329
1952 - 2008
HPI: 38.08
Rank: 330
1936 - 2008
HPI: 38.04
Rank: 331
1916 - 2008
HPI: 37.46
Rank: 332
1977 - 2008
HPI: 37.01
Rank: 333
1962 - 2008
HPI: 36.94
Rank: 334
Among people born in United States, Don LaFontaine ranks 11,667 out of 18,182. Before 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).
1929 - 2019
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 11,661
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 11,662
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 11,663
1968 - Present
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 11,664
1954 - 1999
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 11,665
1942 - Present
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 11,666
1940 - 2008
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 11,667
1921 - 1984
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 11,668
1910 - 1981
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 11,669
1970 - Present
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 11,670
1965 - Present
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 11,671
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 11,672
1833 - 1918
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 11,673
Among actors born in United States, Don LaFontaine ranks 3,826. Before 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).
1967 - Present
HPI: 38.75
Rank: 3,820
1978 - Present
HPI: 38.74
Rank: 3,821
1997 - Present
HPI: 38.73
Rank: 3,822
1945 - 2016
HPI: 38.71
Rank: 3,823
1982 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 3,824
1957 - Present
HPI: 38.70
Rank: 3,825
1940 - 2008
HPI: 38.69
Rank: 3,826
1910 - 1981
HPI: 38.68
Rank: 3,827
1961 - Present
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 3,828
1981 - Present
HPI: 38.67
Rank: 3,829
1954 - Present
HPI: 38.66
Rank: 3,830
1975 - Present
HPI: 38.66
Rank: 3,831
1893 - 1929
HPI: 38.66
Rank: 3,832