- Born
- Died
- Birth nameDonald Leroy La Fontaine
- Nicknames
- King of the Movie Trailers
- The King
- Thunder Throat
- The Voice of God
- The Godfather of Trailers
- The Voice
- Height5′ 8½″ (1.74 m)
- Don LaFontaine was born on August 26, 1940 in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for The Fugitive (1993), Renegade (1992) and In a World... (2013). He was married to Joan Studva and Nita Whitaker. He died on September 1, 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpousesJoan Studva(1967 - 1988) (divorced, 1 child)Nita Whitaker(? - September 1, 2008) (his death, 2 children)
- His booming, powerful voice
- Use of the scene-setting phrase "In a world where..." in his voiceovers for movie trailers
- His is the voice you hear on the majority of the trailers/previews at movie theaters nationwide. His body of work included voice over narrations for at least 5,000 film trailers and possibly as many as half a million TV and radio spots.
- In interviews he stated that his voice spontaneously cracked in mid-sentence at the age of 13. He became very self-conscious about his "new" voice until his classmates at school would pay him to speak as their fathers to make "sick calls" on their behalf so they could take a day off from school.
- He would bring portable recording equipment with him on vacation. He once mentioned that he received an urgent call for a voiceover when vacation. He shut himself in the hotel bathroom, took a seat on the toilet and did the job in one take.
- Did voice-over work for over 40 years.
- In an interview he stated that his favorite voice-over for a film trailer was the one he recorded for David Lynch's "The Elephant Man" (1980).
- It's never too early....for a salad!
- In a world...
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