Donald Leroy "Don" LaFontaine 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. He became identified with the phrase "In a world...", used in so many mov...
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Movies
Santa vs. the Snowman 3D, The Making of Star Wars, Claire Makes it Big
TV Shows
America's Most Wanted, Fillmore!, Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction, Lazer Tag Academy
Star Sign
Virgo
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Trademark
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Use of the scene-setting phrase "In a world where..." in his voiceovers for movie trailers
His first professional voice work came while working on the 1964 movie Gunfighters of Casa Grande (1964). He filled in for a voice actor in a radio promo. This led to more voice work; by the 1970s, he was one of Hollywood's busiest voice talents.
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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.
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Father, with Nita Whitaker, of Christine, Skye and Elyse.
Recorded as many as 25 voice-over sessions in a single day and over 100 separate spots in a day.
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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.
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Did voice-over work for over 40 years.
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Claimed that he was able do nearly 80 voice-over jobs in a day.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Taking the Hill: The Warrior's Journey Home
2009
Documentary
Host / Narrator
Phineas and Ferb
2009
TV Series
Narrator
Family Guy
2001-2009
TV Series
Narrator / FOX Announcer
Captain Alpha Male
2009
TV Movie
Lord of All Good
Free Radio
2008
TV Series
Don LaFontaine
American Dad!
2008
TV Series
Movie Trailer Announcer
America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back
1991-2008
TV Series documentary
Announcer
Frank TV
2007
TV Series
Live!
2007
Announcer (voice)
Internet Safety Force
2007
Video short
Opening Narration
Random! Cartoons
2007
TV Series
Announcer
Interrogation
2006/II
Short
Luke
World's Most Amazing Videos
1999-2006
TV Series
Announcer
Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story
2005
Video
FOX Announcer (voice)
Ark
2005
Narrator (voice, uncredited)
Fillmore!
2002-2004
TV Series
Announcer
Medal of Honor: Rising Sun
2003
Video Game
Attract Loop Narrator (voice)
Santa vs. the Snowman 3D
2002
Short
Narrator (voice)
Stargate SG-1
2001
TV Series
Wormhole X-Treme Trailer Announcer
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997-1999
TV Series
Announcer
Claire Makes It Big
1999
Short
Wild Horses Trailer Narrator (voice)
Sandman
1998
Santa, Balladeer
Team Knight Rider
1997-1998
TV Series
Opening Narrator
JAG
1997-1998
TV Series
Opening Narrator
Santa vs. the Snowman
1997
TV Short
Narrator (voice)
Plump Fiction
1997
Voice-over (voice)
The Birdcage
1996
Radio Newscaster (voice, uncredited)
Cung on zo
1993
Trailer Announcer (voice)
Last Action Hero
1993
Movie Trailer Announcer (voice, uncredited)
A Man Called Sarge
1990
Narrator (voice)
Scrooged
1988
IBC Promo Announcer (voice, uncredited)
Time Walker
1982
Reporter
St. Helens
1981
Narrator (uncredited)
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
For the Bible Tells Me So
2007
Documentary narrator
World's Deadliest Sea Creatures
1998
TV Movie announcer
World's Most Daring Rescues
1997
TV Movie documentary announcer
The Magic of David Copperfield XVI: Unexplained Forces
1995
TV Special announcer
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Interrogation
2006/II
Short executive producer / producer
Sandman
1998
executive producer
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Interrogation
2006/II
Short
Sandman
1998
writer
Sound Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Coming Apart
1969
sound editor
San Sebastian 1746 in 1968
1968
Short documentary sound editor
Music Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Hitter
1979
music editor
Production Manager
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Hitter
1979
post-production supervisor
Thanks
Title
Year
Status
Character
They Put It Out There
2011
TV Movie special thanks
Phineas and Ferb
2009
TV Series in memoriam - 1 episode
Like Those Who Dream
2008
Short special thanks
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
The World's Greatest Magic 5
1998
TV Special
Himself - Narrator (uncredited)
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
1997
TV Series
Himself - Narrator
Five Men and a Limo
1997
Short
Himself (as Don La Fontaine)
The World's Greatest Magic 4
1997
TV Special
Narrator (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Magic 3
1996
TV Special
Narrator (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Magic 2
1995
TV Special
Narrator (uncredited)
The World's Greatest Magic
1994
TV Special
Narrator (uncredited)
Untitled 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' Featurette
1992
TV Short documentary
Narrator (uncredited)
Willow: The Making of an Adventure
1988
TV Movie documentary
Narrator (voice, as Don La Fontaine)
Soldier Girl
1980
Documentary
Himself - narrator
The Making of 'Star Wars'
1977
TV Movie documentary
Narrator (voice)
VO Buzz Weekly
2012
TV Series
Himself
Unseen
2011/II
Documentary short voice
America's Most Wanted: America Fights Back
2010-2011
TV Series documentary
Coming Attractions: The History of the Movie Trailer