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Don LaFontaine(1940-2008)

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Don LaFontaine
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Don LaFontaine was born on 26 August 1940 in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. He was an actor, known for Le Fugitif (1993), Le rebelle (1992) and In a World... (2013). He was married to Joan Studva and Nita Whitaker. He died on 1 September 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
BornAugust 26, 1940
DiedSeptember 1, 2008(68)
BornAugust 26, 1940
DiedSeptember 1, 2008(68)
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Known for

Harrison Ford in Le Fugitif (1993)
Le Fugitif
7.8
Movie
  • Sound Department(announcer - home video promotional material)
  • 1993
Le rebelle (1992)
Le rebelle
5.9
TV Series
  • Opening Sequence Narrator(voice)
Lake Bell in In a World... (2013)
In a World...
6.6
Movie
  • Don La Fontaine
  • 2013
Le cogneur de Harlem (1978)
Le cogneur de Harlem
5.5
Movie
  • Music Department
  • 1978

Credits

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Actor

  • Lake Bell in In a World... (2013)
    In a World...
    6.6
    • Don La Fontaine
    • 2013
  • Don LaFontaine and John Walsh in America's Most Wanted (1988)
    America's Most Wanted
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Announcer (voice)
    • 1991–2011
  • Taking the Hill: The Warrior's Journey Home (2009)
    Taking the Hill: The Warrior's Journey Home
    7.2
    • Host
    • Narrator
    • 2009
  • Dee Bradley Baker, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, and Vincent Martella in Phinéas et Ferb (2007)
    Phinéas et Ferb
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Movie VO Voice (voice)
    • 2009
  • Seth Green, Mila Kunis, Alex Borstein, and Seth MacFarlane in Les Griffin (1999)
    Les Griffin
    8.1
    TV Series
    • Don LaFontaine
    • FOX Announcer
    • Narrator (voice) ...
    • 2001–2009
  • Captain Alpha Male (2009)
    Captain Alpha Male
    TV Movie
    • Lord of All Good
    • 2009
  • Free Radio (2007)
    Free Radio
    8.2
    TV Series
    • Don LaFontaine
    • 2008
  • Patrick Stewart, Curtis Armstrong, Dee Bradley Baker, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jeff Fischer, Scott Grimes, David Koechner, Seth MacFarlane, Kevin Michael Richardson, Wendy Schaal, Daisuke Suzuki, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Mike Barker, Mike Henry, Rachael MacFarlane, and Matt McKenna in American Dad! (2005)
    American Dad!
    7.4
    TV Series
    • Movie Trailer Announcer (voice)
    • 2008
  • Random! Cartoons (2007)
    Random! Cartoons
    7.1
    TV Series
    • Announcer (voice)
    • 2007
  • Frank TV (2007)
    Frank TV
    4.2
    TV Series
    • 2007
  • Live! (2007)
    Live!
    5.8
    • Announcer (voice)
    • 2007
  • Internet Safety Force (2007)
    Internet Safety Force
    Video
    • Opening Narration
    • 2007
  • The 79th Annual Academy Awards (2007)
    The 79th Annual Academy Awards
    7.1
    TV Special
    • Announcer (voice)
    • 2007
  • Morrow Road Concept Trailer
    Video
    • Narrator
    • 2006
  • Interrogation
    5.9
    Short
    • Luke
    • 2006

Additional Crew

  • Eddie Murphy in Appelez-moi Dave (2008)
    Appelez-moi Dave
    5.1
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2008
  • Jim Carrey and Steve Carell in Horton (2008)
    Horton
    6.8
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2008
  • Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker in Rush Hour 3 (2007)
    Rush Hour 3
    6.2
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2007
  • Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Dan Castellaneta, and Yeardley Smith in Les Simpson: Le film (2007)
    Les Simpson: Le film
    7.3
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2007
  • Ratatouille (2007)
    Ratatouille
    8.1
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2007
  • Angela Bassett, Tom Selleck, Adam West, Kathy Griffin, Elton John, Nicole Sullivan, Harland Williams, Kristen Alderson, Stephen J. Anderson, Keith Anthony, Steve Apostolina, Kristen Ariza, Bob Bergen, Susan Blu, Paul Butcher, Sebastian Cavazza, Cedric The Entertainer, David Cowgill, Walt Dohrn, Michael Donovan, Terri Douglas, Jackie Gonneau, Daniel Hansen, Tom Kenny, Julie Lemieux, Danny Mann, Dara McGarry, Laurie Metcalf, Christopher Miller, Tracey Miller-Zarneke, Colin Murdock, Don Rickles, Chuck Riley, Lynwood Robinson, Ethan Sandler, Peter Sohn, John Stephenson, Fred Tatasciore, Rob Tinkler, Aron Warner, Joe Whyte, Christopher Knights, Wesley Singerman, Tony Cannavarle, Makenna Cowgill, Michaela Jill Murphy, Shannon O'Connor, Will.i.am, Jordan Orr, Kristen DeLuca, Matthew Josten, Mick Hazen, Jordan Fry, Colette Whitaker, Grace Rolek, Cooper Cowgill, Kelly Hoover, Joe Mateo, Krista Swan, Christopher Lee Parson, Aurian Redson, Nathan Greno, Cameron Covell, Greyson Spann, Don Hall, John H. H. Ford, Cory Doran, and Adam Kirschner in Bienvenue chez les Robinson (2007)
    Bienvenue chez les Robinson
    6.8
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2007
  • For the Bible Tells Me So (2007)
    For the Bible Tells Me So
    7.8
    • narrator
    • 2007
  • Ben Stiller, Pierfrancesco Favino, Patrick Gallagher, Mizuo Peck, Rami Malek, and Crystal the Monkey in La Nuit au musée (2006)
    La Nuit au musée
    6.5
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2006
  • Lacey Chabert and Kristen Cloke in Black Christmas (2006)
    Black Christmas
    4.7
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2006
  • John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Ray Romano, Seann William Scott, Josh Peck, and Chris Wedge in L'Âge de glace 2 (2006)
    L'Âge de glace 2
    6.8
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2006
  • Steve Martin, Bonnie Hunt, Piper Perabo, Hilary Duff, Eugene Levy, Kevin G. Schmidt, Jacob Smith, Tom Welling, Liliana Mumy, Taylor Lautner, Brent Kinsman, Shane Kinsman, Alyson Stoner, Morgan York, Blake Woodruff, and Forrest Landis in Treize à la douzaine 2 (2005)
    Treize à la douzaine 2
    5.5
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2005
  • Ashton Kutcher, Bernie Mac, and Zoe Saldaña in Black/White (2005)
    Black/White
    5.9
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2005
  • Robots (2005)
    Robots
    6.4
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2005
  • Kenan Thompson in Fat Albert (2004)
    Fat Albert
    4.4
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2004
  • Bob l'éponge, le film (2004)
    Bob l'éponge, le film
    7.2
    • trailer voice over (uncredited)
    • 2004

Sound Department

  • Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Jerry Seinfeld, Jason Alexander, and Michael Richards in Seinfeld (1989)
    Seinfeld
    8.9
    TV Series
    • voiceover: announcer - TV spot
    • 1998
  • Real Stories of the Highway Patrol (1993)
    Real Stories of the Highway Patrol
    6.8
    TV Series
    • voiceover: announcer - TV spot
    • 1994
  • Samuel L. Jackson, Giancarlo Esposito, Sean Nelson, and N'Bushe Wright in Fresh (1994)
    Fresh
    7.5
    • voiceover/announcer: TV spots
    • 1994
  • Harrison Ford in Le Fugitif (1993)
    Le Fugitif
    7.8
    • voiceover: announcer - home video promotional material
    • 1993
  • Friday Foster (1975)
    Friday Foster
    6.0
    • Voiceover, announcer: TV spots
    • 1975
  • Pam Grier in 'Sheba, Baby' (1975)
    'Sheba, Baby'
    5.6
    • voiceover: announcer - TV spots
    • 1975
  • Coming Apart (1969)
    Coming Apart
    6.6
    • sound editor
    • 1969
  • San Sebastian 1746 in 1968
    6.9
    Short
    • sound editor
    • 1968

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Personal details

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  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Alternative names
    • Don La Fontaine
  • Height
    • 1.74 m
  • Born
    • August 26, 1940
    • Duluth, Minnesota, USA
  • Died
    • September 1, 2008
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(collapsed lung)
  • Spouses
      Joan Studva1967 - 1988 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    TV commercial: Hollywood Video Stores, in which he is hidden inside a cabinet at a check-out counter until a clerk (played by Howard Cho) opens it and says, "Don, we need you." leading him to climb out and recite a trailer for Will Hunting (1997) to a couple considering renting the video.
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Interview
    • 9 Articles
    • 1 Pictorial

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    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.
  • Quotes
    It's never too early....for a salad!
  • Trademarks
      His booming, powerful voice
  • Nicknames
    • King of the Movie Trailers
    • The King
    • Thunder Throat
    • The Voice of God
    • The Godfather of Trailers
    • The Voice

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