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Question

What is Don LaFontaine famous for?

Answer 1

He does the voice over for movie trailers. He's also currently in a Geico Insurance commercial.

Answer 2

Don LaFontaine (born in Duluth, Minnesota on August 26, 1940) is a famous voice-over actor and is often credited with the name 'The Voice-Over Guy'. His deep voice has been used in over 4001 movie trailers and many more television commercials, network promos (notably on the FOX Network), and even video game trailers.

LaFontaine, nicknamed "The King of the Movie Trailers" and "The VoG (Voice of God)", is credited with creating the modern movie trailer. He is also responsible for having created many of the movie trailer clichés, such as "In a world where...," "A one-man army...,", "One man, one destiny" or "From the bedroom to the boardroom...."

LaFontaine voices about sixty promo sessions a week; he commands a very high salary and is now a multi-millionaire thanks to his work. He used to be chauffeured in his own white stretch limousine between recording studios so as to not waste time looking for parking, therefore being able to complete more jobs per day; but has recently started working out of his home almost exclusively by an ISDN line.

Even if they have never heard of LaFontaine himself, virtually all Hollywood audiences will have heard his voice. It is described as breathy, deep, sonorous and ominous. audio clip (MP3) On his syndicated radio program, American Top Forty, Rick Dees often mentions LaFontaine by name when playing one of the many promos LaFontaine records for the show.

LaFontaine is not the only deep-basso voice actor behind the movie trailers: he is often confused with Tex Brashear, Hal Douglas (often referred to as "The 'In-A-World' Guy"), or Peter Cullen (most famous as the voice of Optimus Prime), who have all arguably copied LaFontaine's style.

LaFontaine began as a recording engineer at National Recording Studios, where he had an opportunity to work with Floyd Peterson producing promo spots for Dr. Strangelove. LaFontaine's ideas for the spots were eagerly incorporated by Peterson, and they soon went into business together. For a 1964 Western titled Gunfighters of Casa Grande, LaFontaine had to fill in for an unavailable voice actor to finish a client presentation, so he used his own voice; the client bought the spots and LaFontaine had a new career. By the 1970s the LaFontaine approach to trailers was becoming standard, with a strong narrative approach and heavy melodramatic coloration to the voice work.

The ominous style of voice employed by LaFontaine was sent up in the U.S. trailer for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, in which it is described as "a deep voice, which sounds like a seven-foot tall man who has been smoking cigarettes since childhood." LaFontaine has also lent his voice to several categories of clues on the popular TV quiz show Jeopardy!, including DR. SEUSS AT THE MULTIPLEX, COMING SOON... HISTORY!, FOOD A LAFONTAINE, and NURSERY RHYME PREVIEWS [1]. An example of LaFontaine's ominous voice was parodied in a Cartoon Network commercial for The Powerpuff Girls where it narrated in place of and met The Narrator voiced by Tom Kenny. Despite LaFontaine's voice trying (and failing) to be friendly and not narrate in a movie trailer fashion, the voice of the normally cheerful unseen Narrator whimpers "Please don't hurt me!" LaFontaine also contributed dramatic voice-overs for the introductory tracks on drum and bass DJ Dieselboy's albums 'projectHUMAN' and 'The Dungeonmaster's Guide'. LaFontaine has has occasionally been the target of satire, including a send-up at the hands of Pablo Francisco and on the popular web cartoon, Homestarrunner.com [2]. LaFontaine has also participated in some of the satire, lending his voice to the FOX animated series Family Guy, in the episode North by North Quahog. LaFontaine is featured on-camera in a Geico commercial that began airing in August 2006.

Answer 3

Movie announcer

Answer 4

He is a famous voice-over actor and is often credited with the name 'The Voice-Over Guy'

Answer 5

Movie trailers?

Answer 6

Narrator and announcer

Answer 7

for being a Narrator and announcer

Answer 8

his singing and talent for music

Answer 9

singing dancing i dont know