Don LaFontaine, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Don LaFontaine

American voice actor

Date of Birth: 26-Aug-1940

Place of Birth: Duluth, Minnesota, United States

Date of Death: 01-Sep-2008

Profession: actor, voice actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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. He became identified with the phrase "In a world...", used in so many movie trailers that it became a cliché.
Widely known in the film industry, the man whose nicknames included "Thunder Throat" and "The Voice of God", became known to a wider audience through commercials for GEICO insurance and the Mega Millions lottery game.