# Voice in movie trailers

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-in-movie-trailers/85326>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 4, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-in-movie-trailers/85326 "2001-10-04T03:50:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![Civil\_Defense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Civil\_Defense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Defense)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-in-movie-trailers/85326/1 "2001-10-04T03:50:28Z")

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I can’t say for certain, but it _sounds_ like the same guy does the voice-overs for most of the movie trailers out there.

Does anyone know who this guy is?

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**Author:** ![G.Nome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@G.Nome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/G.Nome)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-in-movie-trailers/85326/2 "2001-10-04T04:02:55Z")

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I don’t know who he is only that he sounds increasingly like a parody. Why is he so ubiquitous? Doesn’t he ever take holidays? He’s beginning to make Leslie Nielson seem like a straight man.

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**Author:** ![ski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@ski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ski)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-in-movie-trailers/85326/3 "2001-10-04T04:08:34Z")

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I saw a (TLC, Discovery Channel, 60 minutes, something like that) on him a couple years ago. I think his name is John LaFontaine, and don’t ask me why I remember that. Yes, in a lot of cases it’s the same guy all the time. Must be a great job!

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**Author:** ![evilhanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba8739/32.png) [@evilhanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilhanz)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-in-movie-trailers/85326/4 "2001-10-04T04:25:20Z")

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I love the internet! This website, [Voice Hunter](http://www.movievo.com/), will match the voice-over actors to their trailers with audio samples. Today’s top movie-trailer voice-over talents are: Don LaFontaine, Peter Cullen, Bill Ratner, Chuck Riley, and Hal Douglas.

Don LaFontaine is the one most people recognize.

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**Author:** ![Skip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@Skip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skip)\
**Post date:** [October 4, 2001, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/voice-in-movie-trailers/85326/5 "2001-10-04T09:28:52Z")

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I think I saw a documentary on Don LaFontaine once and they mentioned his voice is insured for some multi-million dollar amount…