# Who is the voice of trailers now?

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**Created:** [February 19, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-trailers-now/529668 "2010-02-19T19:47:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![Yodalicious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yodalicious/32/8195_2.png) [@Yodalicious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yodalicious)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-trailers-now/529668/1 "2010-02-19T19:47:29Z")

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Don LaFontaine died in 2008, but I swear I heard his voice in a recent trailer. It had to be an impersonator trying for LaFontaine’s voice. I’m pretty sure I’ve heard Miguel Ferrer on numerous trailers. Peter Coyote and Mike Rowe do a lot of voice over work as well. Maybe they should start doing trailers.

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-trailers-now/529668/2 "2010-02-19T20:33:32Z")

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There are a number of voice guys who can do a LaFontaine-esque voice for movie trailers. One of the most prominent is [Hal Douglas](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hal_Douglas), who does a great spoof on Don’s “In a world” schtick in the trailer for _Comedian_ (The documentary about Jerry Seinfeld).

Another one is [Al Chalk](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Chalk).

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**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-trailers-now/529668/3 "2010-02-19T21:01:46Z")

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Sorry for the tiny hijack, but I wonder if anyone here has ever heard a movie trailer narrated by a woman?

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**Author:** ![gaffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@gaffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gaffa)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-trailers-now/529668/4 "2010-02-19T21:16:00Z")

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> [@BlankSlate](#):
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> Sorry for the tiny hijack, but I wonder if anyone here has ever heard a movie trailer narrated by a woman?

Does the sequel to _Sex and the City_ count?

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**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2010, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-voice-of-trailers-now/529668/5 "2010-02-19T22:58:18Z")

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Richard Thomas (John Boy Walton) does the Mercedes commercials.