# Who was that guy in the action movie traliers? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 9, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-that-guy-in-the-action-movie-traliers/206558 "2003-10-09T22:32:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-that-guy-in-the-action-movie-traliers/206558/1 "2003-10-09T22:32:07Z")
**Spoz** and I were wondering who that gravelly-voiced dude in the action movie trailers was. We don’t know much other than that he seems to have disappeared off the face of the earth. (or isn’t doing any more commercials) Is there anyone here who might know? While we’re at it, why do they always get him to do trailers? Any ideas? Sounds very vague, I know… maybe these blog entries of **Spoz** ’s will help. (he lives in Adelaide, Australia… where it is now the tenth of October, NOT the ninth) > [@](#): > > **Tuesday, July 8** > > just out’ve curiousity… > coz, I dunno if I’ve really been paying attention… > > but, y’know that really insanely gravelly chain smokin’ hardcore gruntin’ voice they get to do action movie trailers with? > always goes something along the lines of… > > “THIS TIME… HE MEANS WAAAARRRRRRR!!!”… done in a voice that’d make a throat lozenge advert run for cover… > > wot ever happened to that dude? > **Friday, Oct. 10** > > every time they do one of those demented action movie cinema trailers and they have that deep gravelly voice… all serious n shit… WHO IS THAT DUDE? > > and why do they always get him to do trailers… > wuzzup with that? > > y’know wot I’m on about… right… > who IS that guy? I can hear the guy’s voice in my head right now, too. Please come up with an answer for this… or it’ll be driving us nuts for quite some time to come! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Mystery\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Mystery\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mystery_Dog)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-that-guy-in-the-action-movie-traliers/206558/2 "2003-10-10T01:01:57Z")
[Don LaFontaine](http://www.thetrailertrash.com/donlafontaine.html). ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-that-guy-in-the-action-movie-traliers/206558/3 "2003-10-10T03:10:47Z")
Thanks for the link… I’ll be sure to tell **Spoz** about it later on tonight. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-that-guy-in-the-action-movie-traliers/206558/4 "2003-10-10T19:21:14Z")
Aaaaaaaaand… we’ve made it into [**Spoz** ’s blog](http://spoz.blogspot.com) once again. 😃 > [@](#): > > once again… the geek thinktank of the internet, has come up with an answer to one of my idle 5AM idiotic questions… > > here’s the identity of that deep throated twat who does movie trailers… with his 12packs-a-day-cigarette-habit voice… > > [DON LAFONTAINE](http://www.thetrailertrash.com/donlafontaine.html) > > yup… just the sorta useless information you never thought you wanted to know… When I was talking to him last night, he said he hadn’t checked the site yet… he was being bugged by endless MSN traffic, then he had to go out and spend cash. But thanks again! F\_X ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-that-guy-in-the-action-movie-traliers/206558/5 "2003-10-10T20:22:46Z")
There’s another guy that puts alot of breath into the key words in movie previews, sounds like this guy. But whatever. They’re both annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Slant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c57346/32.png) [@Mr.Slant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Slant)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-that-guy-in-the-action-movie-traliers/206558/6 "2003-10-10T20:55:25Z")
Begin any sentence with “In a world…” and I think of Don LaFontaine. There was actually a 60 minutes or ET piece or something on him. It was kinda’ hilarious ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [October 10, 2003, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-that-guy-in-the-action-movie-traliers/206558/7 "2003-10-10T21:02:34Z")
Just realized that my thread title sounds French at the very end… “traliers” instead of “trailers.” Oh well… it sounds quirkier… I like it. 😃 F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Slugworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4bbf92/32.png) [@Slugworth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slugworth)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2003, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-that-guy-in-the-action-movie-traliers/206558/8 "2003-10-11T00:32:00Z")
He may be responsible for a lot of them, but his voice is actually fairly easy to reproduce. I’ve seen a couple comedians do it spot-on, and I myself can do a fairly good facsimile. I’m guessing they use a lot of people who can do the same type of voice.