Voice-over great Don LaFontaine passed away on September 1, 2008 at the age of 68.

Over the past 25 years, LaFontaine cemented his position as the "King of Voice-overs." Aside from his continuing work in the trailer industry, he has also been the voice of NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox and UPN, in addition to TNT, TBS and the Cartoon Network. Earlier in his career, he worked at Paramount Pictures and headed their trailer department, lending his voice to many of their film trailers, including Star Trek films.  He would later become a VP at Paramount.  But it was his love for producing film efforts and doing voiceover work that was his passion. 

“Don was a big supporter of entrepreneurial film producers and enthusiasts.  He lent his voice to our film trailers and responded to every correspondence I had with him”, said John Broughton, Executive Producer.  “Discussing the mundane life situations to new births, Don was a very personable guy.  He will be sorely missed.”

He has voiced hundreds of thousands of television and radio spots, including commercials for Chevrolet, Pontiac, Ford, Budweiser, McDonalds, Coke, and many other corporate sponsors. At last count, he has worked on nearly 5000 films, including appearances as the in-show announcer for the Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards. Based on contracts signed, he has the distinction of being perhaps the single busiest actor in the history of SAG.