Douglas Forsythe Rye (born November 6, 1950 in Westchester, New York)
is an American voice actor who has done Narration for such notable
companies as Bank of America, The Discovery Channel, The Learning
Channel, NBC, The Playboy Channel, Qwest, Carl's Jr. and
DaimlerChrysler. Rye has been acting since he was a child, he beat out
Christopher Reeve for a role in a summer production at The
Lawrenceville School, during his four years there. He studied at New
York University with the likes of Olympia Dukakis and Lloyd Richards,
and during his time there worked alongside Jason Robards III, Melissa
Manchester, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest.He also worked behind
the scenes for many great and classic musical acts. He toured with the
Grateful Dead as part of the behind the scenes crew for nine years. He
also was a stage hand at the historic Woodstock Festival in 1969. He
has even performed as an opening act for Carlos Santana.Douglas has
also been a crew member for such famous musical acts as The Rolling
Stones, Pink Floyd, The Commodores, The Eagles, The Oak Ridge Boys and
Mel Tormé.Douglas is currently known to many people as an American
voice actor. His most famous role is that of Mr. Gentleman on Read or
Die.
is an American voice actor who has done Narration for such notable
companies as Bank of America, The Discovery Channel, The Learning
Channel, NBC, The Playboy Channel, Qwest, Carl's Jr. and
DaimlerChrysler. Rye has been acting since he was a child, he beat out
Christopher Reeve for a role in a summer production at The
Lawrenceville School, during his four years there. He studied at New
York University with the likes of Olympia Dukakis and Lloyd Richards,
and during his time there worked alongside Jason Robards III, Melissa
Manchester, Michael McKean and Christopher Guest.He also worked behind
the scenes for many great and classic musical acts. He toured with the
Grateful Dead as part of the behind the scenes crew for nine years. He
also was a stage hand at the historic Woodstock Festival in 1969. He
has even performed as an opening act for Carlos Santana.Douglas has
also been a crew member for such famous musical acts as The Rolling
Stones, Pink Floyd, The Commodores, The Eagles, The Oak Ridge Boys and
Mel Tormé.Douglas is currently known to many people as an American
voice actor. His most famous role is that of Mr. Gentleman on Read or
Die.
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