Alan Kalter, or "Big Red," began his stint as the "voice" of The Late Show with David Letterman on September 5, 1995. He announces the guests at the top of each show and acts in occasional comedic sketches often while wearing an Elvis-style sequined jumpsuit.

Kalter has done hundreds of voiceovers for national radio and television commercials. He was the announcer for many New York-based television shows including To Tell the Truth, The $25,000 Pyramid, The Money Maze , and The $128,000 Question , which, like The Late Show, was taped during the 1980s in the Ed Sullivan Theater.

Kalter is a native New Yorker, born in Brooklyn and raised in Little Neck and Cedarhurst. He was an English teacher at Baldwin High School on Long Island in the late 1960s, and is also the voice of the Michelin Man.

Filmography

• Get Well Soon (2001) .... Announcer
• "Late Show with David Letterman" (1995 - Present) TV Series (announcer)
• 45th Annual Grammy Awards, The (2003) (TV) (voice) .... Announcer
• "To Tell the Truth" (1980) TV Series .... Announcer
• "$128,000 Question, The" (1976) TV Series (uncredited) .... Announcer
• "Moneymaze, The" (1974) TV Series .... Announcer
• "$10,000 Pyramid, The" (1973) TV Series .... Guest Announcer (1979)
• "To Tell the Truth" (1969) TV Series .... Substitute Annoucer (1976-1978)

Notable TV Guest Appearances

• "Ed" (2000) playing "Roger Gable" in episode: "Power of the Person" (episode # 2.20) 1 May 2002
• "Ed" (2000) playing "Principal Gable" in episode: "The Test" (episode # 1.18) 4 April 2001

See also

• Late Show with David Letterman
• David Letterman
• Paul Shaffer