Thom Beers (born c. 1952 in Batavia, New York) is an American television producer and narrator/voice over artist. He created the show 1000 Ways to Die and served as the narrator. Beers is the narrator for the two pilot episodes, "Life Will Kill You" (Segment Semi-cide) "Hard Lives, Easy Deaths" before being replaced by actor Ron Perlman for the remainder of the season and series (until Perlman was replaced by Joe Irwin for the final six episodes of Season 4).