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Michael Crouch (actor)

Michael Lockwood Crouch is an American voice actor. He has recorded over 300 audiobooks, through which he received 29 Earphone Awards, 2 Audie Awards, 1 Voice Arts Award, and 1 Odyssey Award honor. In June 2021, AudioFile named him a Golden Voice Narrator. As an actor, he is best known for his roles on the English-language Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! television series.

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Michael Lockwood Crouch (born May 17, 1984, in Austin, Texas)1 is an American voice actor. He has recorded over 300 audiobooks, through which he received 29 Earphone Awards, 2 Audie Awards, 1 Voice Arts Award, and 1 Odyssey Award honor.2 In June 2021, AudioFile named him a Golden Voice Narrator.345 As an actor, he is best known for his roles on the English-language Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! television series.

Biography

Crouch was born May 17, 1984, in Austin, Texas.1 He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College in 2007.

Crouch began narrating audiobooks in 2013.4 He specializes in voicing young adult characters, LGBT fiction and nonfiction, and Southern American literature.

Crouch presently lives in New York City.

Awards and honors

Awards

Year Title Author(s) Award Result Ref.
2014 Loot: How to Steal a Fortune (2014) Jude Watson Earphone Award Winner 6
Maggot Moon (2012) Sally Gardner Odyssey Award Honor 278
2016 All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook (2016) Leslie Connor Earphone Award Winner 9
Baker's Magic Diane Zahler Earphone Award Winner 10
The Big Dark (2016) Rodman Philbrick Earphone Award Winner 11
Nine Women, One Dress (2016) Jane L. Rosen Earphone Award Winner 12
Salt to the Sea (2016) Ruta Sepetys Earphone Award Winner 13
The Serpent King (2016) Jeff Zentner Earphone Award Winner 14
2017 All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook (2016) Leslie Connor Audie Award for Middle Grade Title Finalist 15
Goodbye Days (2017) Jeff Zentner Earphone Award Winner 16
New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson Earphone Award Winner 17
Salt to the Sea (2016) Ruta Sepetys Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top 10 18
Salt to the Sea (2016) Ruta Sepetys Audie Award for Young Adult Title Winner 1534
See You in the Cosmos (2017) Jack Cheng Earphone Award Winner 19
Wink Poppy Midnight (2016) April Genevieve Tucholke Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top 10 18
2018 Any Man (2018) Amber Tamblyn Earphone Award Winner 20
Heretics Anonymous (2018 Katie Henry Earphone Award Winner 21
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration (2018) Rose Brock (Ed.) Earphone Award Winner 22
I Have Lost My Way (2018) Gayle Forman Earphone Award Winner 23
In Sight of Stars (2018) Gae Polisner Earphone Award Winner 24
A Key to Treehouse Living (2018) Elliot Reed Earphone Award Winner
New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson Audie Award for Excellence in Production Finalist 25
New York 2140 Kim Stanley Robinson Audie Award for Science Fiction Finalist 25
Oliver Loving (2018) Stefan Merrill Block Earphone Award Winner 26
Rebuttal Jyotsna Hariharan Audie Award for Original Work Finalist 25
See You in the Cosmos (2017) Jack Cheng Audie Award for Middle Grade Title Winner 2527
The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik (2018) David Arnold Earphone Award Winner 28
Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful (2018) Arwen Elys Dayton Earphone Award Winner 29
What I Leave Behind (2018) Alison McGhee Earphone Award Winner 30
2019 Any Man (2018) Amber Tamblyn Audie Award for Multi-Voiced Performance Finalist 31
I Have Lost My Way (2018) Gayle Forman Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top 10 3233
Lights All Night Long (2019) Lydia Fitzpatrick Earphone Award Winner 34
2020 Like a Love Story (2019) Abdi Nazemian Audie Award for Young Adult Title Finalist 3536
Lone Stars (2021) Justin Deabler Earphone Award Winner 37
Lyrics for Rock Stars (2020) Heather Mateus Sappenfield Earphone Award Winner 38
Wink (2020) Rob Harrell Earphone Award Winner 39
2021 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder Holly Jackson Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults Top 10 4041
In the Wild Light (2021) Jeff Zentner Earphone Award Winner 42
Lyrics for Rock Stars (2020) Heather Mateus Sappenfield Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration: Short Story Anthology: Best Voiceover Winner 43
The Morning Star (2021) Karl Ove Knausgård Earphone Award Winner 44
Together We Will Go (2021) J. Michael Straczynski Earphone Award Winner 45
2022 The Best American Short Stories 2021 Jesmyn Ward and Heidi Pitlor Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections Finalist 46
Groundskeeping (2022) Lee Cole Earphone Award Winner 47
Lyrics for Rock Stars Heather Mateus Sappenfield Audie Award for Short Stories or Collections Finalist 46
Take Your Breath Away (2022) Linwood Barclay Earphone Award Winner 48

"Best of" Lists

Year Title Author Honor Ref.
2016 The Big Dark (2016) Rodman Philbrick AudioFile Best Children & Family Listening's Titles 3
Salt to the Sea (2016) Ruta Sepetys AudioFile Best Young Adult Titles 34
The Serpent King (2016) Jeff Zentner AudioFile Best Young Adult Titles 3
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (2015) Becky Albertalli Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 49
2017 See You in the Cosmos Jack Cheng AudioFile Best Children & Family Listening Titles 3
Goodbye Days (2017) Jeff Zentner AudioFile Best Young Adult Titles 3
The Ship of the Dead Rick Riordan AudioFile Best Children & Family Listening Titles 34
2018 Goodbye Days Jeff Zentner Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 50
The Great Believers Rebecca Makkai Slate Magazine Best Audiobooks 51
I Have Lost My Way (2018) Gayle Forman AudioFile Best Young Adult Titles 34
Hope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration (2018) Rose Brock (Ed.) AudioFile Best Young Adult Titles 3
Oliver Loving (2018) Stefan Merrill Block AudioFile Best Fiction 34
2019 The Journey of Little Charlie Christopher Paul Curtis Notable Children's Recordings 5253
The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik (2018) David Arnold Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 3254
2020 Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful (2018) Arwen Elys Dayton Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 55
White Bird R. J. Palacio Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 55
2021 The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson (Eds.) Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 56
2022 In the Wild Light (2021) Jeff Zentner Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults 57

Voice acting credits

Year Title Media Type Role(s) Note
2009-2012 Skatoony TV Series

Chudd Chudders

2013 Grand Theft Auto V Video game The Local Population
2016 Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (English version) Film Young Bakura
2014-2016 Pokémon (English version) TV series
  • Trevor
  • Additional Voices
  • Man Pink Shirt
  • Team Flare Grunt
  • Spectator 1
  • Man D
 18 episodes
2016 Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links Video game
  • Sylvio Sawatari
  • Evan
2014-2017 Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V TV series Sylvio Sawatari 15 episodes
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Video game The Local Pedestrian Population
2021 12 Mighty Orphans Film Movie Theater Announcer
References

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