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. [3] [4] [5] As an actor, he is best known for his roles on the English-language Pokémon and Yu-Gi-Oh! television series.
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.
Year | Title | Author | Honor | Ref. |
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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 | [3] [4] | |
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 | [3] [4] | |
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 | [3] [4] | |
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 | [3] [4] | |
2019 | The Journey of Little Charlie | Christopher Paul Curtis | Notable Children's Recordings | [52] [53] |
The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik (2018) | David Arnold | Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults | [32] [54] | |
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] |
Year | Title | Media Type | Role(s) | Note |
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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 |
| 18 episodes |
2016 | Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links | Video game |
| |
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 |
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