Michael Crouch (actor)

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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. [3] [4] [5] 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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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

YearTitleAuthor(s)AwardResultRef.
2014Loot: How to Steal a Fortune (2014) Jude Watson Earphone Award Winner [6]
Maggot Moon (2012) Sally Gardner Odyssey Award Honor [2] [7] [8]
2016All 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]
2017All 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 [15] [3] [4]
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]
2018Any Man (2018) Amber Tamblyn Earphone Award Winner [20]
Heretics Anonymous (2018Katie 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 ProductionFinalist [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 [25] [27]
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]
2019Any 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 [32] [33]
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 [35] [36]
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 [40] [41]
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 VoiceoverWinner [43]
The Morning Star (2021) Karl Ove Knausgård Earphone Award Winner [44]
Together We Will Go (2021) J. Michael Straczynski Earphone Award Winner [45]
2022The 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

YearTitleAuthorHonorRef.
2016The 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]
2018Goodbye 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]
2019The 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]
2021The Talk: Conversations About Race, Love & Truth Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson (Eds.) Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [56]
2022In the Wild Light (2021) Jeff Zentner Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults [57]

Voice acting credits

YearTitleMedia TypeRole(s)Note
2013 Grand Theft Auto V Video gameThe Local Population
2016 Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (English version)FilmYoung 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 seriesSylvio Sawatari15 episodes
2018 Red Dead Redemption 2 Video gameThe Local Pedestrian Population
2021 12 Mighty Orphans FilmMovie Theater Announcer

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