Michael Lockwood Crouch (born May 17, 1984, in Austin, Texas) 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.
Biography Crouch was born May 17, 1984, in Austin, Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Musical Theatre from Ithaca College in 2007.
Crouch began narrating audiobooks in 2013. 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)Earphone AwardWinnerMaggot Moon (2012)Odyssey AwardHonor2016All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook (2016)Earphone AwardWinnerBaker's MagicEarphone AwardWinner (2016)Earphone AwardWinnerNine Women, One Dress (2016)Earphone AwardWinnerSalt to the Sea (2016)Earphone AwardWinner (2016)Earphone AwardWinner2017All Rise for the Honorable Perry T. Cook (2016)Audie Award for Middle Grade TitleFinalistGoodbye Days (2017)Earphone AwardWinnerNew York 2140Earphone AwardWinnerSalt to the Sea (2016)Amazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsTop 10Salt to the Sea (2016)Audie Award for Young Adult TitleWinnerSee You in the Cosmos (2017)Earphone AwardWinnerWink Poppy Midnight (2016)Amazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsTop 102018Any Man (2018)Earphone AwardWinnerHeretics Anonymous (2018Earphone AwardWinnerHope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration (2018) (Ed.)Earphone AwardWinnerI Have Lost My Way (2018)Earphone AwardWinnerIn Sight of Stars (2018)Earphone AwardWinner (2018)Earphone AwardWinnerNew York 2140Audie Award for Excellence in ProductionFinalistNew York 2140Audie Award for Science FictionFinalistOliver Loving (2018)Earphone AwardWinnerRebuttalAudie Award for Original WorkFinalistSee You in the Cosmos (2017)Audie Award for Middle Grade TitleWinner (2018)Earphone AwardWinnerStronger, Faster, and More Beautiful (2018)Earphone AwardWinnerWhat I Leave Behind (2018)Earphone AwardWinner2019Any Man (2018)Audie Award for Multi-Voiced PerformanceFinalistI Have Lost My Way (2018)Amazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsTop 10Lights All Night Long (2019)Earphone AwardWinner2020Like a Love Story (2019)Audie Award for Young Adult TitleFinalistLone Stars (2021)Earphone AwardWinnerLyrics for Rock Stars (2020)Earphone AwardWinnerWink (2020)Earphone AwardWinner2021Amazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsTop 10In the Wild Light (2021)Earphone AwardWinnerLyrics for Rock Stars (2020)Voice Arts Award for Audiobook Narration: Short Story Anthology: Best VoiceoverWinner (2021)Earphone AwardWinnerTogether We Will Go (2021)Earphone AwardWinner2022 and Heidi PitlorAudie Award for Short Stories or CollectionsFinalistGroundskeeping (2022)Earphone AwardWinnerLyrics for Rock StarsAudie Award for Short Stories or CollectionsFinalistTake Your Breath Away (2022)Earphone AwardWinner
"Best of" Lists YearTitleAuthorHonorRef.2016 (2016)AudioFile Best Children & Family Listening's TitlesSalt to the Sea (2016)AudioFile Best Young Adult Titles (2016)AudioFile Best Young Adult TitlesSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda (2015)Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults2017See You in the CosmosAudioFile Best Children & Family Listening TitlesGoodbye Days (2017)AudioFile Best Young Adult TitlesAudioFile Best Children & Family Listening Titles2018Goodbye DaysAmazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsSlate Magazine Best AudiobooksI Have Lost My Way (2018)AudioFile Best Young Adult TitlesHope Nation: YA Authors Share Personal Moments of Inspiration (2018) (Ed.)AudioFile Best Young Adult TitlesOliver Loving (2018)AudioFile Best Fiction2019Notable Children's Recordings (2018)Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults2020Stronger, Faster, and More Beautiful (2018)Amazing Audiobooks for Young AdultsWhite BirdAmazing Audiobooks for Young Adults2021 and Cheryl Willis Hudson (Eds.)Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults2022In the Wild Light (2021)Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults
Voice acting credits YearTitleMedia TypeRole(s)Note2009-2012SkatoonyTV SeriesChudd Chudders2013Grand Theft Auto V Video gameThe Local Population2016Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of Dimensions (English version)FilmYoung Bakura2014-2016Pokémon (English version)TV series Trevor Additional Voices Man Pink Shirt Team Flare Grunt Spectator 1 Man D18 episodes2016Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel LinksVideo game Sylvio Sawatari Evan2014-2017Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-VTV seriesSylvio Sawatari15 episodes2018Red Dead Redemption 2 Video gameThe Local Pedestrian Population202112 Mighty OrphansFilmMovie Theater Announcer
References
External links
Official website