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(s) | Award | Result | Ref. |
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2014 | Loot: How to Steal a Fortune (2014) | Jude Watson | Earphone Award | Winner | [6] |
Maggot Moon (2012) | Sally Gardner | Odyssey Award | Honor | [2][7][8] | |
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 | [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] | |
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 | [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] | |
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 | [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 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] |
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 |
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18 episodes |
2016 | Yuugiou: Dueru rinkusu | Video game |
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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 |