# Michael Crouch (actor)

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

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

### "Best of" Lists

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

## Voice acting credits

| Year | Title | Media Type | Role(s) | Note |
| 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 | |