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.
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
"Best of" Lists
| Year | Title | Author | Honor | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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] |
