Michael Yurchak is an award winning actor and voice talent. Perhaps best known for his roles as the voices of Obito Uchiha and his silly alter ego, Tobi, from the hit anime series Naruto: Shippuden, most recently Michael voiced a roles in the A24 film Ne Zha II and The Sony Pictures feature Scarlet, and reprised his role as Jet the Hawk in Sonic Racing CrossWorlds. Michael also voices Winslow Schott in My Adventures with Superman, Ango in Bungo Stray Dogs, Wanglian Li in Rising Impact, Gayler in TP Bon, and Hawk’s Eye in Sailor Moon!
On camera credits include: Quasi (for which he was also the dialect coach), Tacoma FD, Super Troopers 2, Beerfest, Mad Men, and Modern Family, and you can listen for him as the voice of Bjorn in The Christmas Chronicles and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (Netflix), the nefarious Viper on Nickelodeon's Legend of Korra, and Cooter on the hit web-series, Trailer Trash (A Lions Gate production for Hulu Entertainment).
Michael has voiced over fifty books-on-tape, appeared in and voiced dozens of commercials, and was nominated for a New York News Emmy Award for his promo work on NY1. He has voice directed and dialect coached on feature films, video games, and various animation projects, co-created several film and television projects, and written multiple short and feature length film scripts.
As an academic, Michael earned his doctorate in Educational Theatre from NYU, and currently teaches at Cal State Fullerton, The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, and Such A Voice Voiceover Training. His published work includes articles and an original documentary film on Fitzmaurice Voicework, and he has taught and guest lectured at colleges and universities as well as conservatories and private studios all over the country and abroad including NYU, UCLA, University of South Dakota, UC Irvine, Utah State University, Cal State Northridge, Cal State LA, Vassar, Rose Bruford, and many more.
On camera credits include: Quasi (for which he was also the dialect coach), Tacoma FD, Super Troopers 2, Beerfest, Mad Men, and Modern Family, and you can listen for him as the voice of Bjorn in The Christmas Chronicles and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (Netflix), the nefarious Viper on Nickelodeon's Legend of Korra, and Cooter on the hit web-series, Trailer Trash (A Lions Gate production for Hulu Entertainment).
Michael has voiced over fifty books-on-tape, appeared in and voiced dozens of commercials, and was nominated for a New York News Emmy Award for his promo work on NY1. He has voice directed and dialect coached on feature films, video games, and various animation projects, co-created several film and television projects, and written multiple short and feature length film scripts.
As an academic, Michael earned his doctorate in Educational Theatre from NYU, and currently teaches at Cal State Fullerton, The Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, and Such A Voice Voiceover Training. His published work includes articles and an original documentary film on Fitzmaurice Voicework, and he has taught and guest lectured at colleges and universities as well as conservatories and private studios all over the country and abroad including NYU, UCLA, University of South Dakota, UC Irvine, Utah State University, Cal State Northridge, Cal State LA, Vassar, Rose Bruford, and many more.