Michael Yurchak is an award winning actor and voice talent. Perhaps best known for his role as the voices of Obito and the Silly Half of Tobi in the hit anime series Naruto: Shippuden, Michael is a prolific voice and on-camera actor. Recent hits include: Quasi, Tacoma FD, Super Troopers 2, Naruto Shippuden, Bungo Stray Dogs, Ultimate Ninja Storm, Sailor Moon Eternal, Twin Star Exorcists, and Bakhi.
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You can listen for Michael as the voice of Bjorn in The Christmas Chronicles and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (Netflix), the nefarious Viper on Nickelodeon’s Legend of Korra, Cooter on the hit web-series, Trailer Trash (A Lions Gate production for Hulu Entertainment), and of course the wild and crazy Tobi and his alter-ego, the dark and brooding Obito, on Naruto Shippuden (currently streaming on Netflix and Hulu). 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.
As an academic, Michael earned his doctorate in Educational Theatre from NYU, and teaches at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and Such A Voice Voiceover Training. 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, Utah State University, Cal State Northridge, Cal State LA, Vassar, Rose Bruford, and many more.
BREAKING NEWS: Broken Lizard’s QUASI is EXCLUSIVELY on HULU! Catch Michael as Father Giuseppe, performing... AN EXORCISM!!
You can listen for Michael as the voice of Bjorn in The Christmas Chronicles and The Christmas Chronicles 2 (Netflix), the nefarious Viper on Nickelodeon’s Legend of Korra, Cooter on the hit web-series, Trailer Trash (A Lions Gate production for Hulu Entertainment), and of course the wild and crazy Tobi and his alter-ego, the dark and brooding Obito, on Naruto Shippuden (currently streaming on Netflix and Hulu). 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.
As an academic, Michael earned his doctorate in Educational Theatre from NYU, and teaches at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute and Such A Voice Voiceover Training. 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, Utah State University, Cal State Northridge, Cal State LA, Vassar, Rose Bruford, and many more.