Lee Crooks

Lee Crooks (born 1960) is an American voice actor best known for his work with the Chicago Transit Authority.

Lee Crooks grew up in Wausau, Wisconsin. He was heavily involved with music in high school. He attended the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point at Wausau, then transferred to the Berklee College of Music in Boston to study guitar. He returned to his home state of Wisconsin further study at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music.

Crooks did not finish college. He worked as a roadie for a few years for a friend's band, then went to Ohio to become an audio engineer. He then started Breezeway Recording Studio in Waukesha, Wisconsin. In the late 1980s, Crooks sold the studio but continued working there as an audio engineer. After years of working as an audio engineer, he went into voice acting. He started taking lessons from a voice coach in Chicago in 1989. His voice went live on the "L" in 2000 and on CTA buses in 2003.

Crooks also does voiceovers for commercials, audiobooks, documentaries, technical training videos, and Buffalo Metro Rail in Buffalo, New York. He is married with children and a grandchild.