Simon Broad (born February 10, 1963, in Pahiatua) is a New Zealand voice actor living in Hong Kong since July 12, 1981.[1]

Background

Broad started voice-over while working for Godfrey Ho. During the 1980s he was voicing up to 170 films in a year. By 1999 he estimated that he had voiced more than 700 films. They included, to that time, all Chow Yun-fat films and most of Jet Li's. He had also voiced a couple of Jackie Chan films and the rerelease of Bruce Lee's Way of the Dragon. In a South China Morning Post article Broad was described as Hong Kong's viceroy of the voice-over; the doyen of dubbers.[2]

With a fall off in demand for movie-voice over Broad and fellow actor Jack Murphy through their company called Two Guys expanded into voices for animation, particularly Japanese cartoons and the voices for talking toys.[2]

In 2008 he joined Sally Dellow of consultancy Dramatic Difference as a roleplayer and facilitator. Dramatic Difference provide coaching and theatre-led learning and development programmes aimed at the professional business sector.[3] The relationship between Broad's company Bramp International Ltd and Dramatic Difference is unclear. Bramp are described as global team development trainers for companies such as HSBC. They use video conferencing for training and meetings.[4]

Credits

YearTelevisionPart
2018-presentChibi Maruko-chanTomozu Sakura
YearFilmPart
2006Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales
2005Dragon BladeSifu (voice)
1996Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words"Chow Si Kit (voice, uncredited)
1993Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla IIHelicopter Pilot (voice, uncredited)
1993ExecutionersInspector Lau (voice, uncredited)
1993Iron MonkeyGovernor Cheng Pak-Fong (voice, uncredited)[5]
1993Butterfly and SwordYip Cheung (voice, uncredited)[5]
1992Godzilla vs. MothraKenji Andoh (voice, uncredited)
1992Full ContactGou Fei (voice, uncredited)
1992Hard-BoiledInsp. 'Tequila' Yuen (voice, uncredited)
1991Dragon Ball: The Magic BeginsWestwood (voice, uncredited)
1991Story of RickyRiki-Oh Saiga / Assistant Warden Dan (English version, voice, uncredited)
1991Once a ThiefRed Bean Pudding (Joe) (voice, uncredited)
1990Island of FireFatty Liu Hsi Chia / John Liu (voice, uncredited)[5]
1989Devil HuntersHan San (voice, uncredited)
1989Godzilla vs. BiollanteSeizo Okouchi / Saradia Plant Director (voice, uncredited)
1989God of GamblersKo Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' (voice, uncredited)
1989In the Line of Duty 4Officer Michael Wong (voice, uncredited)[5]
1989The KillerAh Jong (voice, uncredited)
1988The Inspector Wears SkirtsInspector Kan (voice, uncredited)
1987A Better Tomorrow IIMark Lee (voice, uncredited)
1987Transformers: The HeadmastersBlaster, Twincast, Fortress Maximus, Highbrow, Hound, Scattershot, Scourge, Sixshot, Skydive, Slag, Blurr, Weirdwolf
1986Magic CrystalLau Ta (voice, uncredited)
1985Police StoryCheung, the Lawyer (voice, uncredited)[5]
1985Heart of DragonYan / Ian (voice, uncredited)[5]
1985Twinkle Twinkle Lucky StarsRicky Fung (voice, uncredited)
1984The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?Bruno J. Global / Lynn Kaihun / Hayao Kakizaki (voice, uncredited)

Broad was also the ADR supervisor on Dragonblade.

References

  1. IMDb Simon Broad, retrieved 11 March 2016
  2. 1 2 From Chow Yun-fat to a talking teddy, it's hard to keep up with the roles of an voice over actor, Jason Gagliardi, South China Morning Post, Sunday, 07 March, 1999, 12:00am, retrieved 11 March 2016
  3. Dramatic Difference website, retrieved 17 March 2016
  4. Interview with Simon Broad, retrieved 17 March 2016
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Original dub only


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