Simon Broad

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

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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-present Chibi Maruko-chan Tomozu Sakura
YearFilmPart
2006 Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales
2005 Dragon Blade Sifu (voice)
1996 Dr. Wai in "The Scripture with No Words" Chow Si Kit (voice, uncredited)
1993 Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II Helicopter Pilot (voice, uncredited)
1993 Executioners Inspector Lau (voice, uncredited)
1993 Iron Monkey Governor Cheng Pak-Fong (voice, uncredited) [5]
1993 Butterfly and Sword Yip Cheung (voice, uncredited) [5]
1992 Godzilla vs. Mothra Kenji Andoh (voice, uncredited)
1992 Full Contact Gou Fei (voice, uncredited)
1992 Hard-Boiled Insp. 'Tequila' Yuen (voice, uncredited)
1991 Dragon Ball: The Magic Begins Westwood (voice, uncredited)
1991 Story of Ricky Riki-Oh Saiga / Assistant Warden Dan (English version, voice, uncredited)
1991 Once a Thief Red Bean Pudding (Joe) (voice, uncredited)
1990 Island of Fire Fatty Liu Hsi Chia / John Liu (voice, uncredited) [5]
1989 Devil Hunters Han San (voice, uncredited)
1989 Godzilla vs. Biollante Seizo Okouchi / Saradia Plant Director (voice, uncredited)
1989 God of Gamblers Ko Chun / 'The God of Gamblers' (voice, uncredited)
1989 In the Line of Duty 4 Officer Michael Wong (voice, uncredited) [5]
1989 The Killer Ah Jong (voice, uncredited)
1988 The Inspector Wears Skirts Inspector Kan (voice, uncredited)
1987 A Better Tomorrow II Mark Lee (voice, uncredited)
1987 Transformers: The Headmasters Blaster, Twincast, Fortress Maximus, Highbrow, Hound, Scattershot, Scourge, Sixshot, Skydive, Slag, Blurr, Weirdwolf
1986 Magic Crystal Lau Ta (voice, uncredited)
1985 Police Story Cheung, the Lawyer (voice, uncredited) [5]
1985 Heart of Dragon Yan / Ian (voice, uncredited) [5]
1985 Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars Ricky Fung (voice, uncredited)
1984 The 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[ when? ].[ citation needed ]

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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