Simon Broad (born February 10, 1963, in Pahiatua) is a New Zealand voice actor living in Hong Kong since July 12, 1981.[1]
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]
| Year | Television | Part |
|---|---|---|
| 2018-present | Chibi Maruko-chan | Tomozu Sakura |
| Year | Film | Part |
| 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.