Simon Broad (February 10, 1963), was born in Pahiatua, New Zealand
voice actor living in Hong Kong since July 12, 1981.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.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.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. 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.
voice actor living in Hong Kong since July 12, 1981.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.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.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. 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.
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