Voice actors are one of the most overlooked professions, and perhaps they are not as dazzling as the superstars on the screen, but good voice actors can also become the "queen of heaven" in their field. Someone once said that a good voice actor is not a translator, they must use their voice to play a role, which can make ordinary characters more attractive and add icing on the cake for wonderful roles. Speaking of Hong Kong film dubbers, the most widely known are Zhang Yi, Ye Qing, Su Baili, Chen Hao and other new generation of young voice actors, whose voices have accompanied the audience for countless good times.
Left: Zhang Yi, Right: Ye Qing
The twenty voice actors introduced in this article can be said to be the real titans in the Hong Kong film dubbing industry. They have witnessed the rise and fall of Hong Kong films, left countless unforgettable classic sounds for audiences, and made important contributions to the popularity of Hong Kong films in Chinese-speaking areas. Who is your favorite of the "behind-the-scenes avatars" of these twenty Uranus superstars?
1. Shi Banyu
Because of the vivid interpretation of the essence of Zhou Xingchi's role, Shi Banyu was also designated by Zhou Xingchi as his "royal national match". He has participated in the dubbing of many classic works of Stephen Chow, such as "Nine Pin Sesame Officer", "King of Comedy", "Kung Fu" and so on. People even hold him and Wu Mengda together as Zhou Xingchi's "right and left arm", and its importance can be seen. Since entering the industry in 1985, he has played countless film and television drama roles, and his voice is both good and evil, harmonious and solemn, and highly recognizable. Stephen Chow's film can become popular in the mainland, which should be a credit to Shi Banyu.
2. Sun Decheng (1953-2012)
Representative works: "Ghost of Qiannu" Zhang Guorong, "God of Gamblers" Zhou Runfa
Sun Decheng, affectionately known as "Crooked Brother" by his peers, has a pivotal position in the Taiwanese dubbing industry, such as Li Wanfeng and Fang Shirley, who are his disciples. His representative works include Ning Caichen in "The Ghost of Qiannu", Gao Jin in "God of Gamblers", in addition, he also voiced Zheng Shaoqiu in "Joke About Qianlong". Its voice is gentle and elegant, but also crisp and playful, not only can match the small white face, but also match the hero is also a wonderful portrait. Sun Decheng's unfortunate death from cancer in 2012 is undoubtedly a huge loss for the Taiwanese dubbing industry.
3. Hu Licheng (died in 2015)
In Hong Kong films, Hu Licheng mostly voices elderly or uncle-level characters,Chinese and is also famous for dubbing Wu Mengda many times. If Zhou Xingchi and Wu Mengda are the "best partners", then he and Shi Banyu are the "golden combination". The cooperation between the two began in "Gambler", and since then the two sides have begun to work closely together for more than a decade. His simple and humble voice complements Wu Mengda's humorous and funny performance. So that later Wu Mengda's voice was replaced by Liu Yinsheng, which also made many viewers feel a little lost.
4. Du Dexun (1952-2002)
Due to the endless variation of vocal expression, Du Dexun has also been described as a "magician of sound". After participating in the dubbing of "God of Gamblers 2", "Prison Storm" and "Diary of a Big Husband", Du Dexun once had the reputation of "Zhou Runfa of the Sound World", and Zhou Runfa's elegant acting skills coupled with Du Dexun's mature and amorous voice have full charm. He once said: "It's a very challenging, attractive job, every time it's a new beginning, enough to make people happy, and the sense of accomplishment after the film has sold out is even more evocative." ”
5. Li Xiangsheng
Li Xiangsheng, who is revered as "Xiangbo", was first born as a seaman, and later he resolutely gave up his sailing work and threw himself into the dubbing industry. During the boom of Hong Kong films in the 1990s, Li Xiangsheng's voice was never absent. His mellow, wine-like voice has helped a lot to be able to navigate any role with ease. For example, Duan Wangye in "East Becomes West", Chen Haonan in "Ancient Puzzle Boy", and Huang Qiusheng in "Human Meat Char Siu Bun". After vocal cord surgery, his voice now sounds a little hoarse, but whenever his voice pops up, it still feels familiar.
6. Chen Mingyang
Chen Mingyang, who is known as the "Emperor of Taiwan dubbing", single-handedly founded the professional dubbing team "Chen JiaBan". Because of his thick voice and full of charm, he sounds quite a gangster and gangster style, and in Hong Kong films, he has almost arranged most of the voices of Zheng Zeshi and Cheng Kui'an. For example, "Lame Howe", "The Legend of the Hero after the Disaster" and "The Trickster Expert" and so on. At the same time, he also contributed voices to Ren Dahua and Wan Ziliang in "Ancient Puzzle Boy". In addition to dubbing work, Chen Yangming also occasionally made guest appearances in film and television dramas, and he once starred in the role of Duan Jiuyi in "The Great Hero Shen Shengyi".
7. Jiang Xiaoliang
At the end of the 1970s, as one of the last batch of students, Jiang Xiaoliang joined the Shaw dubbing team, and after several trainings, he became the leading figure in the dubbing industry during the heyday of Hong Kong films in the 1980s and 1990s. Even if he interprets characters of different images and styles, he is always at his fingertips. He Chinese served as the voice of Zhou Runfa, Jackie Chan, Zhou Xingchi and Jet Li in "The Story of Ah Lang", "Drunken Fist 2", "Happy Affair at Home", and "The Demon Sect Leader of the Dragon Slayer". In "Double Dragon Society", he and Zhang Peiru made sound performances for "two Jackie Chan", and the two cooperated seamlessly, which was very exciting.
8. Chen Yuan (Chen Yiheng)
In the mid-1980s, Chen Yiheng, who was still using his real name "Chen Yuan", joined wireless as a Hong Kong opera dubbing work, and he participated in more than 300 film dubbing works. He has given a different charm to many film and television drama characters with a majestic and low voice. Whether it is Ding Crab in "Big Time" or Yue Buqun in "Smiling Proud of the Jianghu", it is deeply memorable. Chen Yiheng also played jacky Cheung's adoptive father in "The Legend of the Prince", with the decline of Hong Kong films, Chen Yiheng also returned to China to develop, in recent years we can see him in many TV series.
9. Zhang Jiping
"I'm going to take a breath, not to prove that I'm amazing. I want to tell people that what I have lost must be taken back", the sonorous and powerful Chinese dialogue in "The True Colors of Heroes" is from Zhang Liping's mouth. Known as the elder figure of the Hong Kong dubbing industry, Zhang Jiping joined the Chinese dubbing group of Shaw Brothers Film Company in 1974 and became a mainstay of the Hong Kong dubbing industry in the 1980s and 1990s.
10. Feng Xuerui
Audiences familiar with Xu Ke's films will definitely be familiar with Feng Xuerui's voice. He is the voice interpreter of Jet Li's version of Huang Feihong and Wu Xingguo's version of Xu Xian. Nearly four decades of dedication and passion for his work have made him one of the most admired Chinese voice actors. In the thousands of film works in which he has participated in dubbing, most of the characters he has played are the big stars of the year, such as Tam Wing Lin, Hui Guanjie, Jackie Chan, Chow Yun Fat and other first-line actors, no wonder he can proudly say: "Taiwan and Hong Kong connoisseurs, who does not know me?" ”
11. Du Yange
Although the Shandong Yan in "Tree Trick" is a dragon set role, his actor is not small - he is Du Yange, who is known as "the movie emperor in front of the microphone" and "a brother in wireless dubbing". For audiences who like Hong Kong films, Du Yange's name can be described as thunderous. Since joining the infinite Chinese dubbing team, he has created countless classics, the most famous of which is that he has completed the Chinese version of the dubbing for Jet Li in "Letter to Daddy", Liang Chaowei in "Chongqing Forest", Gu Tianle in "Eagle Hero", etc. Because of his strong voice control ability, he is also known as an all-rounder in the dubbing industry.
12. Li Honghe
Li Honghe is famous in the industry for "high quality and high production of dubbing, and comprehensive control of the role". His voice is full of energy, voice line change ability and strong sense of rhythm, so he is also known as the "golden oil" of the dubbing industry. Li Honghe is not only good at dubbing roles who are grinning and gag, but he can handle it from an 18-year-old teenager to an 80-year-old. When Liang Chaowei in "East Evil and West Poison" and "Peerless in the World", Zhen Zidan in "Kill the Wolf", Andy Lau in "Gambler 1999" and "Dragon on the Edge" made his voice, it can be said that it is a perfect docking, which is unforgettable.
13. Yellow River
Originally from the Yellow River in Sichuan, he moved to Hong Kong in 1986. As a veteran Chinese voice actor in Hong Kong, his voice is sonorous and powerful, full of integrity, and has a wide range of character adaptability. Someone once commented on Huang He: He spoke with his voice open like a hero, and his voice with his voice lowered was like a villain. He can not only match the heroic Haojie like "Li Wang" and "Xiao Feng", but also the negative characters such as "Letter to Daddy" Yu Rongguang, and one person and several positions are the strength of the Yellow River.
14. Qu Zhongheng
Qu Zhongheng, who has now successfully transformed into a variety show host, rarely mentions his dubbing career that year. But in his early years, he still contributed a wonderful voice to many characters in classic Hong Kong films. For example, Jet Li in "Jingwu Hero", "New Shaolin Five Ancestors", "Zhongnanhai Bodyguard", "Dance with the Dragon", "Andy Lau in Super School Overlord" and so on. Qu Zhongheng's alto is pleasant and penetrating, and it sounds like a Confucian chivalrous style, and it is no wonder that he will become the "pillar" in the Hong Kong film national supporting team.
The middleman is Zhao Enyu
15. Zhao Enyu
Maybe you don't know who Cho Eun-yu is, but he is a well-known predecessor in the Hong Kong film dubbing industry. When his voice appears with the movie screen, the audience will not only feel very familiar, but even surprised - it turns out that their voiceovers are all from Zhao Enyu! Like Zeng Zhiwei in "Infernal Affairs", Luo Jiaying in "Journey to the West", CharterEd Gong in "Kung Fu", and Huang Qiusheng in "Hongxing Dafei Brother", all voiced by Zhao Enyu. The profession of the character he is paired with, the personality difference is so large, it is difficult not to let people make a sound of praise.
16. Yan Xiaotao
The success of the 2004 Hong Kong drama "Desire for The Golden Branch" also made Anxi, played by Zhang Keyi, very popular. The reason why this role can impress audiences outside the Lingnan region is inseparable from the efforts made by yan Xiaotao, the voice actor of the Chinese. Yan Xiaotao is also a senior Hong Kong film voice actor, Yang Caini in "Liang Zhu", Maggie Cheung in "Sweet Honey", and Wan Qiwen's Chinese voice in "Mo Bully Young Poor", all of which are her proud works. Her husband is a famous Chinese voice actor Huang He.
17. Jiang Zhenjin
Jiang Zhenjin entered the industry in 1988 and is now a senior and well-known voice actor in Taiwan, she not only set up her own dubbing team, but also cultivated many outstanding juniors. Her most representative work is to voice Yuan Qiu in Zhou Xingchi's action movie "Kung Fu", which is to show the arrogant and domineering character of the charter wife to the fullest. Later, Jiang Zhenjin recreated this classic scene with her voice on many occasions, revealing Jiang Zhenjin's deep and solid dubbing skills.
18. Liao Jingni
When it comes to the older generation of Hong Kong film voice actors, it is impossible not to say Liao Jingni. In the 1983 classic drama "The Legend of the Condor Hero", Weng Meiling's Chinese voice is her work. She uses a sweet and rounded voice to shape Huang Rong's delicate and cute personality with a distinct score. At the same time, Liao Jingni's voice also has a lonely and arrogant temperament, and many of her works voiced by Lin Qingxia are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, such as "Oriental Undefeated", "The Rise of the Storm", "New Dragon Gate Inn" and so on. Today, Ms. Liao has immigrated to the United States and is now working as a host on a Chinese-language radio station in the United States.
19. Liu Xiaoyun
It is most appropriate to use the "beauty spokesperson" to describe the appearance and voice of voice actor Liu Xiaoyun. In the classic Hong Kong films of the 90s, as long as they were beautiful and beautiful, they would be interpreted by Liu Xiaoyun. Like Gong Li in "Tang Bohu Dian Qiu Xiang", Li Jiaxin in "Deer Ding", Zhang Min in "Truant Weilong" and "Wu Zhuangyuan Su Qi'er" and so on. Liu Xiaoyun uses a sweet and noble voice to add a strange temperament of "not eating fireworks in the world" for them. Liu Xiaoyun can definitely be called a voice actor who "does not see his person, only hears his voice, and can pluck the heartstrings of his heart".
20. Du Suzhen
Du Suzhen's voice has a strong plasticity, she can do the same movie for the old woman, child, young woman at the same time dubbing, but also without being easily detected by the audience. She can not only use her voice to interpret the feminine and charming, but also show the independence and strength of women. Whether it is a drama or a comedy role, she has excellent control. From the fact that she assigned Wu Junru two completely different roles, "Wei Chunhua" and "Hong Xing Thirteen Sisters", it is enough to show her excellent dubbing qualities. In addition, Du Suzhen is also the designated voice actor of many Taiwanese TV dramas, and she has also made cameo appearances in dramas such as "Wan Jun" and "Plum Blossom Branding".