Beloved Voice Behind a Comedy Legend: Shi Banyu, Queen to Stephen Chow’s King, Passes Away at 66
2024/9/18 21:21
(Updated at 9/18 21:44)
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Chinese Voice Actor Shi Banyu Passes Away at 66
(Central News Agency reporter Wang Jinyu, Taipei, 18th) Chinese voice actor Shi Banyu, who dubbed Hong Kong star Stephen Chow, died on the 17th at the age of 66. Voice actor Ye Qing posted Xi Banyu’s obituary on Weibo today and wrote: “We are reluctant to leave, but we will say goodbye in the end. Brother Xi, have a good journey.”
Xi Banyu’s family posted an obituary on WeChat Moments today, saying that Xi Banyu died peacefully in Beijing yesterday. His family imitated his tone in a Weibo post and wrote: “Dear old friends and new friends, I’m anxious to go to another world to open a recording studio, so I won’t play with you for now! Goodbye, I’ll go first!
Shi Banyu (real name Shi Renmao) is the voice of Stephen Chow in the 1991 film “The Gambler”. Since then, he has become the most familiar “voice of Stephen Chow” to Taiwanese audiences, dubbing “Step Back to School”, “Tang Bohu Spots Qiuqiang”, “God of Cookery” and “Shaolin Football”, and the exaggerated smile is also a common memory of the audience.
Although Xi Banyu’s dubbing work has decreased in recent years, he still appeared on the court in June to start playing for the Central Vocational School Unified Lions.
Stephen Chow’s Iconic Voice
After Xu Shaoqiang died, his heroic image became deeply embedded in people’s hearts, and he participated in the film The Martial Arts Champion Su Qi’s Tianqanbian.