Samuel Hui

Samuel Hui is, in my view, nothing less than a founding father of Cantopop. A Guangzhou-born University of Hong Kong graduate, he made the radical choice to sing in everyday Cantonese rather than formal written Chinese, fusing Western pop with biting lyrics about ordinary people's struggles. That decision turned a regional pop scene into a genuine popular culture. I admire him equally as a comic film actor and as a one-man creative engine, singer, songwriter and producer all at once. To me he embodies an entire era of Hong Kong entertainment, the rare artist whose work feels inseparable from the city itself.

Name (English)

Samuel Hui

Name (Japanese)

サミュエル・ホイ

Reading

さみゅえる・ほい

Born

September 6, 1948 (age 77)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rat

Origin

Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

Occupation

actor / singer / film actor / songwriter / record producer

University

University of Hong Kong

• Official sitehttps://www.samhuiofficial.com
• Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/samhuiofficial/
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Hui
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%82%A4
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q549233

Tags

• actor
• singer
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-23

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