Benz Hui

"Benz" Hui Shiu-hung (Chinese: 許紹雄; 4 November 1948 – 28 October 2025) was a Hong Kong film and television actor in over 165 films. Appearing on TVB, he was known as the "King of Supporting Actors".

Hui moved to Hong Kong in 1958. Hui enrolled in the Artist Training Class at Television Broadcasts Limited in 1971.

Hui came from an influential family in Canton. His great-grandfather, Xu Yingkui, was a godson of Empress Dowager Cixi and served as an imperial official during the late Qing dynasty. Hui's great-aunt, Xu Guangping, was the partner of writer Lu Xun. His granduncle Xu Chongzhi [zh] (Cantonese: Hui Chung-chi) was a founder of the Whampoa Military Academy, while his other granduncle Xu Chongqing (Cantonese: Hui Chung-ching) once served as an education minister of Canton.

Prior to acting, Hui joined Commercial Radio Hong Kong. There, colleague Charles Tang Wing-hung [zh] nicknamed him "Benz" as he was the only person to drive a Mercedes-Benz to work.

In 1972, Hui started his acting career in Young People, a 1972 film directed by Chang Cheh. He shone in supporting roles of various television series, including Inspector Wong in Running Out of Time in 1999. Hui would be nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Inspector Wong in the 19th Hong Kong Film Awards. Hui was credited with over 165 films.

In 2013, Hui won the Best Supporting Actor at the 2013 TVB Anniversary Awards for his role in the comedy series Bounty Lady.

In 2014, Hui acted as Chum Foon-hei in the TVB serial drama Line Walker which boosted his acting career. He won the Most Popular Male Character at the 2014 TVB Anniversary Awards for this role. As a result, he clinched several commercial appearances, acting roles in mainland dramas, and a guest appearance on the film adaption of the drama serial. He was also nicknamed Foon-hei Gor, or Brother Foon-hei, after his character.

Hui met Angeli Hui (née Yin-yi Lung), a Singaporean, in the 1980s when he worked in Singapore. Lung has a son from her previous marriage and then a daughter, Charmaine Hui, with Hui in 1997. To help their daughter who struggled with mathematics under Hong Kong's education system, Hui and his wife opened a Singaporean-style tutoring school in Hong Kong.

On 27 October 2025, Hui was reportedly hospitalised and in critical condition, many artists eventually arrived at the hospital for a visit. He died the next day, on 28 October, a week before his 77th birthday. The cause of death was multiple organ failure due to kidney cancer.

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