Tenzing Norgay
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 20, 1914
- Died
- May 9, 1986 (aged 71)
- Birthplace
- Khumbu, Nepal
Biography
Tenzing Norgay (/ˈtɛnzɪŋ ˈnɔːrɡeɪ/; Sherpa: བསྟན་འཛིན་ནོར་རྒྱས tendzin norgyé; May 1914 – 9 May 1986), born Namgyal Wangdi, and also referred to as Sherpa Tenzing, was a Nepalese-Indian Sherpa mountaineer. On 29 May 1953, he and Edmund Hillary were the first confirmed to have reached the summit of Mount Everest, as part of the 1953 British Mount Everest expedition. Time named Norgay one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century.
Known For
Filmography
Tenzing
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Edge
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Dark Side of Everest
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Race for Everest
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Everest at Any Cost
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Conquest of Everest 1953
Movie · as self (archive footage)
The Conquest of Everest
Movie · as Self
Himalayan Epic
Movie
Everest 1936 - Ruttledge
Movie · as Self