Tenzin Gyatso

Tenzin Gyatso

Known for
Acting
Born
July 6, 1935 (age 91)
Birthplace
Taktser, Amdo, Tibet

Biography

Tenzin Gyatso, His Holiness, is the 14th Dalai Lama, the former head of state and spiritual leader of the people of Tibet. He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989.

Known For

Photos

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Filmography

2026
Dalai Lama - Ocean of Wisdom poster

Dalai Lama - Ocean of Wisdom

Movie · as Himself

2025
The Dalai Lama's Gift poster

The Dalai Lama's Gift

Movie · as Self

2025
Battle for Tibet poster

Battle for Tibet

Movie · as Self

2025
Dalai Lama - The Fateful Years of a Chosen One poster

Dalai Lama - The Fateful Years of a Chosen One

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2024
Wisdom of Happiness poster

Wisdom of Happiness

Movie · as Self

2024
The Secret of Death poster

The Secret of Death

Movie · as Self

2023
King Charles III: The New Monarchy poster

King Charles III: The New Monarchy

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Tukdam: The Point Of Death poster

Tukdam: The Point Of Death

Movie

2022
Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times poster

Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times

Movie · as Self

2022
Never Forget Tibet poster

Never Forget Tibet

Movie · as Self

2022
Amala poster

Amala

Movie · as Self

2022
A Case for Kindness poster

A Case for Kindness

Movie · as Self

2022
Tukdam – Between Worlds poster

Tukdam – Between Worlds

Movie · as Self

2021
The Art of Dissent poster

The Art of Dissent

Movie · as Self - Subject (archive footage)

2020
Infinite Potential: The Life & Ideas of David Bohm poster

Infinite Potential: The Life & Ideas of David Bohm

Movie · as Self - 14th Dalai Lama

2020
Beastie Boys Story poster

Beastie Boys Story

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being poster

Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being

Movie · as Self

2019
But Beautiful poster

But Beautiful

Movie

2019
An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile poster

An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile

Movie · as Self

2019
The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama In His Own Words poster

The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama In His Own Words

Movie · as Self

2018
AUTARK - Leben mit der Energiewende 4 poster

AUTARK - Leben mit der Energiewende 4

Movie · as Self

2018
Why Are We Creative? poster

Why Are We Creative?

Movie · as Self

2018
The Mayo Clinic poster

The Mayo Clinic

Movie · as Self

2018
Mega Icons poster

Mega Icons

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2017
The Enlightenment poster

The Enlightenment

Movie · as Self

2017
The Last Dalai Lama? poster

The Last Dalai Lama?

Movie · as Self

2016
Earth Sutra poster

Earth Sutra

Movie · as Self

2016
State of Control poster

State of Control

Movie · as Self

2016
Quotidien poster

Quotidien

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2015
Tibetan Warrior poster

Tibetan Warrior

Movie · as Self

2015
The Dance of Infinity poster

The Dance of Infinity

Movie · as Self

2014
The Dialogue poster

The Dialogue

Movie · as Self

2014
Monk with a Camera poster

Monk with a Camera

Movie · as Self

2013
14th Dalai Lama poster

14th Dalai Lama

Movie · as Self

2013
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me poster

Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me

Movie · as Self

2012
One Day on Earth poster

One Day on Earth

Movie · as Self

2012
Happy poster

Happy

Movie · as Self

2012
Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism poster

Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism

Movie · as Self

2012
4:44 Last Day on Earth poster

4:44 Last Day on Earth

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2012
Flipside: A Journey into the Afterlife poster

Flipside: A Journey into the Afterlife

Movie · as Self

2012
Owned & Operated poster

Owned & Operated

Movie · as Dalai Lama

2012
Bön: Mustang to Menri poster

Bön: Mustang to Menri

Movie · as 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso

2011
Compassion in Emptiness poster

Compassion in Emptiness

Movie · as Self

2011
Nicky's Family poster

Nicky's Family

Movie · as Self

2011
Francisco Cisco Pancho poster

Francisco Cisco Pancho

Movie · as Self

2011
Project Happiness poster

Project Happiness

Movie · as Self

2011
Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was... poster

Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...

Movie · as Self

2010
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom poster

The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom

Movie · as Self

2010
The Invocation poster

The Invocation

Movie · as Self

2010
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche poster

Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Movie · as Self

2010
Discover the Gift poster

Discover the Gift

Movie · as Self - Spiritual Leader of Tibet

2010
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

Movie · as Self

2010
The Buddha poster

The Buddha

Movie · as Self

2010
Talk im Hangar-7

Talk im Hangar-7

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Happiness Is

Happiness Is

Movie · as Self

2009
Eine Reise in die Welt des Dalai Lama poster

Eine Reise in die Welt des Dalai Lama

Movie

2009
Mustang: Journey of Transformation poster

Mustang: Journey of Transformation

Movie

2009
MasterChef Australia poster

MasterChef Australia

TV · 1 ep

2008
Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV poster

Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV

Movie · as Self

2008
Jesus in India poster

Jesus in India

Movie · as Self - His Holiness the 4th Dalai Lama

2008
The Dalai Lama: Peace and Prosperity

The Dalai Lama: Peace and Prosperity

Movie · as Self

2008
Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution poster

Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution

Movie

2008
Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut poster

Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut

Movie · as Self

2008
The Lost World of Tibet poster

The Lost World of Tibet

Movie

2008
One Water poster

One Water

Movie · as Self

2008
The Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of the Dalai Lama's Struggle for Tibet poster

The Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of the Dalai Lama's Struggle for Tibet

Movie · as Self

2007
In God's Name

In God's Name

Movie

2007
Dalai Lama Renaissance poster

Dalai Lama Renaissance

Movie · as Self

2006
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama poster

10 Questions for the Dalai Lama

Movie · as Self

2006
A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

Movie · as Self

2006
Mystical Brain

Mystical Brain

Movie · as Self

2006
On Life & Enlightenment poster

On Life & Enlightenment

Movie · as Self

2006
Refuge

Refuge

Movie · as Self

2005
Monte Grande: What is Life? poster

Monte Grande: What is Life?

Movie · as Self

2004
Tibetan Refugee

Tibetan Refugee

Movie · as Self

2004
What Remains of Us poster

What Remains of Us

Movie · as Self

2004
Impermanence poster

Impermanence

Movie · as Self

2004
Dalai Lama: Discourse on the Heart Sutra poster

Dalai Lama: Discourse on the Heart Sutra

Movie · as Self

2004
Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela

Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela

Movie

2003
Women of K2 poster

Women of K2

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2003
Wheel of Time poster

Wheel of Time

Movie · as Self

2003
The Ring of the Buddha poster

The Ring of the Buddha

Movie · as Self

2002
Tibet 2002 poster

Tibet 2002

Movie · as Self

2002
Naqoyqatsi poster

Naqoyqatsi

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2001
Tibet's Stolen Child poster

Tibet's Stolen Child

Movie · as Self

1999
maybrit illner poster

maybrit illner

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Beckmann poster

Beckmann

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1998
The Jew in the Lotus poster

The Jew in the Lotus

Movie · as Self

1998
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese poster

In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese

Movie · as Self

1998
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity poster

Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity

Movie

1998
Free Tibet poster

Free Tibet

Movie · as Self - The Dalai Lama

1997
The Four Noble Truths poster

The Four Noble Truths

Movie · as Self

1997
The Knowledge of Healing poster

The Knowledge of Healing

Movie · as Self

1997
Kreuz & Quer

Kreuz & Quer

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1997
HARDtalk poster

HARDtalk

TV · 2 eps

1995
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche

Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche

Movie · as Self

1994
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life & The Great Liberation poster

The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life & The Great Liberation

Movie · as Self

1994
The Himalayas poster

The Himalayas

TV · as Self · 8 eps

1993
Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama poster

Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama

Movie · as Self

1992
Ian Stevenson Reincarnation Research Documentary poster

Ian Stevenson Reincarnation Research Documentary

Movie

1992
Gaia Symphony poster

Gaia Symphony

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
Galahad of Everest poster

Galahad of Everest

Movie · as Self

1991
El mirador

El mirador

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1988
Walking After Midnight poster

Walking After Midnight

Movie · as Self

1987
Dispatches poster

Dispatches

TV · 1 ep

1984
Merton: A Film Biography poster

Merton: A Film Biography

Movie · as Self - The Dalai Lama

1983
Frontline poster

Frontline

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1982
Wortwechsel

Wortwechsel

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Everyman poster

Everyman

TV · 2 eps

1976
Club 2

Club 2

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1976
30 millions d'amis poster

30 millions d'amis

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1975
Apostrophes poster

Apostrophes

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1966
The Message of the Tibetans poster

The Message of the Tibetans

Movie · as Self

1956
The Road Leads to Tibet poster

The Road Leads to Tibet

Movie · as Self