Tenzin Gyatso

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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

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Beastie Boys Story

Self (archive footage)

4:44 Last Day on Earth

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Naqoyqatsi

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

MasterChef Australia

Self

Happy

Self

Wheel of Time

Self

Why Are We Creative?

Self

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Dalai Lama - The Fateful Years of a Chosen One TV	Self
2025	The Dalai Lama's Gift MOVIE	Self
2025	Battle for Tibet MOVIE	Self
2024	Wisdom of Happiness MOVIE	Self
2024	The Secret of Death MOVIE	Self
2023	Tukdam: The Point Of Death MOVIE	Self
2023	King Charles III: The New Monarchy MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2022	A Case for Kindness MOVIE	Self
2022	Amala MOVIE	Self
2022	Tukdam – Between Worlds MOVIE	Self
2022	Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times MOVIE	Self
2022	Never Forget Tibet MOVIE	Self
2021	The Art of Dissent MOVIE	Self - Subject (archive footage)
2020	Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being MOVIE	Self
2020	Infinite Potential: The Life & Ideas of David Bohm MOVIE	Self - 14th Dalai Lama
2020	Beastie Boys Story MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2019	But Beautiful MOVIE	Self
2019	An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile MOVIE	Self
2019	The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama In His Own Words MOVIE	Self
2018	AUTARK - Leben mit der Energiewende 4 MOVIE	Self
2018	The Mayo Clinic MOVIE	Self
2018	Mega Icons TV	Self
2018	Why Are We Creative? MOVIE	Self
2017	The Enlightenment MOVIE	Self
2017	The Last Dalai Lama? MOVIE	Self
2016	Quotidien TV	Self - Guest
2016	Earth Sutra MOVIE	Self
2016	State of Control MOVIE	Self
2015	The Late Show with Stephen Colbert TV	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2015	The Dance of Infinity MOVIE	Self
2015	Tibetan Warrior MOVIE	Self
2014	The Dialogue MOVIE	Self
2014	Monk with a Camera MOVIE	Self
2013	Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me MOVIE	Self
2013	14th Dalai Lama MOVIE	Self
2012	Owned & Operated MOVIE	Dalai Lama
2012	Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism MOVIE	Self
2012	Bön: Mustang to Menri MOVIE	14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
2012	Flipside: A Journey into the Afterlife MOVIE	Self
2012	One Day on Earth MOVIE	Self
2012	4:44 Last Day on Earth MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012	Happy MOVIE	Self
2011	Project Happiness MOVIE	Self
2011	Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was... MOVIE	Self
2011	Nicky's Family MOVIE	Self
2011	Compassion in Emptiness MOVIE	Self
2011	Francisco Cisco Pancho MOVIE	Self
2010	Discover the Gift MOVIE	Self - Spiritual Leader of Tibet
2010	The Invocation MOVIE	Self
2010	When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun MOVIE	Self
2010	The Buddha MOVIE	Self
2010	Talk im Hangar-7 TV	Self
2010	The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom MOVIE	Self
2010	Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche MOVIE	Self
2009	Happiness Is MOVIE	Self
2009	Eine Reise in die Welt des Dalai Lama MOVIE	Self
2009	MasterChef Australia TV	Self
2009	Mustang: Journey of Transformation MOVIE	Self
2008	Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV MOVIE	Self
2008	The Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of the Dalai Lama's Struggle for Tibet MOVIE	Self
2008	Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut MOVIE	Self
2008	Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution MOVIE	Self
2008	The Dalai Lama: Peace and Prosperity MOVIE	Self
2008	The Lost World of Tibet MOVIE	Self
2008	One Water MOVIE	Self
2008	Jesus in India MOVIE	Self - His Holiness the 4th Dalai Lama
2007	In God's Name MOVIE	Self
2007	Dalai Lama Renaissance MOVIE	Self
2006	A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama MOVIE	Self
2006	10 Questions for the Dalai Lama MOVIE	Self
2006	Mystical Brain MOVIE	Self
2006	On Life & Enlightenment MOVIE	Self
2006	Refuge MOVIE	Self
2005	Monte Grande: What is Life? MOVIE	Self
2004	Dalai Lama: Discourse on the Heart Sutra MOVIE	Self
2004	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela MOVIE	Self
2004	What Remains of Us MOVIE	Self
2004	Tibetan Refugee MOVIE	Self
2004	Impermanence MOVIE	Self
2003	Women of K2 MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2003	Wheel of Time MOVIE	Self
2003	The Ring of the Buddha MOVIE	Self
2002	Naqoyqatsi MOVIE	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002	Tibet 2002 MOVIE	Self
2001	Tibet's Stolen Child MOVIE	Self
1999	maybrit illner TV	Self
1999	Beckmann TV	Self
1998	In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese MOVIE	Self
1998	Free Tibet MOVIE	Self - The Dalai Lama
1998	The Jew in the Lotus MOVIE	Self
1998	Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity MOVIE	Self
1997	The Four Noble Truths MOVIE	Self
1997	The Knowledge of Healing MOVIE	Self
1997	HARDtalk TV	Self
1997	Kreuz & Quer TV	Self
1995	Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche MOVIE	Self
1994	The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life MOVIE	Self
1994	The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation MOVIE	Self
1994	The Himalayas TV	Self
1993	Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama MOVIE	Self
1992	Gaia Symphony TV	Self
1992	Ian Stevenson Reincarnation Research Documentary MOVIE	Self
1991	Galahad of Everest MOVIE	Self
1991	El mirador TV	Self
1988	Walking After Midnight MOVIE	Self
1987	Dispatches TV	Self
1984	Merton: A Film Biography MOVIE	Self - The Dalai Lama
1982	Wortwechsel TV	Self
1976	Club 2 TV	Self
1976	30 millions d'amis TV	Self
1975	Apostrophes TV	Self
1966	The Message of the Tibetans MOVIE	Self
1956	The Road Leads to Tibet MOVIE	Self

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