Tenzing Norgay
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 20, 1914, Khumbu, Nepal
- Died
- May 9, 1986
- Movies
- 12
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.
Best-Known Movies
Beyond the Edge
2013
The Conquest of Everest
1953
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
2003
The Dark Side of Everest
2003
The Conquest of Everest 1953
1997
Himalayan Epic
1951
The Race for Everest
2003
Everest at Any Cost
1999
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
2013
National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain
2003
Filmography
| 2013 | Beyond the Edge | Self (archive footage) |
| 2013 | High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | The Race for Everest | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | The Dark Side of Everest | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Everest at Any Cost | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World | Self (archive footage) |
| 1997 | The Conquest of Everest 1953 | self (archive footage) |
| 1953 | The Conquest of Everest | Self |
| 1951 | Himalayan Epic | |
| 1936 | Everest 1936 - Ruttledge | Self |
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