Tenzin Gyatso

Known for: Acting
Born: July 6, 1935, Taktser, Amdo, Tibet
Movies: 95

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.

Best-Known Movies

7.5

Beastie Boys Story

2020

4.8

4:44 Last Day on Earth

2012

6.2

Naqoyqatsi

2002

7.1

Happy

2012

6.4

Wheel of Time

2003

7.5

Why Are We Creative?

2018

6.4

The Buddha

2010

7.2

10 Questions for the Dalai Lama

2006

7.2

Monk with a Camera

2014

8.7

Nicky's Family

2011

Filmography

2026	Dalai Lama - Ocean of Wisdom	Himself
2025	The Dalai Lama's Gift	Self
2025	Battle for Tibet	Self
2024	Wisdom of Happiness	Self
2024	The Secret of Death	Self
2023	Tukdam: The Point Of Death
2023	King Charles III: The New Monarchy	Self (archive footage)
2022	A Case for Kindness	Self
2022	Amala	Self
2022	Tukdam – Between Worlds	Self
2022	Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times	Self
2022	Never Forget Tibet	Self
2021	The Art of Dissent	Self - Subject (archive footage)
2020	Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being	Self
2020	Infinite Potential: The Life & Ideas of David Bohm	Self - 14th Dalai Lama
2020	Beastie Boys Story	Self (archive footage)
2019	But Beautiful
2019	An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile	Self
2019	The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama In His Own Words	Self
2018	AUTARK - Leben mit der Energiewende 4	Self
2018	The Mayo Clinic	Self
2018	Why Are We Creative?	Self
2017	The Enlightenment	Self
2017	The Last Dalai Lama?	Self
2016	Earth Sutra	Self
2016	State of Control	Self
2015	The Dance of Infinity	Self
2015	Tibetan Warrior	Self
2014	The Dialogue	Self
2014	Monk with a Camera	Self
2013	Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me	Self
2013	14th Dalai Lama	Self
2012	Owned & Operated	Dalai Lama
2012	Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism	Self
2012	Bön: Mustang to Menri	14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
2012	Flipside: A Journey into the Afterlife	Self
2012	One Day on Earth	Self
2012	4:44 Last Day on Earth	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012	Happy	Self
2011	Project Happiness	Self
2011	Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...	Self
2011	Nicky's Family	Self
2011	Compassion in Emptiness	Self
2011	Francisco Cisco Pancho	Self
2010	Discover the Gift	Self - Spiritual Leader of Tibet
2010	The Invocation	Self
2010	When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun	Self
2010	The Buddha	Self
2010	The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom	Self
2010	Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche	Self
2009	Happiness Is	Self
2009	Eine Reise in die Welt des Dalai Lama
2009	Mustang: Journey of Transformation
2008	Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV	Self
2008	The Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of the Dalai Lama's Struggle for Tibet	Self
2008	Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut	Self
2008	Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution
2008	The Dalai Lama: Peace and Prosperity	Self
2008	The Lost World of Tibet
2008	One Water	Self
2008	Jesus in India	Self - His Holiness the 4th Dalai Lama
2007	In God's Name
2007	Dalai Lama Renaissance	Self
2006	A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama	Self
2006	10 Questions for the Dalai Lama	Self
2006	Mystical Brain	Self
2006	On Life & Enlightenment	Self
2006	Refuge	Self
2005	Monte Grande: What is Life?	Self
2004	Dalai Lama: Discourse on the Heart Sutra	Self
2004	Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela
2004	What Remains of Us	Self
2004	Tibetan Refugee	Self
2004	Impermanence	Self
2003	Women of K2	Self (archive footage)
2003	Wheel of Time	Self
2003	The Ring of the Buddha	Self
2002	Naqoyqatsi	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2002	Tibet 2002	Self
2001	Tibet's Stolen Child	Self
1998	In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese	Self
1998	Free Tibet	Self - The Dalai Lama
1998	The Jew in the Lotus	Self
1998	Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
1997	The Four Noble Truths	Self
1997	The Knowledge of Healing	Self
1995	Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche	Self
1994	The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life & The Great Liberation	Self
1993	Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama	Self
1992	Ian Stevenson Reincarnation Research Documentary
1991	Galahad of Everest	Self
1988	Walking After Midnight	Self
1984	Merton: A Film Biography	Self - The Dalai Lama
1966	The Message of the Tibetans	Self
1956	The Road Leads to Tibet	Self

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