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Tenzin Gyatso
Tenzin Gyatso

Tenzin Gyatso

Acting•Born July 6, 1935 (age 90)•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

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2015•TV Series•
6.1
Frontline

Frontline

1983•TV Series•
6.6
Apostrophes

Apostrophes

1975•TV Series•
8.5
Quotidien

Quotidien

2016•TV Series•
5.5
MasterChef Australia

MasterChef Australia

2009•TV Series•
7.0
Beckmann

Beckmann

1999•TV Series•
4.3
maybrit illner

maybrit illner

1999•TV Series•
9.0
Dispatches

Dispatches

1987•TV Series•
6.7

Filmography

2025
Dalai Lama - The Fateful Years of a Chosen One

as Self

TV
2025
The Dalai Lama's Gift

as Self

Movie
2025
Battle for Tibet

as Self

Movie
2024
Wisdom of Happiness

as Self

Movie
2024
The Secret of Death

as Self

Movie
2023
Tukdam: The Point Of Death
Movie
2023
King Charles III: The New Monarchy

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022
A Case for Kindness

as Self

Movie
2022
Amala

as Self

Movie
2022
Tukdam – Between Worlds

as Self

Movie
2022
Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times

as Self

Movie
2022
Never Forget Tibet

as Self

Movie
2021
The Art of Dissent

as Self - Subject (archive footage)

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

as Self

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

as Self - 14th Dalai Lama

Movie
2020
Beastie Boys Story

as Self (archive footage)

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

as Self

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

as Self

Movie
2018
AUTARK - Leben mit der Energiewende 4

as Self

Movie
2018
The Mayo Clinic

as Self

Movie
2018
Mega Icons

as Self

TV
2018
Why Are We Creative?

as Self

Movie
2017
The Enlightenment

as Self

Movie
2017
The Last Dalai Lama?

as Self

Movie
2016
Quotidien

as Self - Guest

TV
2016
Earth Sutra

as Self

Movie
2016
State of Control

as Self

Movie
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

TV
2015
The Dance of Infinity

as Self

Movie
2015
Tibetan Warrior

as Self

Movie
2014
The Dialogue

as Self

Movie
2014
Monk with a Camera

as Self

Movie
2013
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me

as Self

Movie
2013
14th Dalai Lama

as Self

Movie
2012
Owned & Operated

as Dalai Lama

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

as Self

Movie
2012
Bön: Mustang to Menri

as 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso

Movie
2012
Flipside: A Journey into the Afterlife

as Self

Movie
2012
One Day on Earth

as Self

Movie
2012
4:44 Last Day on Earth

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2012
Happy

as Self

Movie
2011
Project Happiness

as Self

Movie
2011
Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...

as Self

Movie
2011
Nicky's Family

as Self

Movie
2011
Compassion in Emptiness

as Self

Movie
2011
Francisco Cisco Pancho

as Self

Movie
2010
Discover the Gift

as Self - Spiritual Leader of Tibet

Movie
2010
The Invocation

as Self

Movie
2010
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun

as Self

Movie
2010
The Buddha

as Self

Movie
2010
Talk im Hangar-7

as Self

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

as Self

Movie
2010
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

as Self

Movie
2009
Happiness Is

as Self

Movie
2009
Eine Reise in die Welt des Dalai Lama
Movie
2009
MasterChef Australia
TV
2009
Mustang: Journey of Transformation
Movie
2008
Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV

as Self

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

as Self

Movie
2008
Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut

as Self

Movie
2008
Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution
Movie
2008
The Dalai Lama: Peace and Prosperity

as Self

Movie
2008
The Lost World of Tibet
Movie
2008
One Water

as Self

Movie
2008
Jesus in India

as Self - His Holiness the 4th Dalai Lama

Movie
2007
In God's Name
Movie
2007
Dalai Lama Renaissance

as Self

Movie
2006
A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama

as Self

Movie
2006
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama

as Self

Movie
2006
Mystical Brain

as Self

Movie
2006
On Life & Enlightenment

as Self

Movie
2006
Refuge

as Self

Movie
2005
Monte Grande: What is Life?

as Self

Movie
2004
Dalai Lama: Discourse on the Heart Sutra

as Self

Movie
2004
Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela
Movie
2004
What Remains of Us

as Self

Movie
2004
Tibetan Refugee

as Self

Movie
2004
Impermanence

as Self

Movie
2003
Women of K2

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2003
Wheel of Time

as Self

Movie
2003
The Ring of the Buddha

as Self

Movie
2002
Naqoyqatsi

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie
2002
Tibet 2002

as Self

Movie
2001
Tibet's Stolen Child

as Self

Movie
1999
maybrit illner

as Self

TV
1999
Beckmann

as Self

TV
1998
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese

as Self

Movie
1998
Free Tibet

as Self - The Dalai Lama

Movie
1998
The Jew in the Lotus

as Self

Movie
1998
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
Movie
1997
The Four Noble Truths

as Self

Movie
1997
The Knowledge of Healing

as Self

Movie
1997
HARDtalk
TV
1997
Kreuz & Quer

as Self

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

as Self

Movie
1994
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life

as Self

Movie
1994
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation

as Self

Movie
1994
The Himalayas

as Self

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

as Self

Movie
1992
Gaia Symphony

as Self

TV
1992
Ian Stevenson Reincarnation Research Documentary
Movie
1991
Galahad of Everest

as Self

Movie
1991
El mirador

as Self

TV
1988
Walking After Midnight

as Self

Movie
1987
Dispatches
TV
1984
Merton: A Film Biography

as Self - The Dalai Lama

Movie
1983
Frontline

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1982
Wortwechsel

as Self

TV
1976
Club 2

as Self

TV
1976
30 millions d'amis

as Self

TV
1975
Apostrophes

as Self

TV
1966
The Message of the Tibetans

as Self

Movie
1956
The Road Leads to Tibet

as Self

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 6, 1935
Place of BirthTaktser, Amdo, Tibet
Popularity0.2