Matthieu Ricard
Born: 1946-02-15 in Aix-les-Bains, Savoie, Rhône-Alpes, France
Known For: Directing
Biography
Matthieu Ricard is a Nepalese French writer, photographer, translator and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. He grew up among the personalities and ideas of French intellectual circles. He received a PhD degree in molecular genetics from the Pasteur Institute in 1972. He then decided to forsake his scientific career and instead practice Tibetan Buddhism, living mainly in the Himalayas. Ricard is a board member of the Mind and Life Institute. He received the French National Order of Merit for his humanitarian work in the East with Karuna-Shechen, the non-profit organization he co-founded in 2000 with Rabjam Rinpoche. Since 1989, he has acted as the French interpreter for the 14th Dalai Lama. Since 2010, he has been travelling and giving a series of talks with and assisting in teachings by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, the incarnation of Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
Filmography
2025
- La saveur d’une vie as Self
2023
2022
- Quelle époque ! as Self - Guest
- The A Talks as Self - Guest
- The Sweet Taste of Success as Matthieu Ricard
2021
- Who We Were as Self - Buddhist Monk
2020
- My Year of Living Mindfully as Himself
- From Stress to Happiness as Self
- Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being as Self
- Return to Gandhi Road as himself
2015
- Unity as Narrator (voice)
- The Altruism Revolution as Himself
2011
2010
2009
- C à vous as Self - Guest
- The devotion of Matthieu Ricard as himself
2006
- Salut les Terriens ! as Self - Guest
2003
- Wheel of Time as Self