Tenzing Norgay
Born: 1914-05-20 in Khumbu, Nepal
Died: 1986-05-09
Known For: Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
2013
- Beyond The Edge as Self (archive footage)
- High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 as Self (archive footage)
2003
- The Dark Side of Everest as Self (archive footage)
- The Race for Everest as Self (archive footage)
- National Geographic - Everest, Una Sfida Lunga 50 Anni as Himself
- Hillary & Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World as Himself
1999
- Everest At Any Cost as Self (archive footage)
1997
- The Quest as Self (related character)
- Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After as self (related characters)
1993
- Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears as related character
1953
- The Conquest of Everest as Himself