Tenzing Norgay
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- May 20, 1914
- Died
- May 9, 1986
- Birthplace
- Khumbu, Nepal
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
Tenzing 2026
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Edge 2013
as Self (archive footage)
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 2013
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King 2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Race for Everest 2003
as Self (archive footage)
National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain 2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Dark Side of Everest 2003
as Self (archive footage)
Everest at Any Cost 1999
as Self (archive footage)
- Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World
Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World 1997
as Self (archive footage)
The Conquest of Everest 1953 1997
as self (archive footage)
The Conquest of Everest 1953
as Self
Himalayan Epic 1951
Actor
Everest 1936 - Ruttledge 1936
as Self
Credits from TMDB.