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.

KNOWN FOR

Tenzing
2026
The Quest
1997
Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After
1997
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
1993
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
2013
Everest 1936 - Ruttledge
1936
Everest At Any Cost
1999
The Conquest of Everest
1953
The Race for Everest
2003
Beyond The Edge
2013
The Dark Side of Everest
2003
National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain
2003

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
14
2026
Tenzing
as Related Character · unreleased
2013
Beyond The Edge
as Self (archive footage)
2013
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Dark Side of Everest
as Self (archive footage)
2003
National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Race for Everest
as Self (archive footage)
1999
Everest At Any Cost
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World
as Self (archive footage)
1997
Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After
as self (related characters)
1997
The Quest
as Self (related character)
1993
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
as related character
1953
The Conquest of Everest
as Self
1951
Himalayan Epic
1936
Everest 1936 - Ruttledge
as Self