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

Quotidien
2016
maybrit illner
2008
Frontline
2025
Apostrophes
1989
Beckmann
2005
MasterChef Australia
2011
Dispatches
1988
Wortwechsel
2008
30 millions d'amis
1993
HARDtalk
1997
Talk im Hangar-7
2012
Club 2
1991

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
114
2026
Dalai Lama - Ocean of Wisdom
as Himself
2025
The Dalai Lama's Gift
as Self
2025
Battle for Tibet
as Self
2025
Dalai Lama - The Fateful Years of a Chosen One
as Self
2025
Frontline
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Wisdom of Happiness
as Self
2024
The Secret of Death
as Self
2023
King Charles III: The New Monarchy
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Tukdam: The Point Of Death
2022
Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times
as Self
2022
Never Forget Tibet
as Self
2022
Amala
as Self
2022
A Case for Kindness
as Self
2022
Tukdam – Between Worlds
as Self
2021
The Art of Dissent
as Self - Subject (archive footage)
2020
Infinite Potential: The Life & Ideas of David Bohm
as Self - 14th Dalai Lama
2020
Beastie Boys Story
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being
as Self
2019
But Beautiful
2019
An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile
as Self
2019
The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama In His Own Words
as Self
2018
AUTARK - Leben mit der Energiewende 4
as Self
2018
Why Are We Creative?
as Self
2018
The Mayo Clinic
as Self
2018
Mega Icons
as Self
2017
The Enlightenment
as Self
2017
The Last Dalai Lama?
as Self
2016
Earth Sutra
as Self
2016
State of Control
as Self
2016
Quotidien
as Self - Guest
2015
Tibetan Warrior
as Self
2015
The Dance of Infinity
as Self
2014
The Dialogue
as Self
2014
Monk with a Camera
as Self
2013
14th Dalai Lama
as Self
2013
Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me
as Self
2012
One Day on Earth
as Self
2012
Happy
as Self
2012
Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism
as Self
2012
4:44 Last Day on Earth
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2012
Flipside: A Journey into the Afterlife
as Self
2012
Owned & Operated
as Dalai Lama
2012
Bön: Mustang to Menri
as 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso
2012
Kreuz & Quer
as Self
2012
Talk im Hangar-7
as Self
2011
Compassion in Emptiness
as Self
2011
Nicky's Family
as Self
2011
Francisco Cisco Pancho
as Self
2011
Project Happiness
as Self
2011
Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...
as Self
2011
MasterChef Australia
2010
The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom
as Self
2010
The Invocation
as Self
2010
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
as Self
2010
Discover the Gift
as Self - Spiritual Leader of Tibet
2010
When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun
as Self
2010
The Buddha
as Self
2009
Happiness Is
as Self
2009
Eine Reise in die Welt des Dalai Lama
2009
Mustang: Journey of Transformation
2008
Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV
as Self
2008
Jesus in India
as Self - His Holiness the 4th Dalai Lama
2008
The Dalai Lama: Peace and Prosperity
as Self
2008
Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution
2008
Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut
as Self
2008
The Lost World of Tibet
2008
One Water
as Self
2008
The Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of the Dalai Lama's Struggle for Tibet
as Self
2008
maybrit illner
as Self
2008
Wortwechsel
as Self
2007
In God's Name
2007
Dalai Lama Renaissance
as Self
2006
10 Questions for the Dalai Lama
as Self
2006
A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama
as Self
2006
Mystical Brain
as Self
2006
On Life & Enlightenment
as Self
2006
Refuge
as Self
2005
Monte Grande: What is Life?
as Self
2005
Beckmann
as Self
2004
Tibetan Refugee
as Self
2004
What Remains of Us
as Self
2004
Impermanence
as Self
2004
Dalai Lama: Discourse on the Heart Sutra
as Self
2004
Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela
2003
Women of K2
as Self (archive footage)
2003
Wheel of Time
as Self
2003
The Ring of the Buddha
as Self
2002
Tibet 2002
as Self
2002
Naqoyqatsi
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2001
Tibet's Stolen Child
as Self
1998
The Jew in the Lotus
as Self
1998
In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese
as Self
1998
Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity
1998
Free Tibet
as Self - The Dalai Lama
1997
The Four Noble Truths
as Self
1997
The Knowledge of Healing
as Self
1997
HARDtalk
1995
Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche
as Self
1995
Gaia Symphony
as Self
1994
The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life & The Great Liberation
as Self
1994
The Himalayas
as Self
1993
Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama
as Self
1993
30 millions d'amis
as Self
1992
Ian Stevenson Reincarnation Research Documentary
1992
El mirador
as Self
1991
Galahad of Everest
as Self
1991
Club 2
as Self
1991
Everyman
1989
Apostrophes
as Self
1988
Walking After Midnight
as Self
1988
Dispatches
1984
Merton: A Film Biography
as Self - The Dalai Lama
1966
The Message of the Tibetans
as Self
1956
The Road Leads to Tibet
as Self