Tenzing Norgay
Actor
- Born
- May 20, 1914 · Khumbu, Nepal
- Died
- May 9, 1986 (age 71)
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
Beyond the Edge
October 24, 2013
The Conquest of Everest
December 9, 1953
Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King
December 12, 2003
The Dark Side of Everest
January 1, 2003
The Conquest of Everest 1953
January 1, 1997
Himalayan Epic
April 18, 1951
The Race for Everest
May 27, 2003
Everest at Any Cost
January 1, 1999
High and Hallowed: Everest 1963
September 19, 2013
National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain
May 6, 2003
Everest 1936 - Ruttledge
January 1, 1936
Acting12
- 2013Beyond the Edge as Self (archive footage)
- 2013High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 as Self (archive footage)
- 2003Beyond the Movie: The Return of the King as Self (archive footage)
- 2003The Race for Everest as Self (archive footage)
- 2003National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain as Self (archive footage)
- 2003The Dark Side of Everest as Self (archive footage)
- 1999Everest at Any Cost as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World as Self (archive footage)
- 1997The Conquest of Everest 1953 as self (archive footage)