Genden Phuntsok
Actor
- Born
- October 27, 1985 (age 40) · Ganmu, Sichuan, China
Genden Phuntsok (born October 27, 1985, in Ganzi, Sichuan, China) is a Chinese actor of Tibetan descent. He is known for his work in Tibetan-language cinema, particularly his collaborations with director Pema Tseden. He portrayed the hitchhiker Jinpa in Jinpa (2018), which won Best Screenplay in the Horizons section at the 75th Venice International Film Festival. He later appeared as Zaden in Tseden’s Snow Leopard (2023), which received the Tokyo Grand Prix at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival. Phuntsok gained wider international recognition for portraying legendary mountaineer Tenzing Norgay in Jennifer Peedom’s biographical drama Tenzing (2026), starring alongside Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe. The film marked his English-language debut.
Known for
Tenzing
October 9, 2026
Jinpa
February 9, 2019
Butter Lamp
May 19, 2013
Snow Leopard
September 6, 2023
Soul on a String
June 15, 2016
The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Cadaverous Claws
June 10, 2021
Wild Horse from Shangri-La
January 1, 2009
Wind
October 30, 2020
I Come From Beijing: Tibetan Mani Stone Pile in Autumn
October 12, 2021
No Man's Land Hunt
May 14, 2023
Acting10
- 2026Tenzing as Tenzing Norgay
- 2023Snow Leopard as Zaden
- 2023No Man's Land Hunt
- 2021I Come From Beijing: Tibetan Mani Stone Pile in Autumn
- 2021The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Cadaverous Claws as Ouyang Feng
- 2020Wind
- 2019Jinpa as Jinpa (Hitchhiker)
- 2016Soul on a String
- 2013Butter Lamp as Photographer
- 2009Wild Horse from Shangri-La