Tenzing Norgay
Known for Acting · 9 credits
- Born
- 1914-05-20
- Died
- 1986-05-09
- Place of birth
- Khumbu, Nepal
Biography
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
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
1993
as related character
Beyond The Edge
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Race for Everest
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Conquest of Everest
1953
as Himself
National Geographic - Everest, Una Sfida Lunga 50 Anni
2003
as Himself
Everest At Any Cost
1999
as Self (archive footage)
Movies (9)
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
1993
as related character
Beyond The Edge
2013
as Self (archive footage)
The Race for Everest
2003
as Self (archive footage)
The Conquest of Everest
1953
as Himself
National Geographic - Everest, Una Sfida Lunga 50 Anni
2003
as Himself
Everest At Any Cost
1999
as Self (archive footage)
The Dark Side of Everest
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Himalayan Epic
1951
Hillary & Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World
2003
as Himself
About Tenzing Norgay
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. With 9 credits spanning from 1951 to 2013, Tenzing Norgay has appeared in 9 films and 0 TV shows.
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Most Popular Tenzing Norgay Movies
- Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears (1993) — as related character
- Beyond The Edge (2013) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Race for Everest (2003) — as Self (archive footage)
- The Conquest of Everest (1953) — as Himself
- National Geographic - Everest, Una Sfida Lunga 50 Anni (2003) — as Himself
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