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His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, born Tenzin Gyatso, is Tibet's head of state as well as the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. He was recognized at age 2 as the reincarnation of Avalokiteshvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion. In November 1950, His Holiness assumed full power of Tibet. He completed his Doctorate of Buddhist Philosophy in 1959... See full bio »

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Lhamo Dhondrup
in Taktser, Tibet
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2010 Tao of Peace (documentary) (mental support)
 
Show ShowThanks (5 titles)
2006 The Curse of Blanchard Hill (video) (special thanks)
 
2004 Tibetan Refugee (video documentary) (thanks - as His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
 
2002 The Yogis of Tibet (video documentary) (special thanks - as His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama)
 
2001 Ashoka the Great (acknowledgment - as His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
 
1997 Kundun (acknowledgment - as His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
 
Show ShowSelf (117 titles)
2013 Women of Tibet: The Buddha's Wife (documentary) (filming)
 
2013 Rooted in Peace (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 State of Control (documentary) (post-production)
Himself
 
2013 Journey of the Heart: A Film on Heart Sutra (documentary)
 
2012 Road to Peace; Ancient Wisdom of the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet (documentary)
 
2012 Souls of Zen (documentary)
Himself
 
2012 Bergwelten (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Das reiche Leben des Heinrich Harrer, Teil 1 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Piers Morgan Tonight (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 May 2012 (2012) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 April 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Kreuz & Quer (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 May 2012 (2012) … Himself (as Tenzin Gyatso)
 
2012 Talk im Hangar-7 (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 May 2012 (2012) … Himself
 
2012 Flipside: A Journey Into the Afterlife (documentary)
 
2012 Owned & Operated (documentary)
Himself (voice)
 
2011 Susana Giménez (TV series)
Himself
– Dalai Lama (2011) … Himself
 
2011 MasterChef Australia (TV series)
Himself
– Dalai Lama Challenge (2011) … Himself
 
2009-2011 The 7PM Project (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.473 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #1.470 (2011) … Himself
– Episode #1.101 (2009) … Himself
 
2011 Project Happiness (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Efter Tio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 April 2011 (2011) … Himself
 
2011 Jan Pawel II: Szukalem Was... (documentary)
Himself
 
2011 Nicky's Family (documentary)
Himself
 
2011/I Happy (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 2012: The True Mayan Prophecy (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Buddha (TV documentary)
Himself (as His Holiness The Dalai Lama)
 
2005-2010 Larry King Live (TV series)
Himself
– Dalai Lama (2010) … Himself
– The Dalai Lama (2010) … Himself
– Episode dated 11 September 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2010 Journey from Zanskar (documentary)
 
2010 When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (documentary)
Appears
 
2010 Heaven in Exile (documentary)
Dalai Lama
 
2010 The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom (documentary)
Himself
 
2010/I Discover the Gift (documentary)
Dalai Lama
 
2010 The Invocation (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Kommt ein Gott auf Besuch... Der Dalai Lama in Frankfurt (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Happiness Is (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Dalai Lama, Colombia (documentary) (voice)
 
2009 Woke Up Alive (documentary)
Himself
 
2009 Mustang: Journey of Transformation (documentary short)
Interviewee
 
2009 Serotonin Rising (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Jesus in India (TV documentary)
Himself - His Holiness the 4th Dalai Lama
 
2008 Buddhistische Stille (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Search for the Balanced Life (video documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Dancing in Amdo (documentary)
The Dalai Lama
 
2008 We Can Change the World (documentary short)
Himself
 
2008 The Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of the Dalai Lama's Struggle for Tibet (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Berlin Mitte (TV series)
Himself
– Fackellauf für Menschenrecht? - Der Dalai Lama im Exklusiv-Interview (2008) … Himself
 
2008 Die roten Drachen und das Dach der Welt (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution (documentary) (also archive footage)
 
2008 One Water (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2008 Beyond Our Differences (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Odyssey: Driving Around the World (TV series)
Himself
– The Moose (2007) … Himself
– The Dalai Lama (2007) … Himself
– The Launch (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Paroles - Abbé Pierre (video documentary)
 
2007 La nit al dia (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.5 (2007) … Himself
 
2007 Dalai Lama Renaissance (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Not in God's Name: In Search of Tolerance with the Dalai Lama (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 His Holiness the Dalai Lama: Compassion as Source of Happiness (video documentary)
Himself
 
2007 The Tibetans. A Life in Exile (documentary)
 
2006 Punainen lanka (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 December 2006 (2006) … Himself
 
2006 Sacred Tibet: The Path to Mount Kailash (documentary)
Guest Apperance
 
2006 The Lost World of Tibet (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Compassion Generation (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 The Nomad Experience (video documentary)
 
2006/II Refuge (documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Women of Tibet: Gyalyum Chemo - The Great Mother (documentary) (also archive footage)
 
2006 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama (documentary)
Himself (as The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet)
 
2006 On Life and Enlightenment: Principles of Buddhism with His Holiness the Dalai Lama (video documentary)
Himself
 
2005 The Barbara Walters Summer Special (TV series)
Himself
– Heaven: Where Is It? How Do We Get There? (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 November 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2005 Ein Leben für Tibet - Der XIV. Dalai Lama (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2005 Beckmann (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 June 2005 (2005) … Himself
 
2004 Call It Karma (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Kumbh Mela: Songs of the River (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Dalai Lama: Discourse on the Heart Sutra (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Peace One Day (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Monte Grande: What Is Life? (documentary)
Himself (as H.H. Tenzin Gyatso)
 
2004 Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 What Remains of Us (documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Tibetan Refugee (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Discovering Buddhism (video documentary)
Himself - Teacher
 
2004 Dalai Lama (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Tibet: El techo del mundo (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2004 Himalaya with Michael Palin (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– A Passage to India (2004) … Himself
 
2003 PeaceJam (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Dreaming of Tibet (documentary)
 
2003 Wheel of Time (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Little Monk (documentary short)
Himself
 
2003 Det forbudte landshold (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 A Closer Walk (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Nòmades de la condició humana (TV series documentary)
 
2002 The Ring of the Buddha (documentary)
Himself (as His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
 
2002 Peace Pilgrim: An American Sage Who Walked Her Talk (documentary)
 
2002 Cave in the Snow (documentary)
Himself
 
2002 The Yogis of Tibet (video documentary)
Himself (as Tenzin Gyatso His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama)
 
2001 Power of Peace (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Global Peace … Himself
 
2001 Universum (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Kailash - Zum heiligsten Berg Tibets (2001) … Himself
 
2001 The 10 Commandments of Creativity (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2001 Der Frieden und sein Preis - Das Vermächtnis des Alfred Nobel (TV documentary short)
Himself - Laureate 1989 (as 14. Dalai-Lama)
 
2000 Biography (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Gandhi: Pilgrim of Peace (2000) … Himself
 
2000 Dalai Lama - en levende gud (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Boulevard Bio (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 June 1999 (1999) … Himself
 
1999 Gaia Symphony II (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Free Tibet (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 In Search of Kundun with Martin Scorsese (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Karmapa - A Voyage on the Roof of the World (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity (documentary)
Himself
 
1998 Skutecny svet? (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 The Spirit (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Journey to Enlightenment (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Shadow Over Tibet: Stories in Exile (documentary)
Himself
 
1994 A Parliament of Souls (TV series documentary)
Himself
 
1994 The Good Heart: A Buddhist Perspective on the Teachings of Jesus (TV mini-series)
Himself (as His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama)
 
1994 The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life (documentary)
Himself
 
1993 Compassion in Exile: The Life of the 14th Dalai Lama (documentary)
Himself
 
1991 Heart of Tibet (video documentary)
Himself
 
1990 The Howard Stern Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 September 1990 (1990) … Himself
 
1990 Om... (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Walking After Midnight (documentary)
Himself
 
1987 Ahimsa: Non-Violence (documentary)
Himself
 
1984 Merton
Himself
 
1962 Panorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The Dalai Lama (1962) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (17 titles)
2012 Kulturzeit (TV series)
 
2011 Den sidste rejse
Himself
 
2011 The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest (TV series)
 
2010 I Am (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2010 Metaphysia 2012 (documentary)
Himself
 
2010 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV series)
 
2010 Democracy Now! (TV series)
 
2009 The Jay Leno Show (TV series)
 
2009 Kyôiku terebi no gyakushû: Yomigaeru kyoshô no kotoba (TV movie)
Himself (as Darai Rama 14-sei)
 
2008 Tibet, Tibet (documentary)
Himself
 
2008 The Dalai Lama: Peace and Prosperity (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Neues aus der Anstalt (TV series)
 
2005 Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (TV series documentary)
 
2004 Les 40 ans de la 2 (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2002 Naqoyqatsi (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1994 The Century of Warfare
Himself
 
1975 Anno Domini (TV series)
 

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1 Biographical Movie  | 1 Print Biography  | 1 Interview  | 6 Articles  | 3 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

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Alternate Names:

Darai Rama 14-sei | The 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet | 14. Dalai-Lama | H.H. Tenzin Gyatso | Tenzin Gyatso | His Holiness The Dalai Lama | His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama | His Holiness the Dalai Lama | His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama | Tenzin Gyatso His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
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