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.
Filmography (12 titles)
6.8MovieBeyond The Edge
Self (archive footage) · 2013
10.0MovieHigh and Hallowed: Everest 1963
Self (archive footage) · 2013
10.0MovieThe Race for Everest
Self (archive footage) · 2003
Hillary & Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World
Himself · 2003
National Geographic - Everest, Una Sfida Lunga 50 Anni
Himself · 2003
9.0MovieThe Dark Side of Everest
Self (archive footage) · 2003
10.0MovieEverest At Any Cost
Self (archive footage) · 1999
MovieHillary and Tenzing - Everest and After
self (related characters) · 1997
MovieThe Quest
Self (related character) · 1997
MovieEverest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
related character · 1993
7.2MovieThe Conquest of Everest
Himself · 1953
10.0MovieHimalayan Epic
1951