Genden Phuntsok
Tibetan-Chinese actor
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Genden Phuntsok is a Tibetan actor. He portrays Tenzing Norgay in the biographical film Tenzing (2026).
Genden Phuntsok | |||||||
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དགེ་འདུན་ཕུན་ཚོགས། | |||||||
| Born | October 27, 1985 | ||||||
| Occupation | Actor | ||||||
| Years active | 2006-present | ||||||
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| Chinese | 更登彭措 | ||||||
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| Tibetan | དགེ་འདུན་ཕུན་ཚོགས། | ||||||
Career
A Tibetan,[1] Phuntsok portrayed hitchhiker Jinpa in 2018 Tibetan-language film Jinpa, written and directed by Pema Tseden, winner of Best Screenplay in the Horizons section at the 75th edition of the Venice Film Festival.[2][3]
In 2023, Phuntsok could be seen in Tseden's final film Snow Leopard, which was awarded Tokyo Grand Prix (Best Film) at the 2023 36th Tokyo International Film Festival.[4][5]
Phuntsok portrays Tenzing Norgay in the 2026 biographical film Tenzing alongside Tom Hiddleston and Willem Dafoe.[6]
Partial filmography
| † | Denotes works that have not yet been released |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2018 | Jinpa | Hitchhiker Jinpa | |
| 2023 | Snow Leaopard | Zaden | |
| 2026 | Tenzing | Tenzing Norgay |