Dalai Lama

Q: Has the Dalai Lama received any awards for his work?

Yes, the Dalai Lama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1989 for his efforts in advocating for peace and non-violence.

Q: What is the Dalai Lama's early career like?

The Dalai Lama was recognized as the spiritual leader of Tibet at a young age and began his religious training, which laid the foundation for his future teachings and public engagements.

Q: What themes does the Dalai Lama explore in his films?

The Dalai Lama often explores themes of happiness, compassion, and peace, emphasizing the importance of inner well-being and human connection.

Q: What is the Dalai Lama's personal life like?

The Dalai Lama leads a simple life focused on spirituality and teaching. He has never married and has no children.

Q: What is the estimated net worth of the Dalai Lama?

The estimated net worth of the Dalai Lama is around 10 million USD, primarily derived from book sales and speaking engagements.

Q: What are some milestones in the Dalai Lama's filmography?

Key milestones include his participation in 'Mission: Joy (Finding Happiness in Troubled Times)' and various documentaries that highlight his teachings and philosophy.

Q: What impact has the Dalai Lama had on popular culture?

The Dalai Lama has significantly influenced popular culture by promoting messages of peace and compassion, appearing in various media that inspire audiences globally.

Known for

Mission: Joy (Finding Happiness in Troubled Times) poster

Mission: Joy (Finding Happiness in Troubled Times) (2022)

IMDb 8.1 / 10

2022 / Documentary / 88mins

An exploration of the remarkable friendship between Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.

Name

Dalai Lama

Height

5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)

Born

6 July 1935, Taktser, Amdo, Tibet

Children

None

Parents

Tenzin Norbu (father), Diki Tsering (mother)

Estimated Net Worth

10 million USD

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	TV Dalai Lama - The Fateful Years of a Chosen One The 14th Dalai Lama: an influential figure with a fascinating life story. He has been the spiritual leader of Tibetan...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2025	Movie The Dalai Lama's Gift In 1981, a Buddhist monk teaching at the University of Madison, Wisconsin, made the bold request of the Dalai Lama...	Self	Not rated
2025	Movie Battle for Tibet FRONTLINE investigates China’s rule over Tibet. With footage from inside the region, the documentary examines how the Communist regime controls...	Self	Not rated
2024	Movie Wisdom of Happiness A deeply intimate and highly cinematic documentary featuring the Dalai Lama, who, at nearly ninety year of age, offers practical...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
2024	Movie The Secret of Death This feature-length documentary embarks on an adventurous journey to questions about death and the fear associated with it. Through Jaroslav...	Self	Not rated
2023	Movie Tukdam: The Point Of Death Irish director Donagh Coleman explores the extraordinary phenomenon of Tukdam, whereby some Tibetan Buddhist practitioners are able to forestall physical...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2023	Movie King Charles III: The New Monarchy Prince Charles was always destined to wear the crown. From the royal childhood in Buckingham Palace to his naval career...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2022	Movie A Case for Kindness A Case For Kindness is a journey to understand the true nature of Kindness, making a case for why it...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2022	Movie Tukdam – Between Worlds Most of us think of death as something clear-cut, and that medical science has it neatly figured out. This feature...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2022	Movie Amala Amala tells the story of the Dalai Lama’s younger sister Jetsun Pema, her struggles, loss and success that earned her...	Self	Not rated
2022	Movie Mission: Joy - Finding Happiness in Troubled Times An exploration of the remarkable friendship between Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.	Self	TMDB 5.2 / 10
2022	Movie Never Forget Tibet The story of the Dalai Lama's journey and escape into exile in 1959.	Self	Not rated
2021	Movie The Art of Dissent "The Art of Dissent" celebrates the resilience and power of artistic engagement in Czechoslovakia before and after the 1968 Soviet-led...	Self - Subject (archive footage)	Not rated
2020	Movie Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being Today, over 10% of the global population suffers from mental health problems. This documentary reveals three decades of collaboration between...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2020	Movie Infinite Potential: The Life & Ideas of David Bohm INFINITE POTENTIAL takes us on a mystical and scientific journey into the nature of life and reality with David Bohm,...	Self - 14th Dalai Lama	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2020	Movie Beastie Boys Story Here's a little story they're about to tell... Mike Diamond and Adam Horovitz share the story of their band and...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2019	Movie But Beautiful In his new film, Erwin Wagenhofer is looking for the good and beautiful in this world.	Unknown character	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2019	Movie An Officer & His Holiness: The Dalai Lama's Secret Escape into Exile Told in his own words on film, the documentary reveals how in 1959, His Holiness the Dalai Lama escaped from...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2019	Movie The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama In His Own Words “The Great 14th: Tenzin Gyatso, The 14th Dalai Lama In His Own Words", uniquely and exclusively features Tenzin Gyatso as...	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie AUTARK - Leben mit der Energiewende 4	Self	Not rated
2018	Movie The Mayo Clinic The Mayo Clinic tells the story of a unique medical institution that has been called a "Medical Mecca," the "Supreme...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2018	TV Mega Icons Be a part of the journey into the life of iconic personalities through a scientific lens and conversations with friends...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2018	Movie Why Are We Creative? A 30 years odyssey: the world's most intriguing artists and thinkers from the fields of visual art, music, filmmaking, acting,...	Self	TMDB 7.6 / 10
2017	Movie The Enlightenment Immersed in the colorful and vibrant setting of Dharamsala (India), four individuals from very different backgrounds come together to face...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2017	Movie The Last Dalai Lama? In his 1992 documentary "Compassion in Exile", filmmaker Mickey Lemle created a groundbreaking portrait of the 14th Dalai Lama. His...	Self	Not rated
2016	TV Quotidien Quotidien (nicknamed "The French Show with the Good Lighting" abroad) is a French daily infotainment television program broadcast in the...	Self - Guest	TMDB 5.5 / 10
2016	Movie State of Control Two American filmmakers travel undercover in China and Tibet during one of the most precarious times in the country's recent...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2016	Movie Earth Sutra 'Earth Sutra' is the documentary that will change your vision of Tibet after six decades of control under Chinese oppression....	Self	Not rated
2015	Movie The Dance of Infinity True happiness is based on the realized life and development of humanity to the Highest. The film tells us about...	Self	Not rated
2015	Movie Tibetan Warrior The true story of one man's fight for freedom. For more than 60 years Tibetans have been fighting Chinese oppression....	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2014	Movie Monk with a Camera Nicholas Vreeland walked away from a worldly life of privilege to become a Tibetan Buddhist monk. Grandson of legendary Vogue...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2014	Movie The Dialogue Interviews with Dalai Lama and some Chinese intellectuals about Tibet/China relations and related issues.	Self	Not rated
2013	Movie Nelson Mandela: The Myth and Me Khalo Matabane spent two years making the film, interviewing those who knew and loved Mandela, and also those who criticised...	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2013	Movie 14th Dalai Lama	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2012	Movie Owned & Operated Owned & Operated is a mosaic of the world through the lens of the internet. Showing our lives as consumers,...	Dalai Lama	TMDB 8.8 / 10
2012	Movie Souls of Zen: Ancestors and Agency in Contemporary Japanese Temple Buddhism The Japanese population’s reaction to the catastrophe of March 2011 has been described as “stoic” by the Western media. The...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2012	Movie Bön: Mustang to Menri Bön: Mustang to Menri tells the story of Asonam, a 10 yr. old boy, who made a journey from his...	14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso	Not rated
2012	Movie Flipside: A Journey into the Afterlife Award winning filmmaker Richard Martini examines the work of Michael Newton who pioneered deep hypnosis over 30 years; thousands of...	Self	Not rated
2012	Movie One Day on Earth Recording a 24-hour period throughout every country in the world, we explore a greater diversity of perspectives than ever seen...	Self	TMDB 7.5 / 10
2012	Movie 4:44 Last Day on Earth A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to...	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 4.8 / 10
2012	Movie Happy Happy is a 2011 feature documentary film directed, written, and co-produced by Roko Belic. It explores human happiness through interviews...	Self	TMDB 7.1 / 10
2011	Movie Project Happiness Happiness, I want more! From the alleys of Nigeria and the beaches of California to the mountains of India, ordinary...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2011	Movie Jan Paweł II: Szukałem Was...	Self	Not rated
2011	Movie Nicky's Family Nicky's Family is a gripping documentary from the International Emmy Award winning producers Patrik Pass and Matej Minac about a...	Self	TMDB 8.7 / 10
2011	Movie Compassion in Emptiness Over the course of a three-day series of teachings and a public lecture, the Dalai Lama discusses numerous Buddhist tenets,...	Self	Not rated
2011	Movie Francisco Cisco Pancho AUTOBIOGRAPHY: The personal history of Francisco Varela as told by him on his veranda in Monte Grande, Chile, on February...	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie Discover the Gift Within each of us, there are special Gifts simply awaiting discovery. The sense of joy, power, fulfillment, freedom, and unconditional...	Self - Spiritual Leader of Tibet	TMDB 6.7 / 10
2010	Movie The Invocation An exploration of the notion of 'God' and World Peace through Religion, Spirituality, History, Science, Politics and Arts.	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
2010	Movie When the Dragon Swallowed the Sun	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie The Buddha This documentary for PBS by award-winning filmmaker David Grubin and narrated by Richard Gere, tells the story of the Buddha’s...	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
2010	TV Talk im Hangar-7	Self	Not rated
2010	Movie The Sun Behind the Clouds: Tibet's Struggle for Freedom Fifty years after the fall of his country, can the Dalai Lama make a breakthrough in his efforts to find...	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2010	Movie Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche Brilliant Moon chronicles the life of the writer, poet, and meditation master Khyentse Rinpoche, one of Tibet's most revered 20th-century...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2009	Movie Happiness Is Happiness Is is a road trip documentary that explores American's "pursuit of happiness".	Self	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2009	Movie Eine Reise in die Welt des Dalai Lama	Unknown character	Not rated
2009	TV MasterChef Australia MasterChef Australia is a Logie Award-winning Australian competitive cooking game show based on the original British MasterChef. It is produced...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2009	Movie Mustang: Journey of Transformation Lost in time, the Himalayan Kingdom of Mustang is one of the last sanctuaries of authentic Tibetan Buddhist culture. But,...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2008	Movie Sunrise/Sunset. Dalai Lama XIV The daily life of the Dalai Lama is brought home with remarkable intimacy in SUNRISE/SUNSET. Granted total access to His...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2008	Movie The Unwinking Gaze: The Inside Story of the Dalai Lama's Struggle for Tibet A rare behind-the-scenes glimpse into the life of Tibet's revered leader, the Dalai Lama.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2008	Movie Buddha Wild: Monk in a Hut Buddhist monks open up about the joys and challenges of living out the precepts of the Buddha as a full-time...	Self	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2008	Movie Women of Tibet: A Quiet Revolution In 1959 thousands of unarmed Tibetan women took to the streets of Lhasa to oppose the violent Chinese occupation of...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2008	Movie The Dalai Lama: Peace and Prosperity In this sold-out 2007 lecture recorded at Radio City Music Hall, the esteemed Dalai Lama speaks with grace and humor...	Self	Not rated
2008	Movie The Lost World of Tibet Through vintage amateur movies as well as archival Communist propaganda documentaries, this program turns back the clock to see what...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.7 / 10
2008	Movie One Water One Water is a film that celebrates all the myriad ways water has touched human lives around the globe and...	Self	Not rated
2008	Movie Jesus in India A seeker's quest across 4000 miles of India in search of answers about where Jesus was during the "Hidden Years"...	Self - His Holiness the 4th Dalai Lama	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2007	Movie In God's Name Asking important questions about the nature of God, this National Geographic program compiles interviews from a range of religious and...	Unknown character	Not rated
2007	Movie Dalai Lama Renaissance	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	Movie A Path to Happiness: His Holiness the Dalai Lama Listen in as one of the world’s most recognized and charismatic spiritual leaders discusses the recipe for living peacefully and...	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie 10 Questions for the Dalai Lama How do you reconcile a commitment to non-violence when faced with violence? Why do the poor often seem happier than...	Self	TMDB 7.2 / 10
2006	Movie Refuge	Self	Not rated
2006	Movie Mystical Brain Is it possible to shed light on the states of grace experienced by mystics and meditators? Mystical Brain shows us...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2006	Movie On Life & Enlightenment	Self	Not rated
2005	Movie Monte Grande: What is Life? Documentary account of a man’s life in the face of imminent death – Francisco Varela's story told affectionately and gently,...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2004	Movie Dalai Lama: Discourse on the Heart Sutra The Heart Sutra is the shortest and the most popular sutra in Buddhism and is regarded as a summation of...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2004	Movie Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela Every 12 years over 70 million pilgrims gather at the meeting of India's holiest rivers, the Ganges and the Yamuna,...	Unknown character	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2004	Movie What Remains of Us A Tibetan immigrant returns to her home country to witness the Chinese occupation.	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2004	Movie Tibetan Refugee This documentary tells the tragic story surrounding one of the world's most influential spiritual leaders, the Dalai Lama, and the...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
2004	Movie Impermanence A documentary about HH the Dalai Lama.	Self	Not rated
2003	Movie Women of K2 On some peaks in 2003, the statistics are impressive. For the K2 dubbed "wild mountain" or "ruthless mountain", only 240...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 9.5 / 10
2003	Movie Wheel of Time Wheel of Time is Werner Herzog's photographed look at the largest Buddhist ritual in Bodh Gaya, India.	Self	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2003	Movie The Ring of the Buddha Nepal 1950. A mysterious, unexplored country. The Swiss geologist Toni Hagen, was the first European to pass through the "forbidden"...	Self	TMDB 7.0 / 10
2002	Movie Naqoyqatsi A visual montage portrait of our contemporary world dominated by globalized technology and violence.	Self (archive footage) (uncredited)	TMDB 6.1 / 10
2002	Movie Tibet 2002	Self	Not rated
2001	Movie Tibet's Stolen Child A film about the abduction of Tibet's second highest ranking Lama by the Chinese authorities.	Self	Not rated
1999	TV maybrit illner Political talk show on current topics presented by Maybrit Illner.	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1999	TV Beckmann Reinhold Beckmann hosts a weekly talk show.	Self	TMDB 4.3 / 10
1998	Movie In Search of 'Kundun' with Martin Scorsese In Search of Kundun, a “making-of” documentary that is so much more, follows Scorsese as he plans his epic film...	Self	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1998	Movie Free Tibet A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.	Self - The Dalai Lama	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1998	Movie The Jew in the Lotus Tells how Rodger Kamenetz, author of the best-selling 1994 book by the same title, found his way back to Judaism...	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1998	Movie Karmapa - Two Ways of Divinity The main characters of the film are two small boys who share the throne of Karmapa, the highest office of...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.7 / 10
1997	Movie The Four Noble Truths Filmed in London in 1997, this documentary chronicles a series of lectures given by the 14th Dalai Lama. Over the...	Self	Not rated
1997	Movie The Knowledge of Healing A documentary film about Tibetan traditional medicine.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1997	TV HARDtalk In-depth interviews with hard-hitting questions and sensitive topics being covered as famous personalities from all walks of life talk about...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1997	TV Kreuz & Quer	Self	Not rated
1995	Movie Spirit of Tibet: Journey to Enlightenment, the Life and World of Dilgo Kyentse Rinpoche An intimate glimpse into the life and world of one of Tibet's most revered teachers: Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910-1991). A...	Self	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1994	Movie The Tibetan Book of the Dead: The Great Liberation The Tibetan Book of the Dead remains an essential teaching in the Buddhist cultures of the Himalayas.	Self	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1994	Movie The Tibetan Book of the Dead: A Way of Life Narrated by Leonard Cohen, this two-part series explores ancient teachings on death and dying and boldly visualises the afterlife according...	Self	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1994	TV The Himalayas This is the story, in eight episodes, of the conquest of Mount Everest in the Himalayas and its impact on...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1993	Movie Compassion in Exile: The Story of the 14th Dalai Lama A portrait of His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama, which includes historical footage of China's repression of Tibetan Buddhism in...	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1992	TV Gaia Symphony Gaia Symphony is a television series directed by Jin Tatsumura. The series revolves around the Gaia hypothesis. The series has...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
1992	Movie Ian Stevenson Reincarnation Research Documentary 1992 TV documentary about the Reincarnation research by prof. Ian Stevenson	Unknown character	Not rated
1991	Movie Galahad of Everest Brian Blessed plays George Mallory in this intrepid recreation of his ill fated 1924 climb to Everest. Meeting Sir Chris...	Self	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1991	TV El mirador	Self	TMDB 2.0 / 10
1988	Movie Walking After Midnight Explores the past-life experiences of various celebrities.	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1987	TV Dispatches Long-running Channel 4 documentary series covering issues about British society, politics, health, religion, international current affairs and the environment. Known...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1984	Movie Merton: A Film Biography In his lifetime, Thomas Merton was hailed as a prophet and censured for his outspoken social criticism. For nearly 27...	Self - The Dalai Lama	TMDB 8.7 / 10
1983	TV Frontline Since it began in 1983, Frontline has been airing public-affairs documentaries that explore a wide scope of the complex human...	Self (archive footage)	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1982	TV Wortwechsel	Self	Not rated
1976	TV Club 2	Self	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1976	TV 30 millions d'amis	Self	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1975	TV Apostrophes Apostrophes was a live, weekly, literary, prime-time, talk show on French television created and hosted by Bernard Pivot. It ran...	Self	TMDB 8.5 / 10
1966	Movie The Message of the Tibetans In 1963, for the first time, the Dalai Lama allowed a Westerner, Desjardins, to film the heart of the Tibetan...	Self	TMDB 9.5 / 10
1956	Movie The Road Leads to Tibet	Self	Not rated

The Dalai Lama's Gift

2025

Battle for Tibet

2025

Wisdom of Happiness

2024 / TMDB 7.3

The Secret of Death

2024

Tukdam: The Point Of Death

2023 / TMDB 8.0

King Charles III: The New Monarchy

2023 / TMDB 6.0

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The Dalai Lama is best known for his role in the documentary 'Mission: Joy (Finding Happiness in Troubled Times),' where he shares insights on happiness and compassion.

Has the Dalai Lama received any awards for his work?

What is the Dalai Lama's early career like?

What themes does the Dalai Lama explore in his films?

What is the Dalai Lama's personal life like?

What is the estimated net worth of the Dalai Lama?

What are some milestones in the Dalai Lama's filmography?

What impact has the Dalai Lama had on popular culture?