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

• 2026Tenzing — Related Character
• 1993Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears — related character
• 1951Himalayan Epic

Appearances as themselves (11)

• 2013Beyond The Edge — Self (archive footage)
• 2013High and Hallowed: Everest 1963 — Self (archive footage)
• 2003National Geographic - Everest 50 Years on the Mountain — Self (archive footage)
• 2003The Dark Side of Everest — Self (archive footage)
• 2003The Race for Everest — Self (archive footage)
• 1999Everest At Any Cost — Self (archive footage)
• 1997Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After — self (related characters)
• 1997Hillary and Tenzing: Climbing to the Roof of World — Self (archive footage)
• 1997The Quest — Self (related character)
• 1953The Conquest of Everest — Self
• 1936Everest 1936 - Ruttledge — Self