1997Nominee
Best Performance
The Quest
Tenzing Norgay
Actor
Khumbu, Nepal
May 20, 1914
Biography
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1997Nominee
Best Performance
Hillary and Tenzing - Everest and After
2013Nominee
Best Performance
Beyond The Edge
Career Highlights
2003Highlight
Best Performance
The Dark Side of Everest
1993Highlight
Best Performance
Everest - Blood, Sweat and Tears
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Beyond The Edge