Seven Years in Tibet - actors, characters and roles

All actors and their roles in the film "Seven Years in Tibet"
Seven Years in Tibet (1997)
Timing: 2:16 (136 min)
Seven Years in Tibet - TMDB rating
7.165/10
2744
Seven Years in Tibet - Kinopoisk rating
7.795/10
90950
Seven Years in Tibet - IMDB rating
7.1/10
167000

Actors and characters

Photo Brad Pitt #14451Photo Brad Pitt #14452Photo Brad Pitt #14453Photo Brad Pitt #14454

Brad Pitt

Brad Pitt
Character Heinrich Harrer
Photo Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk #91095Photo Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk #91096Photo Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk #91097Photo Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk #91098

Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk

Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk
Character Dalai Lama, 14 Years Old
Photo David Thewlis #11593Photo David Thewlis #11594Photo David Thewlis #11595Photo David Thewlis #11596

David Thewlis

David Thewlis
Character Peter Aufschnaiter
Photo BD Wong #7791Photo BD Wong #7792

BD Wong

BD Wong
Character Ngawang Jigme
Photo Mako #43143Photo Mako #43144

Mako

Mako
Character Kungo Tsarong
Photo Lhakpa Tsamchoe #91101Photo Lhakpa Tsamchoe #91102Photo Lhakpa Tsamchoe #91103Photo Lhakpa Tsamchoe #91104

Lhakpa Tsamchoe

Lhakpa Tsamchoe
Character Pema Lhaki
Photo Duncan Fraser #45724

Duncan Fraser

Duncan Fraser
Character British Officer
Photo Victor Wong #78818Photo Victor Wong #78819

Victor Wong

Victor Wong
Character Chinese 'Amban'
Photo Jetsun Pema #91108
Jetsun Pema
Character Great Mother
Photo Ama Ashe Dongtse #91109
Ama Ashe Dongtse
Character Tashi
Sonam Wangchuk
Character Dalai Lama, 8 Years Old
Dorjee Tsering
Character Dalai Lama, 4 Years Old
Photo Ric Young #44300

Ric Young

Ric Young
Character General Chang Jing Wu
Ngawang Chojor
Character Lord Chamberlain (as Ven. Ngawang Chojor)
Benedick Blythe
Character Nazi Official
Tom Raudaschl
Character Lutz Chicken
Wolfgang Tonninger
Character Hans Lobenhoffer
Samdup Dhargyal
Character The Garpon
Chemchok
Character Garpon's Agent
Tenzin Jangchub
Character Declaration Monk Official (as Ven. Tenzin Jangschub)
Angphurba Sherpa
Character Tibetan General (as Major Angphurba Sherpa)
Tsering Wangdue
Character Burly Guide
Yama Ngudup Cheshatsang
Character Burly Guide
Kalsang Dhundop Lungtok
Character Vendor Ice-Skates
Sonam Bidhartsang
Character Jacket Vendor
Lama Champa Tsondu
Character Watch Vendor
Geshe Lobsang Nyma
Character Ling Rinpoche
Geshe Yeshi Tsultrim
Character Trijang Rinpoche
Lama Champa Chandu
Character Dalai Lama's Room Attendant
Pemba Norbu Sherpa
Character Young Sherpa
Karma Apo-Tsang
Character Messenger to Great Mother
Ngawang Tenzingyatso
Character Jokhang Monk Official (as Ven. Ngawang Tenzin Gyatso)
Choeden Tsering
Character Military Instructor
Lama Jampa Lekshe
Character Monk Head of Security
Lama Thupten Nugdup
Character Head of Security's Aide
Daniel Tedeschi
Character Marchese
Gerardo Ebert
Character Horst Immerhof
Sebastian Zevalia
Character Younger Rolf Harrer
Philipp Kriechbaum
Character Older Rolf Harrer
Lobsang Gendun Rinpoche
Character Tibetan
Tenzin Gyaltsen Rinpoche
Character Tibetan
Sharpa Tulku Rinpoche
Character Tibetan
Zongra Tulku Rinpoche
Character Tibetan

What's left behind the scenes

  • The film's director, Jean-Jacques Annaud, sent a crew to Tibet to shoot footage. Ultimately, approximately 20 minutes of material filmed there was included in the film. This information was kept strictly confidential. The filming was done in secret, and no one knew about it until the summer of 1999.
  • After Brad Pitt and David Thewlis starred in this film, they were banned from entering China.
  • Jetsun Pema, who starred in this film, is the Dalai Lama's sister. In the film, she played his mother, and therefore also her own mother.
  • During the scene of the altercation between Heinrich and Ngawang, the director intentionally did not warn actor B.D. Wong that his character was supposed to be pushed into the mud. When Pitt did what was required of him, Wong, as expected, became furious.
  • Brad Pitt's Austrian accent ranked third in Empire magazine's list of worst movie accents.
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