Acting
Genden Phuntsok
Born
1985-10-27 (40)
Place of birth
Ganmu, Sichuan, China
Known for
Acting
Credits
11 titles
Genden Phuntsok (born October 27, 1985, in Ganzi, Sichuan, China) is a Chinese actor of Tibetan descent. He is known for his work in Tibetan-language cinema, particularly his collaborations with director Pema Tseden. He portrayed the hitchhiker Jinpa in Jinpa (2018), which won Best Screenplay in the Horizons section at the 75th Venice International Film Festival. He later appeared as Zaden in Tseden’s Snow Leopard (2023), which received the Tokyo Grand Prix at the 36th Tokyo International Film Festival. Phuntsok gained wider international recognition for portraying legendary mountaineer Tenzing Norgay in Jennifer Peedom’s biographical drama Tenzing (2026), starring alongside Tom Hiddleston a…
Known for
8.3A determined man embarks on a high-stakes quest—and defies seemingly impossible odds—to fulfill his dream of being the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Tenzing
2026
7.1A snow leopard breaks into the sheep pen of a nomad and kills nine rams. Father and son then argue: the son insists on killing the snow leopard, but the father insists on releasing it.
Snow Leopard
2023
7.0A young itinerant photographer and his assistant suggest to Tibetan nomads to photograph them in front of various background.
Butter Lamp
2013
9.0Six young individuals, led by Suo Lang, seek to find themselves and pursue their dreams in the vibrant land of Tibet. Among them are both locals and dream chasers from afar. In the rapidly evolving and thriving new city of Lhasa, they face challenges and hopes, gradually painting a vivid picture of the struggles and passionate ideals of contemporary Tibetan youth.
The City of Sunlight
2024
6.9Stoic truck driver Jinpa picks up a silver dagger wearing hitchhiker in the desolate Kekexili plateau. The stranger suddenly reveals he’s going to kill the man who murdered his father.
Jinpa
2019
6.0No synopsis available yet.
The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Cadaverous Claws
2021
Film credits
2020s · 6 titles
8.3A determined man embarks on a high-stakes quest—and defies seemingly impossible odds—to fulfill his dream of being the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
Tenzing
2026
7.1A snow leopard breaks into the sheep pen of a nomad and kills nine rams. Father and son then argue: the son insists on killing the snow leopard, but the father insists on releasing it.
Snow Leopard
2023
6.0No synopsis available yet.
The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Cadaverous Claws
2021
NRNo synopsis available yet.
No Man's Land Hunt
2023
7.0Tibetan teen Gera and her mom Sandan have always been discriminated by the villagers because she was born out of wedlock. Uncle Enbo is the only man who is kind to them. Growing up in a hostile environment, Gara becomes an independant woman, and starts to change how the villagers perceive her.
Wind
2020
NRNo synopsis available yet.
I Come From Beijing: Tibetan Mani Stone Pile in Autumn
2021
2010s · 3 titles
7.0A young itinerant photographer and his assistant suggest to Tibetan nomads to photograph them in front of various background.
Butter Lamp
2013
6.9Stoic truck driver Jinpa picks up a silver dagger wearing hitchhiker in the desolate Kekexili plateau. The stranger suddenly reveals he’s going to kill the man who murdered his father.
Jinpa
2019
5.2After discovering a sacred stone in the mouth of a deer he just killed, Taibei, a young lonesome Tibetan cowboy, embarks on a long and difficult mission: to bring it back to the holy mountain of Buddha’s handprint. His journey turns sour as an obstinate woman, Joan, and a psychic yet dumb elf, Pu, soon decide to join him. Not to mention the two violent brothers on his tale, who are on a revenge quest.
Soul on a String
2016
