Actor
Genden Phuntsok
40 years · Ganmu, Sichuan, China · 10 films
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 and Willem Dafoe. The film marked his English-language debut.
Best known for
Filmography 10
Tenzing
2026 · Tenzing Norgay
On Apple TV
Snow Leopard
2023 · Zaden
No Man's Land Hunt
2023 · Actor
I Come From Beijing: Tibetan Mani Stone Pile in Autumn
2021 · Actor
The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Cadaverous Claws
2021 · Ouyang Feng
Wind
2020 · Actor
Jinpa
2019 · Jinpa (Hitchhiker)
Soul on a String
2016 · Actor
Butter Lamp
2013 · Photographer
Wild Horse from Shangri-La
2009 · Actor