Genden Phuntsok
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 27, 1985
- Place of birth
- Ganmu, Sichuan, China
Biography
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.
Movies with Genden Phuntsok
- Tenzing 2026 · ★ 8.3
- Jinpa 2019 · ★ 6.9
- Butter Lamp 2013 · ★ 7.0
- Snow Leopard 2023 · ★ 7.1
- Soul on a String 2016 · ★ 5.2
- The Legend of the Condor Heroes: The Cadaverous Claws 2021 · ★ 6.0
- Wild Horse from Shangri-La 2009 · ★ 5.0
- Wind 2020 · ★ 7.0
- I Come From Beijing: Tibetan Mani Stone Pile in Autumn 2021
- No Man's Land Hunt 2023