Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk
Birthday: Place of Birth: Bhutan
Synopsis
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk is a Bhutanese actor and film producer. His father was a Bhutanese civil servant. He is known for his role as the 14-year-old Dalai Lama in the movie Seven Years in Tibet. For this role he was nominated for the YoungStar Award. His younger brother Sonam starred in the role of the 8-year-old Dalai Lama. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
Seven Years in Tibet
Austrian mountaineer Heinrich Harrer journeys to the Himalayas without his family to head an expedition in 1939. But when World War II breaks out, the arrogant Harrer falls into Allied forces' hands as a prisoner of war. He escapes with a fellow detainee and makes his way to Llaso, Tibet, where he meets the 14-year-old Dalai Lama, whose friendship ultimately transforms his outlook on life.
