Starring Cast
Key crew
Director
Screenplay
Producers
Music
Cinematography
Editor
Production design
Costume design
Casting
Full cast
37 cast membersTenzin Thuthob Tsarong
Dalai Lama (Adult)
Tencho Gyalpo
Mother
Tsewang Migyur Khangsar
Father
Gyurme Tethong
Dalai Lama (Age 12)
Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin
Dalai Lama (Age 5)
Tenzin Yeshi Paichang
Dalai Lama (Aged 2)
Tenzin Topjar
Lobsang (5-10)
Tenzin Lodoe
Takster
Geshi Yeshi Gyatso
Lama of Sera
Losang Gyatso
The messenger
Gyatso Lukhang
Lord Chamberlain
Losang Samten
Master of the Kitchen
Jigme Tsarong
Taktra Rimpoche
Tenzin Trinley
Ling Rimpoche
Namgay Dorjee
Kashag/Nobleman #1
Phintso Thonden
Kashag/Nobleman #2
Chewang Tsering Ngokhang
Layman #1
Jamyang Tenzin
Norbu Thundrup
Tashi Dhondup
Lobsang (Adult)
Jampa Lungtok
Nechung Oracle
Karma Wangchuk
Deformed Face Bodyguard
Ngawang Kaldan
Prime Minister Lobsang Tashi
Jurme Wangda
Prime Minister Lukhangwa
Salden Kunga
Tibetan Doctor
John Wong
Chinese Comrade
Gawa Youngdung
Old Woman
Tenzin Rampa
Tenzin Chonegyl (Age 12)
Vyas Ananthakrishnan
Indian Soldier
Stanley Ipkiss
Crew by department
52 crew membersDirecting
Martin Scorsese
Director
Rachid Gaidi
Assistant Director
E.J. Foerster
Second Unit Director
Phil Marco
Second Unit Director
Philip C. Pfeiffer
Second Unit Director
Tom Foligno
First Assistant Editor
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Ahmed Hatimi
First Assistant Director
Alan Tomkins
Supervising Art Director
Jacki Phipps
First Assistant Director
Scott Harris
First Assistant Director
Abraham Fraser
Second Assistant Director
Alberto Mangiante
Second Assistant Director
Bernard Bellew
Second Assistant Director
Norman Berns
Second Assistant Director
Barbara Pastrovich
Second Second Assistant Director
Writing
Production
Editing
Thelma Schoonmaker
Editor
Sara Thorson
Assistant Editor