Kundun
The Tibetans refer to the Dalai Lama as 'Kundun', which means 'The Presence'. He was forced to escape from his native home, Tibet, when communist China invaded and enforced an oppressive regime upon the peaceful nation. The Dalai Lama escaped to India in 1959 and has been living in exile in Dharamsala ever since.
Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong
Dalai Lama (Adult)
Tencho Gyalpo
Mother
Tsewang Migyur Khangsar
Father
Gyurme Tethong
Dalai Lama (Age 12)
Robert Lin
Chairman Mao
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
Sonam Phuntsok
Reting Rinpoche
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
Kim Chan
Second Chinese General
Henry Yuk
General Tan
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
Ken Leung
(voice)
Yoon C. Joyce
Chinese soldier (uncredited)
R. Gern Trowbridge
Monk (uncredited)
Ben Wang
General Chang Ching-Wu (uncredited)
Martin Scorsese
Director
Melissa Mathison
Screenplay
Barbara De Fina
Producer
Ahmed Abounouom
Casting
Franco Ceraolo
Art Direction
Massimo Razzi
Art Direction
Alan Tomkins
Supervising Art Director
Hayat Ouled Dahhou
Hairstylist
Siham Ouled Dahhou
Hairstylist
Elisabetta De Leonardis
Hairstylist
Mirella Ginnoto
Key Hair Stylist
Giorgio Gregorini
Hairstylist
Fabrizio Sforza
Key Makeup Artist
Bernard Bellew
Second Assistant Director
Norman Berns
Second Assistant Director
E.J. Foerster
Second Unit Director
Abraham Fraser
Second Assistant Director
Rachid Gaidi
Assistant Director
Scott Harris
First Assistant Director
Ahmed Hatimi
First Assistant Director
Alberto Mangiante
Second Assistant Director
Phil Marco
Second Unit Director
Barbara Pastrovich
Second Second Assistant Director
Philip C. Pfeiffer
Second Unit Director
Jacki Phipps
First Assistant Director
Steven J. Rogers
Sound Mixer
Giovanni Antonini
Special Effects
Conor Coughlan
Special Effects Technician
Massimo Cristofanelli
Special Effects
Kevin Hannigan
Special Effects Coordinator
Stefano Maria Mioni
Stunts
Adil Abdelwahab
Casting
Tom Foligno
First Assistant Editor
Sara Thorson
Assistant Editor
Roger Deakins
Director of Photography
Philip Glass
Original Music Composer
Thelma Schoonmaker
Editor
Dante Ferretti
Production Design
Francesca Lo Schiavo
Set Decoration
Ellen Lewis
Casting
Laura Fattori
Executive Producer
Melissa Mathison
Co-Producer
James Ellis Deakins
Script Supervisor
Pete Cavaciuti
Steadicam Operator
Clive Winter
Sound mixer
Tom Fleischman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Philip Stockton
Supervising Sound Editor
Nicholas Renbeck
Dialogue Editor
Suzana Perić
Music Editor
Dante Ferretti
Costume Design
Vito Colazzo
Location Manager