Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk is a

Bhutan Bhutan (; dz, འབྲུག་ཡུལ་, Druk Yul ), officially the Kingdom of Bhutan,), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is situated in the Eastern Himalayas, between China in the north and India in the south. A mountainous ...

ese actor and film producer. He was born in 1982 to an army captain and a teacher. Growing up in remote Bhutan, he was able to nurture his love for the natural world. Today he advocates for the environment. He is known for his role as the 14-year-old

Dalai Lama Dalai Lama (, ; ) is a title given by the Tibetan people to the foremost spiritual leader of the Gelug or "Yellow Hat" school of Tibetan Buddhism, the newest and most dominant of the four major schools of Tibetan Buddhism. The 14th and current Dal ...

in the movie ''

Seven Years in Tibet ''Seven Years in Tibet: My Life Before, During and After'' (1952; german: Sieben Jahre in Tibet. Mein Leben am Hofe des Dalai Lama; 1954 in English) is an autobiographical travel book written by Austrian mountaineer and Nazi SS sergeant Heinrich ...

.'' 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. In 2017, Jamyang studied film producing at the inaugural Busan Asian Film School in South Korea. A year later he wrote and directed his first short film, The Open Door, which premiered in Locarno Festival and won an award at the Seoul International Senior Film Festival. Currently, Jamyang is gearing up for a cycling campaign to raise awareness on climate change issues.

Filmography

Actor: *

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: ''

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2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

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(re-edited): ''Gyalsey - the legacy of a prince'' * 2016 ''

Honeygiver Among the Dogs ''Honeygiver Among the Dogs'' is a 2016 Bhutanese mystery film directed by Dechen Roder. It was screened in the Panorama section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk as Kinley * Sonam Tashi Choden as C ...

'' Producer: *

(re-edited): ''Gyalsey - the legacy of a prince'' Music: * 2004: '' What Remains of Us'' (alternative title: ''Ce Qu'il Reste de Nous'')

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* Bhutanese male actors Living people Bhutanese film producers 1982 births Date of birth missing (living people) {{bhutan-bio-stub