Dalai Lama (Adult)
Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong
Mother
Tencho Gyalpo
The messenger
Losang Gyatso
Reting Rinpoche
Sonam Phuntsok
Lord Chamberlain
Gyatso Lukhang
Master of the Kitchen
Lobsang Samten
Taktra Rimpoche
Jigme Tsarong
Ling Rimpoche
Tenzin Trinley
Kashag/Nobleman #1
Namgay Dorjee
Kashag/Nobleman #2
Phintso Thonden
Layman #1
Chewang Tsering Ngokhang
Norbu Thundrup
Jamyang Tenzin
Father
Tsewang Migyur Khangsar
Lobsang (Adult)
Tashi Dhondup
Nechung Oracle
Jampa Lungtok
Deformed Face Bodyguard
Karma Wangchuk
Second Chinese General
Kim Chan
General Tan
Henry Yuk
Prime Minister Lobsang Tashi
Ngawang Kaldan
Prime Minister Lukhangwa
Jurme Wangda
Tibetan Doctor
Salden Kunga
Chinese Comrade
John Wong
Old Woman
Gawa Youngdung
Dalai Lama (Age 12)
Gyurme Tethong
Tenzin Chonegyl (Age 12)
Tenzin Rampa
Indian Soldier
Vyas Ananthakrishnan
Stanley Ipkiss
(voice)
Ken Leung
Chinese soldier (uncredited)
Yoon C. Joyce
Monk (uncredited)
R. Gern Trowbridge
General Chang Ching-Wu (uncredited)
Ben Wang
Chairman Mao
Robert Lin
Dalai Lama (Age 5)
Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin
Dalai Lama (Aged 2)
Tenzin Yeshi Paichang
Lobsang (5-10)
Tenzin Topjar
Takster
Tenzin Lodoe
Lama of Sera
Geshi Yeshi Gyatso
Set Decoration
Francesca Lo Schiavo
Costume Design
Dante Ferretti
Production Design
Editor
Thelma Schoonmaker
Director of Photography
Roger Deakins
Screenplay
Melissa Mathison
Co-Producer
Producer
Barbara De Fina
Original Music Composer
Philip Glass
Stunts
Stefano Maria Mioni
Director
Martin Scorsese
Key Makeup Artist
Fabrizio Sforza
First Assistant Director
Ahmed Hatimi
Special Effects
Giovanni Antonini
Hairstylist
Giorgio Gregorini
Second Second Assistant Director
Barbara Pastrovich
Casting
Adil Abdelwahab
Art Direction
Franco Ceraolo
Key Hair Stylist
Mirella Ginnoto
Massimo Razzi
Hayat Ouled Dahhou
Second Unit Director
E.J. Foerster
Siham Ouled Dahhou
Philip C. Pfeiffer
Assistant Editor
Sara Thorson
Second Assistant Director
Norman Berns
Jacki Phipps
Alberto Mangiante
Special Effects Technician
Conor Coughlan
Supervising Art Director
Alan Tomkins
Phil Marco
Elisabetta De Leonardis
Abraham Fraser
Bernard Bellew
Massimo Cristofanelli
Ahmed Abounouom
Assistant Director
Rachid Gaidi
First Assistant Editor
Tom Foligno
Scott Harris
Sound Mixer
Steven J. Rogers
Special Effects Coordinator
Kevin Hannigan
Steadicam Operator
Pete Cavaciuti
Executive Producer
Laura Fattori
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Tom Fleischman
Dialogue Editor
Nicholas Renbeck
Sound mixer
Clive Winter
Script Supervisor
James Ellis Deakins
Ellen Lewis
Music Editor
Suzana Peric
Supervising Sound Editor
Philip Stockton