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title: "Kundun: cast and crew"
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cast: 37
crew: 52
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# Kundun (1997): cast and crew

37 cast and 52 crew, as credited (TMDB). Cast in billing order.

## Cast

- [Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong](https://film.one/person/tenzin-thuthob-tsarong.md) as Dalai Lama (Adult)
- [Tencho Gyalpo](https://film.one/person/tencho-gyalpo.md) as Mother
- [Tsewang Migyur Khangsar](https://film.one/person/tsewang-migyur-khangsar.md) as Father
- [Gyurme Tethong](https://film.one/person/gyurme-tethong.md) as Dalai Lama (Age 12)
- [Robert Lin](https://film.one/person/robert-lin.md) as Chairman Mao
- [Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin](https://film.one/person/tulku-jamyang-kunga-tenzin.md) as Dalai Lama (Age 5)
- [Tenzin Yeshi Paichang](https://film.one/person/tenzin-yeshi-paichang.md) as Dalai Lama (Aged 2)
- [Tenzin Topjar](https://film.one/person/tenzin-topjar.md) as Lobsang (5-10)
- [Tenzin Lodoe](https://film.one/person/tenzin-lodoe.md) as Takster
- [Geshi Yeshi Gyatso](https://film.one/person/geshi-yeshi-gyatso.md) as Lama of Sera
- [Losang Gyatso](https://film.one/person/losang-gyatso.md) as The messenger
- [Sonam Phuntsok](https://film.one/person/sonam-phuntsok.md) as Reting Rinpoche
- Gyatso Lukhang as Lord Chamberlain
- Losang Samten as Master of the Kitchen
- Jigme Tsarong as Taktra Rimpoche
- Tenzin Trinley as Ling Rimpoche
- Namgay Dorjee as Kashag/Nobleman #1
- Phintso Thonden as Kashag/Nobleman #2
- Chewang Tsering Ngokhang as Layman #1
- Jamyang Tenzin as Norbu Thundrup
- Tashi Dhondup as Lobsang (Adult)
- Jampa Lungtok as Nechung Oracle
- Karma Wangchuk as Deformed Face Bodyguard
- Kim Chan as Second Chinese General
- Henry Yuk as General Tan
- Ngawang Kaldan as Prime Minister Lobsang Tashi
- Jurme Wangda as Prime Minister Lukhangwa
- Salden Kunga as Tibetan Doctor
- John Wong as Chinese Comrade
- Gawa Youngdung as Old Woman
- Tenzin Rampa as Tenzin Chonegyl (Age 12)
- Vyas Ananthakrishnan as Indian Soldier
- Stanley Ipkiss
- [Ken Leung](https://film.one/person/ken-leung.md) as (voice)
- Yoon C. Joyce as Chinese soldier (uncredited)
- R. Gern Trowbridge as Monk (uncredited)
- Ben Wang as General Chang Ching-Wu (uncredited)

## Directing

- [Martin Scorsese](https://film.one/person/martin-scorsese.md): Director
- Ahmed Hatimi: First Assistant Director
- Barbara Pastrovich: Second Second Assistant Director
- E.J. Foerster: Second Unit Director
- Philip C. Pfeiffer: Second Unit Director
- Norman Berns: Second Assistant Director
- Jacki Phipps: First Assistant Director
- Alberto Mangiante: Second Assistant Director
- Phil Marco: Second Unit Director
- Abraham Fraser: Second Assistant Director
- [Bernard Bellew](https://film.one/person/bernard-bellew.md): Second Assistant Director
- Rachid Gaidi: Assistant Director
- Scott Harris: First Assistant Director
- James Ellis Deakins: Script Supervisor

## Writing

- [Melissa Mathison](https://film.one/person/melissa-mathison.md): Screenplay

## Production

- [Barbara De Fina](https://film.one/person/barbara-de-fina.md): Producer
- Adil Abdelwahab: Casting
- Ahmed Abounouom: Casting
- Laura Fattori: Executive Producer
- Ellen Lewis: Casting
- [Melissa Mathison](https://film.one/person/melissa-mathison.md): Co-Producer
- Vito Colazzo: Location Manager

## Camera

- Pete Cavaciuti: Steadicam Operator
- [Roger Deakins](https://film.one/person/roger-deakins.md): Director of Photography

## Editing

- Sara Thorson: Assistant Editor
- [Tom Foligno](https://film.one/person/tom-foligno.md): First Assistant Editor
- Nicholas Renbeck: Dialogue Editor
- [Thelma Schoonmaker](https://film.one/person/thelma-schoonmaker.md): Editor

## Sound and music

- Steven J. Rogers: Sound Mixer
- [Philip Glass](https://film.one/person/philip-glass.md): Original Music Composer
- Tom Fleischman: Sound Re-Recording Mixer
- Clive Winter: Sound mixer
- Suzana Perić: Music Editor
- Philip Stockton: Supervising Sound Editor

## Art

- Franco Ceraolo: Art Direction
- Massimo Razzi: Art Direction
- Alan Tomkins: Supervising Art Director
- Francesca Lo Schiavo: Set Decoration
- [Dante Ferretti](https://film.one/person/dante-ferretti.md): Production Design
- Randall Balsmeyer: Title Designer

## Costume and make-up

- Fabrizio Sforza: Key Makeup Artist
- Giorgio Gregorini: Hairstylist
- Mirella Ginnoto: Key Hair Stylist
- Hayat Ouled Dahhou: Hairstylist
- Siham Ouled Dahhou: Hairstylist
- Elisabetta De Leonardis: Hairstylist
- [Dante Ferretti](https://film.one/person/dante-ferretti.md): Costume Design

## Crew

- Giovanni Antonini: Special Effects
- Stefano Maria Mioni: Stunts
- Conor Coughlan: Special Effects Technician
- Massimo Cristofanelli: Special Effects
- Kevin Hannigan: Special Effects Coordinator

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