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name: "Phurba Tashi"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/phurba-tashi-sherpa"
fi1m_id: "phurba-tashi-sherpa"
imdb_id: "nm3106578"
tmdb_id: 2678059
wikidata_id: "Q2089176"
roles: []
born: "24 May 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-02T23:08:34.688483+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Phurba Tashi

## Identity

Phurba Tashi

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/phurba-tashi-sherpa
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** phurba-tashi-sherpa
- **IMDb ID:** nm3106578
- **TMDB ID:** 2678059
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2089176
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phurba_Tashi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2089176, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3106578/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2678059

Actor. Born 24 May 1971 in Khumbu, Nepal.

## Details

- **Born:** 24 May 1971, Khumbu, Nepal
- **Also known as:** Phurba Tashi Sherpa, Sherpa Phurba, Phurba Tashi Sherpa Mendewa, फूर्वा तासी शेर्पा
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phurba_Tashi, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2089176, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3106578/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2678059

## Biography

Phurba Tashi Sherpa (also credited as Phurba Tashi Sherpa Mendewa) is a Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer and actor. Born on 24 May 1971 in Khumjung, Nepal, he grew up in a climbing family near Everest's base camp and began summiting eight-thousanders in the late 1990s.

He is known for a record 21 ascents of Mount Everest and numerous climbs on other Himalayan peaks. Tashi has appeared as himself in the documentary *Sherpa* (2015), which follows his expedition and the 2014 avalanche, and in a small role in *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (2013). He has also featured in the Discovery Channel series *Everest: Beyond the Limit* (2006–2007).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Sherpa* (2015), Fi1m 82, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/sherpa.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Secret Life of Walter Mitty* (2013), as Soccer Playing Sherpa

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