Brad Pitt
Role: Heinrich Harrer
Jamyang Jamtsho Wangchuk
Role: Dalai Lama, 14 Years Old
David Thewlis
Role: Peter Aufschnaiter
BD Wong
Role: Ngawang Jigme
Lhakpa Tsamchoe
Role: Pema Lhaki
Ingeborga Dapkūnaitė
Role: Ingrid Harrer
Duncan Fraser
Role: British Officer
Danny Denzongpa
Role: Regent
Victor Wong Chi-Keung
Role: Chinese 'Amban'
Jetsun Pema
Role: Great Mother
Ama Ashe Dongtse
Role: Tashi
Sonam Wangchuk
Role: Dalai Lama, 8 Years Old
Dorjee Tsering
Role: Dalai Lama, 4 Years Old
Ric Young
Role: General Chang Jing Wu
Ngawang Chojor
Role: Lord Chamberlain (as Ven. Ngawang Chojor)
Benedick Blythe
Role: Nazi Official
Tom Raudaschl
Role: Lutz Chicken
Wolfgang Tonninger
Role: Hans Lobenhoffer
Samdup Dhargyal
Role: The Garpon
Chemchok
Role: Garpon's Agent
Tenzin Jangchub
Role: Declaration Monk Official (as Ven. Tenzin Jangschub)
Angphurba Sherpa
Role: Tibetan General (as Major Angphurba Sherpa)
Tsering Wangdue
Role: Burly Guide
Yama Ngudup Cheshatsang
Role: Burly Guide
Kalsang Dhundop Lungtok
Role: Vendor Ice-Skates
Sonam Bidhartsang
Role: Jacket Vendor
Lama Champa Tsondu
Role: Watch Vendor
Geshe Lobsang Nyma
Role: Ling Rinpoche
Geshe Yeshi Tsultrim
Role: Trijang Rinpoche
Lama Champa Chandu
Role: Dalai Lama's Room Attendant
Pemba Norbu Sherpa
Role: Young Sherpa
Karma Apo-Tsang
Role: Messenger to Great Mother
Ngawang Tenzingyatso
Role: Jokhang Monk Official (as Ven. Ngawang Tenzin Gyatso)
Choeden Tsering
Role: Military Instructor
Lama Jampa Lekshe
Role: Monk Head of Security
Lama Thupten Nugdup
Role: Head of Security's Aide
Daniel Tedeschi
Role: Marchese
Gerardo Ebert
Role: Horst Immerhof
Sebastian Zevalia
Role: Younger Rolf Harrer
Philipp Kriechbaum
Role: Older Rolf Harrer
Lobsang Gendun Rinpoche
Role: Tibetan
Tenzin Gyaltsen Rinpoche
Role: Tibetan
Sharpa Tulku Rinpoche
Role: Tibetan
Zongra Tulku Rinpoche
Role: Tibetan