Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong ( Tenzin Thuthob Tsarong )

Dalai Lama (Adult)

Tencho Gyalpo ( Tencho Gyalpo )

Mother

Tsewang Migyur Khangsar ( Tsewang Migyur Khangsar )

Father

Gyurme Tethong ( Gyurme Tethong )

Dalai Lama (Age 12)

Robert Lin ( Robert Lin )

Chairman Mao

Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin ( Tulku Jamyang Kunga Tenzin )

Dalai Lama (Age 5)

Tenzin Yeshi Paichang ( Tenzin Yeshi Paichang )

Dalai Lama (Aged 2)

Tenzin Topjar ( Tenzin Topjar )

Lobsang (5-10)

Tenzin Lodoe ( Tenzin Lodoe )

Takster

Geshi Yeshi Gyatso ( Geshi Yeshi Gyatso )

Lama of Sera

Losang Gyatso ( Losang Gyatso )

The messenger

Sonam Phuntsok ( Sonam Phuntsok )

Reting Rinpoche

Gyatso Lukhang ( Gyatso Lukhang )

Lord Chamberlain

Lobsang Samten ( Lobsang Samten )

Master of the Kitchen

Jigme Tsarong ( Jigme Tsarong )

Taktra Rimpoche

Tenzin Trinley ( Tenzin Trinley )

Ling Rimpoche

Namgay Dorjee ( Namgay Dorjee )

Kashag/Nobleman #1

Phintso Thonden ( Phintso Thonden )

Kashag/Nobleman #2

Chewang Tsering Ngokhang ( Chewang Tsering Ngokhang )

Layman #1

Jamyang Tenzin ( Jamyang Tenzin )

Norbu Thundrup

Tashi Dhondup ( Tashi Dhondup )

Lobsang (Adult)

Jampa Lungtok ( Jampa Lungtok )

Nechung Oracle

Karma Wangchuk ( Karma Wangchuk )

Deformed Face Bodyguard

Kim Chan ( Kim Chan )

Second Chinese General

Henry Yuk ( Henry Yuk )

General Tan

Ngawang Kaldan ( Ngawang Kaldan )

Prime Minister Lobsang Tashi

Jurme Wangda ( Jurme Wangda )

Prime Minister Lukhangwa

Salden Kunga ( Salden Kunga )

Tibetan Doctor

John Wong ( John Wong )

Chinese Comrade

Gawa Youngdung ( Gawa Youngdung )

Old Woman

Tenzin Rampa ( Tenzin Rampa )

Tenzin Chonegyl (Age 12)

Vyas Ananthakrishnan ( Vyas Ananthakrishnan )

Indian Soldier

Stanley Ipkiss ( Stanley Ipkiss )

Ken Leung ( Ken Leung )

(voice)

Yoon C. Joyce ( Yoon C. Joyce )

Chinese soldier (uncredited)

R. Gern Trowbridge ( R. Gern Trowbridge )

Monk (uncredited)

Ben Wang ( Ben Wang )

General Chang Ching-Wu (uncredited)