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Matthieu Ricard
Actor, Director, Additional CreditsBorn February 15, 1946 (80 years)
Matthieu Ricard is a Nepalese French writer, photographer, translator and Buddhist monk who resides at Shechen Tennyi Dargyeling Monastery in Nepal. He grew up among the personalities and ideas of French intellectual circles. He received a PhD degree in molecular genetics from the Pasteur Institute in 1972. He then decided to forsake his scientific career and instead practice Tibetan Buddhism, living mainly in the Himalayas. Ricard is a board member of the Mind and Life Institute. He received the French National Order of Merit for his humanitarian work in the East with Karuna-Shechen, the non-profit organization he co-founded in 2000 with Rabjam Rinpoche. Since 1989, he has acted as the French interpreter for the 14th Dalai Lama. Since 2010, he has been travelling and giving a series of talks with and assisting in teachings by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, the incarnation of Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
Filmography
| 2025 | Para Além do Cérebro (TV Series) · as Self - Buddhist Monk, Dalai Lama's Aide |
| 2023 | Bhoutan, dans les pas de Matthieu Ricard · as Himself |
| 2022 | The Sweet Taste of Success · as Matthieu Ricard |
| 2022 | Quelle époque ! (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Les Rencontres du Papotin (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2022 | Bouddhisme, la loi du silence · as Self |
| 2021 | Aware: Glimpses of Consciousness · as Self |
| 2021 | El dulce sabor del éxito · as Self |
| 2021 | Who We Were · as Self - Buddhist Monk |
| 2020 | Les chemins du sacré (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | From Stress to Happiness · as Self |
| 2020 | Return to Gandhi Road · as Himself |
| 2020 | Upper Story · as Self |
| 2020 | My Year of Living Mindfully · as Himself |
| 2020 | Upper Story · as Self |
| 2018 | Brainious · as Self |
| 2016 | Quotidien (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | A Joyful Mind · as Self |
| 2016 | The Last Dalai Lama? · as Self |
| 2015 | Les pouvoirs du cerveau (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2015 | Vers un monde altruiste? · as Himself |
| 2013 | Clique (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Happy · as Self |
| 2011 | 8:30 p.m. on Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | Le petit journal (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2009 | C à Vous (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2008 | La Grande Librairie (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2008 | 13h15, le dimanche (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | Salut les Terriens (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2006 | On n'est pas couché (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tout le monde en parle (QC) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Wheel of Time · as Self |
| 2002 | Hep Taxi ! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2000 | L'invité (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1998 | We Can't Wait for Next Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1996 | Redes (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | 13 heures (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1981 | Journal de 20h de France 2 (TV Series) · as Self |