Matthieu Ricard
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.
Acting
Movie
Wheel of Time
as Self
2003
Movie
Unity
as Narrator (voice)
2015
Movie
From Stress to Happiness
as Self
2020
Movie
Who We Were
as Self - Buddhist Monk
2021
Movie
Viananda
2023
TV
Salut les Terriens !
as Self - Guest
2006
TV
The A Talks
as Self - Guest
2022
Movie
The Altruism Revolution
as Himself
2015
TV
C à vous
as Self - Guest
2009
Movie
Brilliant Moon: Glimpses of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
as Self
2010
Movie
My Year of Living Mindfully
as Himself
2020
TV
Quelle époque !
as Self - Guest
2022
Movie
Return to Gandhi Road
as himself
2020
Movie
Bhutan: Following in the Footsteps of Matthieu Ricard
as himself
2024
Movie
The devotion of Matthieu Ricard
as himself
2009
Movie
Upper Story: On the Road to Well-Being
as Self
2020
Movie
The Sweet Taste of Success
as Matthieu Ricard
2022
Movie
Dharma Rising
2011
Movie
LIVING IS A DREAM
2024
Movie
La saveur d’une vie
as Self
2025