Indian movie actor Tshering Phintso `Danny` Denzongpa was born on February 25, 1948. Denzongpa was born in the state of Sikkim, which was an independent monarchy at that time. He is Bhutia by origin. He started his career by singing Nepali songs and also acting in Nepali movies. He has acted in numerous Hindi films and made a mark by his performances. Some of his landmark movies are as follows Ashoka, 16 December, Agnepath, Jagira, Khoj, Hum, Khuda gawah, Vijaypath, Kohram:the explosion, China gate, Lajja and many more. He has also starred in international films, the most famous being `Seven Years in Tibet` where he acted along with Hollywood actor Brad Pitt. In 2003, Denzongpa was awarded the Padma Shree. This is India`s fourth highest civilian honour. Denzongpa is noted for his roles as a villain. In many of his films he has successfully played the role of a villain. He is also the only actor to have come from Sikkim. Denzongpa`s love of horses and horse riding began at an early age, as his family was into horse breeding. He nursed an ambition to join the Indian Army, and also won the Best Cadet award from West Bengal and participated in the Republic Day parade. In an interview to The Times of India newspaper he told that he had qualified for the prestigious Armed Forces Medical College however after the Sino-Indian War of 1962, his mother pleaded with him to give up joining the army after several people of their village were killed. After this incident Danny enrolled in the Film institute in Pune.

When he was completely in film world Danny used to practice learning Urdu, the lingua franca of Bollywood. The Urdu came in handy in films such as Sawan Kumar`s Sanam Bewafa and Mukul Anand`s Khuda Gawah where he played the role of Pathans. Previously he started his career with unnoticiable films playing positive roles. Such films are Zaroorat, Apne, Kala Sona, etc. He then shifted to negative role. He got his major break in Gulzar`s Mere Apne, and later in B R Chopra`s Dhund where he played a crippled and frustrated husband. He was first choosen for the role of Gabbar Singh in `Sholay` but because of date clash he had to leave that role. He is also an accomplished singer having sung with some stalwarts singers like Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammed Rafi and Asha Bhonsle. Among his famous Nepalese songs and Nepalese movies the two most famous songs are `Chiso Chiso Hawama` and `Rato Rani Phule`. His hobby also includes painting, writing and sculpting. Denzongpa owns two breweries, one in South Sikkim, and the other in state of Orissa. He currently resides in Juhu in Mumbai. In recent times he has become more selective and choose a lot to play any role on silverscreen.

Indian movie actor Danny Denzongpa has won Padma shree award. In 1992 Danny has won the filmfare award as the role of best supporting actor for `Khuda Gawah`. In the previous year i.e. in 1991 also the actor got the same award for `Sanam Bewafa`.