It seems there might be a misunderstanding. Edmund Hillary was not a film actor; he was a renowned New Zealand mountaineer, explorer, and philanthropist. Born in 1919, he is best known for being one of the first two climbers confirmed to reach the summit of Mount Everest, alongside Tenzing Norgay, on May 29, 1953. Hillary dedicated much of his life to aiding the Sherpa people of Nepal through various humanitarian efforts before his death in 2008.