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David Gulpilil

Acting

July 1, 1953 (68) — November 29, 2021

Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

July 1, 1953 (68) — November 29, 2021

Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

David Gulpilil

Acting

Biography

David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM, known professionally as David Gulpilil and posthumously for cultural reasons as David Dalaithngu for three days, was an Aboriginal Australian (Yolŋu) actor and dancer, known for the films Walkabout, Storm Boy, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and The Tracker.

Filmography 40

Movies (36)

Journey Home, David Gulpilil
2025
Self (archive footage)
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
2025
Self
My Name Is Gulpilil
2021
Self
Storm Boy
2019
Fingerbone Bill's Dad
Cargo
2017
Daku
Goldstone
2016
Jimmy
MESSiAH
2016
Another Country
2015
Self / Narrator
Charlie's Country
2013
Charlie
Satellite Boy
2012
Jagamarra
Australia
2008
King George
Ten Canoes
2006
The Storyteller
Crocodile Dreaming
2006
Burrimmilla
The Proposition
2005
Jacko
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
2003
Himself
Mimi
2002
Granddad
The Tracker
2002
The Tracker
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
2002
Self
Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002
Moodoo
Serenades
2001
Rainman
Dead Heart
1996
Second Man in Desert
Until the End of the World
1991
David
Dark Age
1987
Adjaral
Crocodile Dundee
1986
Neville Bell
The Right Stuff
1983
Aborigine
Walkabout to Hollywood
1980
Self
3 Dances Gulpilil
1978
Dancer
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
1978
Self
The Last Wave
1977
Chris Lee
Storm Boy
1977
Fingerbone

Shows (4)

Faraway Downs
2023
King George
The Leftovers
2014
Christopher Sunday
BeastMaster
1999
Shaman
The Man from Snowy River
1994
Manulpuy