David Gulpilil
July 1, 1953 (71 years old) in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · Faraway Downs as King George
- 2021 · My Name Is Gulpilil as Self
- 2017 · Cargo as Daku
- 2016 · Goldstone as Jimmy
- 2016 · MESSiAH as
- 2015 · Another Country as Self / Narrator
- 2014 · The Leftovers as Christopher Sunday
- 2013 · Charlie's Country as Charlie
- 2012 · Satellite Boy as Jagamarra
- 2008 · Australia as King George
- 2006 · Ten Canoes as The Storyteller
- 2006 · Crocodile Dreaming as Burrimmilla
- 2005 · The Proposition as Jacko
- 2003 · Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence as Himself
- 2002 · Mimi as Granddad
- 2002 · The Tracker as The Tracker
- 2002 · Gulpilil: One Red Blood as Self
- 2002 · Rabbit-Proof Fence as Moodoo
- 2001 · Serenades as Rainman
- 1996 · Dead Heart as Second Man in Desert
- 1994 · The Man from Snowy River as Manulpuy
- 1991 · Until the End of the World as David
- 1987 · Dark Age as Adjaral
- 1986 · Crocodile Dundee as Neville Bell
- 1983 · The Right Stuff as Aborigine
- 1980 · Walkabout to Hollywood as Self
- 1978 · 3 Dances Gulpilil as Dancer
- 1978 · Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother as Self
- 1977 · The Last Wave as Chris Lee
- 1977 · Storm Boy as Fingerbone
- 1976 · Mad Dog Morgan as Billy
- 1976 · To Shoot a Mad Dog as Self
- 1975 · The Rainbow Serpent as
- 1973 · Showing Melbourne to Maningrida as David Gulpilil
- 1971 · Walkabout as Black Boy