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David Gulpilil

David Gulpilil

Birthday: 1953-07-01 | Place of Birth: Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM (c.1953 – 29 November 2021), known professionally as David Gulpilil and posthumously for cultural reasons as David Dalaithngu for three days, was an Aboriginal Australian actor and dancer, known for the films Walkabout, Storm Boy, Rabbit-Proof Fence, and The Tracker. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Gulpilil, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2025
Journey Home, David Gulpilil

as    Self (archive footage)

2023
Faraway Downs

as    King George

2021
My Name Is Gulpilil

as    Self

2018
Goldstone

as    Jimmy

2017
Cargo

as    Daku

2015
Another Country

as    Self / Narrator

2013
Charlie's Country

as    Charlie

2012
Satellite Boy

as    Jagamarra

2008
Australia

as    King George

2006
Crocodile Dreaming

as    Burrimmilla

2006
Ten Canoes

as    The Storyteller

2003
2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence

as    Moodoo

2002
Gulpilil: One Red Blood

as    Self

2002
The Tracker

as    The Tracker

2001
Serenades

as    Rainman

1997
Dead Heart

as    Second Man in Desert

1987
Dark Age

as    Adjaral

1986
Crocodile Dundee

as    Neville Bell

1978
The Last Wave

as    Chris Lee

1977
Storm Boy

as    Fingerbone

1976
Mad Dog Morgan

as    Billy

1973
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida

as    David Gulpilil

1971
Walkabout

as    Black Boy