David Gulpilil

David Gulpilil

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

01/07/1953

Day of Death

29/11/2021
(68) years old

Place of Birth

Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

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

Cast

2025

Journey Home, David Gulpilil

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Cargo

as Daku

2016

Goldstone

as Jimmy

2015

Another Country

as Self / Narrator

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

2002

Mimi

as Granddad

2002

The Tracker

as The Tracker

2002

Rabbit-Proof Fence

as Moodoo

2001

Serenades

as Rainman

1996

Dead Heart

as Second Man in Desert

1987

Dark Age

as Adjaral

1986

Crocodile Dundee

as Neville Bell

1983

The Right Stuff

as Aborigine

1978

3 Dances Gulpilil

as Dancer

1977

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