David Gulpilil
Born
July 1, 1953
Died
November 29, 2021 (68 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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.
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
Self (archive footage)
2025
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
Self
2025
Faraway Downs
King George · (6 episodes)
2023
My Name Is Gulpilil
Self
2021
Cargo
Daku
2017
Goldstone
Jimmy
2016
MESSiAH
2016
Another Country
Self / Narrator
2015
The Leftovers
Christopher Sunday · (2 episodes)
2014
Charlie's Country
Charlie
2013
Satellite Boy
Jagamarra
2012
Australia
King George
2008
Ten Canoes
The Storyteller
2006
Crocodile Dreaming
Burrimmilla
2006
The Proposition
Jacko
2005
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Himself
2003
Mimi
Granddad
2002
The Tracker
The Tracker
2002
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
Self
2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Moodoo
2002
Serenades
Rainman
2001
Dead Heart
Second Man in Desert
1996
The Man from Snowy River
Manulpuy · (1 episode)
1994
Until the End of the World
David
1991
Dark Age
Adjaral
1987
Crocodile Dundee
Neville Bell
1986
The Right Stuff
Aborigine
1983
Walkabout to Hollywood
Self
1980
3 Dances Gulpilil
Dancer
1978
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
Self
1978
The Last Wave
Chris Lee
1977
Storm Boy
Fingerbone
1977
Mad Dog Morgan
Billy
1976
To Shoot a Mad Dog
Self
1976
The Rainbow Serpent
1975
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
David Gulpilil
1973
Walkabout
Black Boy
1971