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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 1, 1953
Died
November 29, 2021
Place of Birth
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Also Known As
- David Gumpilil
- David Dalaithngu
- David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM
David Gulpilil
0.9 Popularity
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.
Known For
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Self (archive footage)
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
2025
8.0
Self
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
2025
6.9
King George
Faraway Downs
2023
6.2
Self
My Name Is Gulpilil
2021
6.4
Daku
Cargo
2017
5.9
Jimmy
Goldstone
2016
0.0
MESSiAH
2016
5.8
Self / Narrator
Another Country
2015
7.7
Christopher Sunday
The Leftovers
2014
7.1
Charlie
Charlie's Country
2013
Credits
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
as Self (archive footage)
2025
0.0
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
as Self
2025
8.0
Faraway Downs
as King George
2023
6.9
My Name Is Gulpilil
as Self
2021
6.2
Cargo
as Daku
2017
6.4
Goldstone
as Jimmy
2016
5.9
MESSiAH
2016
0.0
Another Country
as Self / Narrator
2015
5.8
The Leftovers
as Christopher Sunday
2014
7.7
Charlie's Country
as Charlie
2013
7.1
Satellite Boy
as Jagamarra
2012
5.9
Australia
as King George
2008
6.6
Ten Canoes
as The Storyteller
2006
6.7
Crocodile Dreaming
as Burrimmilla
2006
0.0
The Proposition
as Jacko
2005
7.0
🎬
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Himself
2003
8.0
Mimi
as Granddad
2002
5.5
The Tracker
as The Tracker
2002
6.8
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
as Self
2002
6.6
Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Moodoo
2002
7.0
Serenades
as Rainman
2001
4.3
BeastMaster
as Shaman
1999
6.4
Dead Heart
as Second Man in Desert
1996
5.6
The Man from Snowy River
as Manulpuy
1994
6.8
Until the End of the World
as David
1991
6.7
Dark Age
as Adjaral
1987
5.5
Crocodile Dundee
as Neville Bell
1986
6.4
The Right Stuff
as Aborigine
1983
7.4
Walkabout to Hollywood
as Self
1980
0.0
🎬
3 Dances Gulpilil
as Dancer
1978
0.0
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
as Self
1978
0.0
The Last Wave
as Chris Lee
1977
6.7
Storm Boy
as Fingerbone
1977
6.9
Mad Dog Morgan
as Billy
1976
5.8
To Shoot a Mad Dog
as Self
1976
0.0
🎬
The Rainbow Serpent
1975
0.0
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Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
as David Gulpilil
1973
0.0
Walkabout
as Black Boy
1971
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