David Gulpilil

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-07-01 (68 years old)

Deathday

2021-11-29

Place of Birth

Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

David Gulpilil

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.

Acting

2008

Australia

as King George

2002

1986

Crocodile Dundee

as Neville Bell

2002

The Tracker

as The Tracker

2006

Ten Canoes

as The Storyteller

1971

Walkabout

as Black Boy

1977

Storm Boy

as Fingerbone

1976

1977

The Last Wave

as Chris Lee

2001

Serenades

as Rainman

2012

Satellite Boy

as Jagamarra

2005

2013

1987

Dark Age

as Adjaral

1973

1996

Dead Heart

as Second Man in Desert

2015

Another Country

as Self / Narrator

1978

2016

Goldstone

as Jimmy

2006

Crocodile Dreaming

as Burrimmilla

1983

The Right Stuff

as Aborigine

2017

Cargo

as Daku

2002

Mimi

as Granddad

2025

Journey Home, David Gulpilil

as Self (archive footage)

Production

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