David Gulpilil
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1953-07-01
Day of Death
2021-11-29 (68 years old)
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
(2025)
(2025)
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
as Self (archive footage)
(2021)
My Name Is Gulpilil
as Self
(2017)
Cargo
as Daku
(2016)
Goldstone
as Jimmy
(2016)
(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
(2003)
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Himself
(2002)
Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Moodoo
(2002)
The Tracker
as The Tracker
(2002)
Mimi
as Granddad
(2002)
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
as Self
(2001)
Serenades
as Rainman
(1996)
Dead Heart
as Second Man in Desert
(1991)
Until the End of the World
as David
(1987)
Dark Age
as Adjaral
(1986)
Crocodile Dundee
as Neville Bell
(1983)
The Right Stuff
as Aborigine
(1980)
Walkabout to Hollywood
as Self
(1978)
3 Dances Gulpilil
as Dancer
(1978)
(1977)
The Last Wave
as Chris Lee
(1977)
Storm Boy
as Fingerbone
(1976)
Mad Dog Morgan
as Billy
(1976)
To Shoot a Mad Dog
as Self
(1975)
(1973)
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
as David Gulpilil
(1971)
Walkabout
as Black Boy
Crew
(2021)
My Name Is Gulpilil
Producer
(2015)
Another Country
Writer
(2013)
Charlie's Country
Writer
(1973)
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
Director, Producer