David Gulpilil

Known for: Acting

Born: 1953-07-01 – 2021-11-29 (aged 68)

From: 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.

Filmography (40)

MOVIE
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
2025
as Self (archive footage)
MOVIE★ 7.8
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
2025
as Self
TV★ 6.9
Faraway Downs
2023
as King George
MOVIE★ 6.4
My Name Is Gulpilil
2021
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.1
Storm Boy
2019
as Fingerbone Bill's Dad
MOVIE★ 6.4
Cargo
2017
as Daku
MOVIE★ 6.0
Goldstone
2016
as Jimmy
MOVIE
MESSiAH
2016
MOVIE★ 6.2
Another Country
2015
as Self / Narrator
TV★ 7.7
The Leftovers
2014
as Christopher Sunday
MOVIE★ 7.0
Charlie's Country
2013
as Charlie
MOVIE★ 6.0
Satellite Boy
2012
as Jagamarra
MOVIE★ 6.6
Australia
2008
as King George
MOVIE★ 6.7
Ten Canoes
2006
as The Storyteller
MOVIE
Crocodile Dreaming
2006
as Burrimmilla
MOVIE★ 7.0
The Proposition
2005
as Jacko
MOVIE★ 8.0
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
2003
as Himself
MOVIE★ 5.5
Mimi
2002
as Granddad
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Tracker
2002
as The Tracker
MOVIE★ 6.8
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 7.0
Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002
as Moodoo
MOVIE★ 5.4
Serenades
2001
as Rainman
TV★ 6.5
BeastMaster
1999
as Shaman
MOVIE★ 5.8
Dead Heart
1996
as Second Man in Desert
TV★ 7.1
The Man from Snowy River
1994
as Manulpuy
MOVIE★ 6.7
Until the End of the World
1991
as David
MOVIE★ 5.7
Dark Age
1987
as Adjaral
MOVIE★ 6.5
Crocodile Dundee
1986
as Neville Bell
MOVIE★ 7.4
The Right Stuff
1983
as Aborigine
MOVIE
Walkabout to Hollywood
1980
as Self
MOVIE
3 Dances Gulpilil
1978
as Dancer
MOVIE
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
1978
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
The Last Wave
1977
as Chris Lee
MOVIE★ 7.0
Storm Boy
1977
as Fingerbone
MOVIE★ 5.9
Mad Dog Morgan
1976
as Billy
MOVIE★ 7.0
To Shoot a Mad Dog
1976
as Self
MOVIE
The Rainbow Serpent
1975
MOVIE
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
1973
as David Gulpilil
MOVIE
No Bag Limit
1973
as Self - Dancer
MOVIE★ 7.3
Walkabout
1971
as Black Boy