David Gulpilil
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.
Born: 01 July 1953 • Died: 29 November 2021
Played In
Movie
Oct 2025
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
Self (archive footage)
Movie
Mar 2025
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
Self
TV Show
Nov 2023
Faraway Downs
King George
Movie
May 2021
My Name Is Gulpilil
Self
Movie
Jan 2019
Storm Boy
Fingerbone Bill's Dad
Movie
Oct 2017
Cargo
Daku
Movie
Jul 2016
Goldstone
Jimmy
Movie
Jun 2016
MESSiAH
Movie
Jul 2015
Another Country
Self / Narrator
TV Show
Jun 2014
The Leftovers
Christopher Sunday
Movie
Oct 2013
Charlie's Country
Charlie
Movie
Sep 2012
Satellite Boy
Jagamarra
Movie
Nov 2008
Australia
King George
Movie
Jun 2006
Ten Canoes
The Storyteller
Movie
Jan 2006
Crocodile Dreaming
Burrimmilla
Movie
Oct 2005
The Proposition
Jacko
Movie
Apr 2003
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Himself
Movie
Nov 2002
Mimi
Granddad
Movie
Aug 2002
The Tracker
The Tracker
Movie
Apr 2002
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
Self
Movie
Feb 2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Moodoo
Movie
May 2001
Serenades
Rainman
TV Show
Oct 1999
BeastMaster
Shaman
Movie
Sep 1996
Dead Heart
Second Man in Desert
TV Show
Sep 1994
The Man from Snowy River
Manulpuy
Movie
Sep 1991
Until the End of the World
David
Movie
May 1987
Dark Age
Adjaral
Movie
Sep 1986
Crocodile Dundee
Neville Bell
Movie
Oct 1983
The Right Stuff
Aborigine
Movie
Feb 1980
Walkabout to Hollywood
Self
Movie
Jun 1978
3 Dances Gulpilil
Dancer
Movie
Jan 1978
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
Self
Movie
Dec 1977
The Last Wave
Chris Lee
Movie
Jul 1977
Storm Boy
Fingerbone
Movie
Jul 1976
Mad Dog Morgan
Billy
Movie
Jan 1976
To Shoot a Mad Dog
Self
Movie
Jul 1975
The Rainbow Serpent
Movie
Jan 1973
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
David Gulpilil
Movie
Jan 1973
No Bag Limit
Self - Dancer
Movie
Jul 1971
Walkabout
Black Boy