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Known for Acting
Born 1953-07-01 · Died 2021-11-29 in 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.
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee (2025) — Self
Journey Home, David Gulpilil (2025) — Self (archive footage)
Faraway Downs (2023) — King George · 6 episodes
My Name Is Gulpilil (2021) — Self
Storm Boy (2019) — Fingerbone Bill's Dad
Cargo (2017) — Daku
Goldstone (2016) — Jimmy
MESSiAH (2016)
Another Country (2015) — Self / Narrator
The Leftovers (2014) — Christopher Sunday · 2 episodes
Charlie's Country (2013) — Charlie
Satellite Boy (2012) — Jagamarra
Australia (2008) — King George
Ten Canoes (2006) — The Storyteller
Crocodile Dreaming (2006) — Burrimmilla
The Proposition (2005) — Jacko
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence (2003) — Himself
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002) — Moodoo
The Tracker (2002) — The Tracker
Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002) — Self
Mimi (2002) — Granddad
Serenades (2001) — Rainman
BeastMaster (1999) — Shaman · 1 episode
Dead Heart (1996) — Second Man in Desert
The Man from Snowy River (1994) — Manulpuy · 1 episode
Until the End of the World (1991) — David
Dark Age (1987) — Adjaral
Crocodile Dundee (1986) — Neville Bell
The Right Stuff (1983) — Aborigine
Walkabout to Hollywood (1980) — Self
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother (1978) — Self
3 Dances Gulpilil (1978) — Dancer
Storm Boy (1977) — Fingerbone
The Last Wave (1977) — Chris Lee
Mad Dog Morgan (1976) — Billy
To Shoot a Mad Dog (1976) — Self
The Rainbow Serpent (1975)
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida (1973) — David Gulpilil
No Bag Limit (1973) — Self - Dancer
Walkabout (1971) — Black Boy