Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
July 1, 1953
Died
November 29, 2021
Age
68
Place of Birth
Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Popularity
1.1
David Gulpilil
Acting
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.
Also known as
David Gumpilil · David Dalaithngu · David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM
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Known For
7.7
The Leftovers
2014 · TV
6.4
BeastMaster
1999 · TV
7.1
The Man from Snowy River
1994 · TV
6.9
Faraway Downs
2023 · TV
6.4
Crocodile Dundee
1986 · Movie
6.4
Cargo
2017 · Movie
6.6
Australia
2008 · Movie
7.4
The Right Stuff
1983 · Movie
7.0
The Proposition
2005 · Movie
7.3
Walkabout
1971 · Movie
6.7
Until the End of the World
1991 · Movie
7.0
Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002 · Movie
Filmography
2025
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
Movie · Self (archive footage)
0.0
2025
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
Movie · Self
7.8
2023
Faraway Downs
TV · King George
6.9
2021
My Name Is Gulpilil
Movie · Self
6.4
2019
Storm Boy
Movie · Fingerbone Bill's Dad
7.1
2017
Cargo
Movie · Daku
6.4
2016
Goldstone
Movie · Jimmy
6.0
2016
MESSiAH
Movie
0.0
2015
Another Country
Movie · Self / Narrator
6.0
2014
The Leftovers
TV · Christopher Sunday
7.7
2013
Charlie's Country
Movie · Charlie
7.0
2012
Satellite Boy
Movie · Jagamarra
6.0
2008
Australia
Movie · King George
6.6
2006
Ten Canoes
Movie · The Storyteller
6.7
2006
Crocodile Dreaming
Movie · Burrimmilla
0.0
2005
The Proposition
Movie · Jacko
7.0
2003
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Movie · Himself
8.0
2002
Mimi
Movie · Granddad
5.5
2002
The Tracker
Movie · The Tracker
6.7
2002
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
Movie · Self
6.8
2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
Movie · Moodoo
7.0
2001
Serenades
Movie · Rainman
5.4
1999
BeastMaster
TV · Shaman
6.4
1996
Dead Heart
Movie · Second Man in Desert
5.8