David Gulpilil

Personal Info

Birthday

July 1, 1953

Day of Death

2021-11-29

(68 years old)

Place of Birth

Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Also Known As

David Gumpilil

David Dalaithngu

David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM

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.

Known For

The Leftovers

The Man from Snowy River

BeastMaster

Faraway Downs

Crocodile Dundee

Cargo

Australia

The Right Stuff

Filmography

2025
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
as Self (archive footage)
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
as Self
2021
My Name Is Gulpilil
as Self
2017
Cargo
as Daku
2016
Goldstone
as Jimmy
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
Crocodile Dreaming
as Burrimmilla
2005
The Proposition
as Jacko
2003
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Himself
2002
Mimi
as Granddad
The Tracker
as The Tracker
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
as Self
Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Moodoo
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
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
as Self
1977
The Last Wave
as Chris Lee
Storm Boy
as Fingerbone
1976
Mad Dog Morgan
as Billy
To Shoot a Mad Dog
as Self
1973
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
as David Gulpilil
1971
Walkabout
as Black Boy