Acting

David Gulpilil

Born 1953-07-01 · Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Died 2021-11-29

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.

Credits

Newest first

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