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