David Gulpilil

Actor

Born: July 1, 1953
Died: November 29, 2021 (age 68)
From: 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.

Filmography (36)

Journey Home, David Gulpilil (2025)
Self (archive footage)
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee (2025)
Self
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
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
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence (2003)
Himself
Mimi (2002)
Granddad
The Tracker (2002)
The Tracker
Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002)
Self
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
Moodoo
Serenades (2001)
Rainman
Dead Heart (1996)
Second Man in Desert
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
3 Dances Gulpilil
3 Dances Gulpilil (1978)
Dancer
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother (1978)
Self
The Last Wave (1977)
Chris Lee
Storm Boy (1977)
Fingerbone