David Gulpilil
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
Australia
66%
King George
2008
Crocodile Dundee
64%
Neville Bell
1986
The Leftovers
77%
Christopher Sunday
2014
Walkabout
73%
Black Boy
1971
Rabbit-Proof Fence
70%
Moodoo
2002
The Last Wave
67%
Chris Lee
1977
Goldstone
60%
Jimmy
2016
Ten Canoes
67%
The Storyteller
2006
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
Self (archive footage)
2025
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
78%
Self
2025
Faraway Downs
69%
King George
2023
My Name Is Gulpilil
64%
Self
2021
My Name Is Gulpilil
64%
Producer
2021
Storm Boy
71%
Fingerbone Bill's Dad
2019
Cargo
64%
Daku
2017
Goldstone
60%
Jimmy
2016
MESSiAH
2016
Another Country
60%
Self / Narrator
2015
Another Country
60%
Writer
2015
The Leftovers
77%
Christopher Sunday
2014
Charlie's Country
70%
Charlie
2013
Charlie's Country
70%
Writer
2013
Satellite Boy
60%
Jagamarra
2012
Australia
66%
King George
2008
Ten Canoes
67%
The Storyteller
2006
Crocodile Dreaming
Burrimmilla
2006
The Proposition
70%
Jacko
2005
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
80%
Himself
2003
Mimi
55%
Granddad
2002
The Tracker
67%
The Tracker
2002
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
68%
Self
2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
70%
Moodoo
2002
Serenades
54%
Rainman
2001
BeastMaster
64%
Shaman
1999
Dead Heart
58%
Second Man in Desert
1996
The Man from Snowy River
71%
Manulpuy
1994