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.
Movies 36
Crocodile Dundee
as Neville Bell
1986
The Right Stuff
as Aborigine
1983
Australia
as King George
2008
Cargo
as Daku
2017
Until the End of the World
as David
1991
Walkabout
as Black Boy
1971
The Proposition
as Jacko
2005
Storm Boy
as Fingerbone Bill's Dad
2019
Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Moodoo
2002
The Last Wave
as Chris Lee
1977
Goldstone
as Jimmy
2016
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Storm Boy
as Fingerbone
1977
Charlie's Country
as Charlie
2013
The Tracker
as The Tracker
2002
Mad Dog Morgan
as Billy
1976
Ten Canoes
as The Storyteller
2006
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
as Self
2025
My Name Is Gulpilil
as Self
2021
MESSiAH
2016
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Himself
2003
Dark Age
as Adjaral
1987
Another Country
as Self / Narrator
2015
Dead Heart
as Second Man in Desert
1996
Satellite Boy
as Jagamarra
2012
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
as Self
2002
To Shoot a Mad Dog
as Self
1976
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
as Self
1978
Mimi
as Granddad
2002
Crocodile Dreaming
as Burrimmilla
2006
Walkabout to Hollywood
as Self
1980
Serenades
as Rainman
2001
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
as David Gulpilil
1973
No Bag Limit
as Self - Dancer
1973
The Rainbow Serpent
1975
3 Dances Gulpilil
as Dancer
1978
