David Gulpilil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 1, 1953
- Died
- November 29, 2021
- Birthplace
- 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
Journey Home, David Gulpilil 2025
as Self (archive footage)
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee 2025
as Self
My Name Is Gulpilil 2021
as Self, Producer
Storm Boy 2019
as Fingerbone Bill's Dad
Cargo 2017
as Daku
Goldstone 2016
as Jimmy
MESSiAH 2016
Actor
Another Country 2015
as Self / Narrator, Writer
Charlie's Country 2013
as Charlie, Writer
Satellite Boy 2012
as Jagamarra
Australia 2008
as King George
Ten Canoes 2006
as The Storyteller
Crocodile Dreaming 2006
as Burrimmilla
The Proposition 2005
as Jacko
- Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence 2003
as Himself
Mimi 2002
as Granddad
The Tracker 2002
as The Tracker
Gulpilil: One Red Blood 2002
as Self
Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002
as Moodoo
Serenades 2001
as Rainman
Dead Heart 1996
as Second Man in Desert
Until the End of the World 1991
as David
Dark Age 1987
as Adjaral
Crocodile Dundee 1986
as Neville Bell
The Right Stuff 1983
as Aborigine
Walkabout to Hollywood 1980
as Self
- 3 Dances Gulpilil
3 Dances Gulpilil 1978
as Dancer
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother 1978
as Self
The Last Wave 1977
as Chris Lee
Storm Boy 1977
as Fingerbone
Mad Dog Morgan 1976
as Billy
To Shoot a Mad Dog 1976
as Self
- The Rainbow Serpent
The Rainbow Serpent 1975
Actor
- No Bag Limit
No Bag Limit 1973
as Self - Dancer
- Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida 1973
as David Gulpilil, Director, Producer
Walkabout 1971
as Black Boy
Credits from TMDB.