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.

Known For

The Leftovers

The Man from Snowy River

BeastMaster

Crocodile Dundee

Faraway Downs

Walkabout

Australia

The Right Stuff

All Movies (36)

• Journey Home, David Gulpilil2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee2025 · as Self
• My Name Is Gulpilil2021 · as Self
• Storm Boy2019 · as Fingerbone Bill's Dad
• Cargo2017 · as Daku
• Goldstone2016 · as Jimmy
• MESSiAH2016
• Another Country2015 · as Self / Narrator
• Charlie's Country2013 · as Charlie
• Satellite Boy2012 · as Jagamarra
• Australia2008 · as King George
• Ten Canoes2006 · as The Storyteller
• Crocodile Dreaming2006 · as Burrimmilla
• The Proposition2005 · as Jacko
• Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence2003 · as Himself
• Mimi2002 · as Granddad
• The Tracker2002 · as The Tracker
• Gulpilil: One Red Blood2002 · as Self
• Rabbit-Proof Fence2002 · as Moodoo
• Serenades2001 · as Rainman
• Dead Heart1996 · as Second Man in Desert
• Until the End of the World1991 · as David
• Dark Age1987 · as Adjaral
• Crocodile Dundee1986 · as Neville Bell
• The Right Stuff1983 · as Aborigine
• Walkabout to Hollywood1980 · as Self
• 3 Dances Gulpilil1978 · as Dancer
• Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother1978 · as Self
• The Last Wave1977 · as Chris Lee
• Storm Boy1977 · as Fingerbone
• Mad Dog Morgan1976 · as Billy
• To Shoot a Mad Dog1976 · as Self
• The Rainbow Serpent1975
• Showing Melbourne to Maningrida1973 · as David Gulpilil
• No Bag Limit1973 · as Self - Dancer
• Walkabout1971 · as Black Boy

All TV Shows (4)

• Faraway Downs2023 · as King George
• The Leftovers2014 · as Christopher Sunday
• BeastMaster1999 · as Shaman
• The Man from Snowy River1994 · as Manulpuy