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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1953-07-01 (71 years old)

Place of Birth

Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

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

Acting

2025

2023

Faraway Downs as King George

2021

2017

Cargo as Daku

2016

Goldstone as Jimmy

2015

Another Country as Self / Narrator

2014

The Leftovers as Christopher Sunday

2013

2012

Satellite Boy as Jagamarra

2008

Australia as King George

2006

Ten Canoes as The Storyteller
Crocodile Dreaming as Burrimmilla

2005

2003

2002

The Tracker as The Tracker
Mimi as Granddad

2001

Serenades as Rainman

1996

Dead Heart as Second Man in Desert

1994

1991

1987

Dark Age as Adjaral

1986

Crocodile Dundee as Neville Bell

1983

The Right Stuff as Aborigine

1980

1978

1977

Storm Boy as Fingerbone
The Last Wave as Chris Lee

1976

1975

1973

1971

Walkabout as Black Boy

Writing

2015

Another Country as Writer

2013

Production

2021

Directing