Acting credits
34
Established
Large and steady acting portfolio.
Actor
David Gulpilil
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
0.6
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Movies: 30Series: 4Crew credits: 3
TMDB ID: 53023
IMDb ID: nm0347858
Known for: Acting
Born: July 1, 1953
Died: November 29, 2021
Age: 68
Place of birth: Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1971 - 2025
Years active: 55
Average TMDB rating: 6.69
Wikidata: Q731111
Also known as
David Gumpilil • David Dalaithngu • David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM
Other jobs
Writer (2)Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with David Gulpilil.
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
as Self (archive footage)
2025 Movie
7.8
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
as Self
2025 Movie
6.2
My Name Is Gulpilil
as Self
2021 Movie
6.4
Cargo
as Daku
2017 Movie
5.9
Goldstone
as Jimmy
2016 Movie
MESSiAH
2016 Movie
6.2
Another Country
as Self / Narrator
2015 Movie
7.1
Charlie's Country
as Charlie
2013 Movie
5.9
Satellite Boy
as Jagamarra
2012 Movie
6.6
Australia
as King George
2008 Movie
6.7
Ten Canoes
as The Storyteller
2006 Movie
Crocodile Dreaming
as Burrimmilla
2006 Movie
7.0
The Proposition
as Jacko
2005 Movie
5.5
Mimi
as Granddad
2002 Movie
6.8
The Tracker
as The Tracker
2002 Movie
6.6
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
as Self
2002 Movie
7.0
Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Moodoo
2002 Movie
4.3
Serenades
as Rainman
2001 Movie
5.6
Dead Heart
as Second Man in Desert
1996 Movie
6.7
Until the End of the World
as David
1991 Movie
5.5
Dark Age
as Adjaral
1987 Movie
6.4
Crocodile Dundee
as Neville Bell
1986 Movie
7.4
The Right Stuff
as Aborigine
1983 Movie
Walkabout to Hollywood
as Self
1980 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with David Gulpilil.
