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

Australia

18 November, 2008

Rabbit-Proof Fence

4 February, 2002

Crocodile Dundee

26 September, 1986

The Tracker

8 August, 2002

Ten Canoes

29 June, 2006

Walkabout

1 July, 1971

Storm Boy

28 July, 1977

Mad Dog Morgan

9 July, 1976

The Last Wave

15 December, 1977

Serenades

31 May, 2001

Satellite Boy

8 September, 2012

To Shoot a Mad Dog

1 January, 1976

Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence

15 April, 2003

Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother

1 January, 1978

The Proposition

6 October, 2005

Charlie's Country

12 October, 2013

Dark Age

21 May, 1987

Showing Melbourne to Maningrida

1 January, 1973

The Rainbow Serpent

13 July, 1975

Dead Heart

8 September, 1996

Another Country

29 July, 2015

3 Dances Gulpilil

6 June, 1978

Until the End of the World

12 September, 1991

Goldstone

7 July, 2016

Crocodile Dreaming

1 January, 2006

Gulpilil: One Red Blood

5 April, 2002

MESSiAH

1 June, 2016

The Right Stuff

20 October, 1983

Cargo

6 October, 2017

My Name Is Gulpilil

27 May, 2021

Mimi

1 November, 2002

Walkabout to Hollywood

11 February, 1980

Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee

27 March, 2025

Journey Home, David Gulpilil

12 June, 2025

Faraway Downs

2023

The Man from Snowy River

1994

The Leftovers

2014