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