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