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