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David Gulpilil

David Gulpilil

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

Journey Home, David Gulpilil
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
2025 • Self (archive footage)
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
2025 • Self
My Name Is Gulpilil
My Name Is Gulpilil
2021 • Self
Cargo
Cargo
2017 • Daku
Goldstone
Goldstone
2016 • Jimmy
MESSiAH
MESSiAH
2016
Another Country
Another Country
2015 • Self / Narrator
Charlie's Country
Charlie's Country
2013 • Charlie

Full filmography

Journey Home, David Gulpilil
Journey Home, David Gulpilil
2025 • Self (archive footage)
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Cargo
Cargo
2017 • Daku
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Goldstone
Goldstone
2016 • Jimmy
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Another Country
Another Country
2015 • Self / Narrator
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Satellite Boy
Satellite Boy
2012 • Jagamarra
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Australia
Australia
2008 • King George
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Ten Canoes
Ten Canoes
2006 • The Storyteller
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Crocodile Dreaming
Crocodile Dreaming
2006 • Burrimmilla
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Mimi
Mimi
2002 • Granddad
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The Tracker
The Tracker
2002 • The Tracker
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Serenades
Serenades
2001 • Rainman
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Dead Heart
Dead Heart
1996 • Second Man in Desert
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Dark Age
Dark Age
1987 • Adjaral
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Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee
1986 • Neville Bell
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The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
1983 • Aborigine
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The Last Wave
The Last Wave
1977 • Chris Lee
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Storm Boy
Storm Boy
1977 • Fingerbone
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No Bag Limit
1973 • Self - Dancer
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Walkabout
Walkabout
1971 • Black Boy
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