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.
Cannes Film Festival
Best Actor
Known For
Crocodile Dundee
(1986)
Neville Bell
Walkabout
(1971)
Black Boy
Cargo
(2017)
Daku
Australia
(2008)
King George
Until the End of the World
(1991)
David
The Right Stuff
(1983)
Aborigine
The Last Wave
(1977)
Chris Lee
Rabbit-Proof Fence
(2002)
Moodoo
The Proposition
(2005)
Jacko
Goldstone
(2016)
Jimmy
Mad Dog Morgan
(1976)
Billy
Full Filmography
Acting
Walkabout
(1971)
Black Boy
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
(1973)
David Gulpilil
The Rainbow Serpent
(1975)
Mad Dog Morgan
(1976)
Billy
To Shoot a Mad Dog
(1976)
Self
The Last Wave
(1977)
Chris Lee
Storm Boy
(1977)
Fingerbone
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
(1978)
Self
3 Dances Gulpilil
(1978)
Dancer
Walkabout to Hollywood
(1980)
Self
The Right Stuff
(1983)
Aborigine
Crocodile Dundee
(1986)
Neville Bell
Dark Age
(1987)
Adjaral
Until the End of the World
(1991)
David
Dead Heart
(1996)
Second Man in Desert
Serenades
(2001)
Rainman
Mimi
(2002)
Granddad
The Tracker
(2002)
The Tracker
Rabbit-Proof Fence
(2002)
Moodoo
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
(2002)
Himself
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
(2003)
Himself
The Proposition
(2005)
Jacko
Ten Canoes
(2006)
The Storyteller
Crocodile Dreaming
(2007)
Burrimmilla
Australia
(2008)
King George
Satellite Boy
(2012)
Jagamarra
Charlie's Country
(2013)
Charlie
Another Country
(2015)
Self / Narrator
MESSiAH
(2016)
Goldstone
(2016)
Jimmy
Cargo
(2017)
Daku
My Name Is Gulpilil
(2021)
Self
Directing
Production
Writing