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
Walkabout
(1971)
Black Boy
Australia
(2008)
King George
Crocodile Dundee
(1986)
Neville Bell
The Right Stuff
(1983)
Aborigine
Cargo
(2017)
Daku
The Proposition
(2005)
Jacko
Rabbit-Proof Fence
(2002)
Moodoo
Until the End of the World
(1991)
David
The Last Wave
(1977)
Chris Lee
Goldstone
(2016)
Jimmy
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
Storm Boy
(1977)
Fingerbone
The Last Wave
(1977)
Chris Lee
3 Dances Gulpilil
(1978)
Dancer
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
(1978)
Self
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
Rabbit-Proof Fence
(2002)
Moodoo
The Tracker
(2002)
The Tracker
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
(2002)
Himself
Mimi
(2002)
Granddad
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
Goldstone
(2016)
Jimmy
MESSiAH
(2016)
Cargo
(2017)
Daku
My Name Is Gulpilil
(2021)
Self
Directing
Production
Writing