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.

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Known For

The Leftovers

The Leftovers

2014 • as Christopher Sunday

The Man from Snowy River

The Man from Snowy River

1994 • as Manulpuy

Cargo

Cargo

2017 • as Daku

Faraway Downs

Faraway Downs

2023 • as King George

The Right Stuff

The Right Stuff

1983 • as Aborigine

Australia

Australia

2008 • as King George

Filmography

2025

Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/27/2025

2023

Faraway Downs
Faraway Downs
as King George
TV - Released: 11/26/2023

2021

My Name Is Gulpilil
My Name Is Gulpilil
as Self
Movie - Released: 5/27/2021

2017

Cargo
Cargo
as Daku
Movie - Released: 10/6/2017

2016

Goldstone
Goldstone
as Jimmy
Movie - Released: 7/7/2016
MESSiAH
MESSiAH
Movie - Released: 6/1/2016

2015

Another Country
Another Country
as Self / Narrator
Movie - Released: 7/29/2015

2014

The Leftovers
The Leftovers
as Christopher Sunday
TV - Released: 6/29/2014

2013

Charlie's Country
Charlie's Country
as Charlie
Movie - Released: 10/12/2013

2012

Satellite Boy
Satellite Boy
as Jagamarra
Movie - Released: 9/8/2012

2008

Australia
Australia
as King George
Movie - Released: 11/18/2008

2006

Ten Canoes
Ten Canoes
as The Storyteller
Movie - Released: 6/29/2006
Crocodile Dreaming
Crocodile Dreaming
as Burrimmilla
Movie - Released: 1/1/2006

2005

The Proposition
The Proposition
as Jacko
Movie - Released: 10/6/2005

2003

Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Himself
Movie - Released: 4/15/2003

2002

Rabbit-Proof Fence
Rabbit-Proof Fence
as Moodoo
Movie - Released: 2/4/2002
The Tracker
The Tracker
as The Tracker
Movie - Released: 8/8/2002
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
as Self
Movie - Released: 4/5/2002
Mimi
Mimi
as Granddad
Movie - Released: 11/1/2002

2001

Serenades
Serenades
as Rainman
Movie - Released: 5/31/2001

1996

Dead Heart
Dead Heart
as Second Man in Desert
Movie - Released: 9/8/1996

1994

The Man from Snowy River
The Man from Snowy River
as Manulpuy
TV - Released: 9/23/1994

1991

Until the End of the World
Until the End of the World
as David
Movie - Released: 9/12/1991

1987

Dark Age
Dark Age
as Adjaral
Movie - Released: 5/21/1987

1986

Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee
as Neville Bell
Movie - Released: 9/26/1986

1983

The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff
as Aborigine
Movie - Released: 10/20/1983

1980

Walkabout to Hollywood
Walkabout to Hollywood
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/11/1980

1978

Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1978
Movie
3 Dances Gulpilil
as Dancer
Movie - Released: 6/6/1978

1977

Storm Boy
Storm Boy
as Fingerbone
Movie - Released: 7/28/1977
The Last Wave
The Last Wave
as Chris Lee
Movie - Released: 12/15/1977

1976

Mad Dog Morgan
Mad Dog Morgan
as Billy
Movie - Released: 7/9/1976
To Shoot a Mad Dog
To Shoot a Mad Dog
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1976

1975

Movie
The Rainbow Serpent
Movie - Released: 7/13/1975

1973

Movie
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
as David Gulpilil
Movie - Released: 1/1/1973

1971

Walkabout
Walkabout
as Black Boy
Movie - Released: 7/1/1971