David Gulpilil

Acting · Born 1953-07-01 · Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia

Biography

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

• Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee (2025)
• Journey Home, David Gulpilil (2025)
• My Name Is Gulpilil (2021)
• Storm Boy (2019)
• Cargo (2017)
• Goldstone (2016)
• MESSiAH (2016)
• Another Country (2015)
• Charlie's Country (2013)
• Satellite Boy (2012)
• Australia (2008)
• Ten Canoes (2006)
• Crocodile Dreaming (2006)
• The Proposition (2005)
• Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence (2003)
• Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
• The Tracker (2002)
• Gulpilil: One Red Blood (2002)
• Mimi (2002)
• Serenades (2001)
• Dead Heart (1996)
• Until the End of the World (1991)
• Dark Age (1987)
• Crocodile Dundee (1986)