David Gulpilil

Born: 1953-07-01

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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Cargo

as Daku
Released: 2017-10-06

After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father...

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Crocodile Dundee

as Neville Bell
Released: 1986-09-26

When a New York reporter plucks crocodile hunter Mick Dundee from the Australian Outback for a...

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Until the End of the World

as David
Released: 1991-09-12

In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers,...

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The Proposition

as Jacko
Released: 2005-10-06

In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save...

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The Right Stuff

as Aborigine
Released: 1983-10-20

As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts...

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as King George
Released: 2008-11-18

Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling...

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Walkabout

as Black Boy
Released: 1971-07-01

Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son...

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Rabbit-Proof Fence

as Moodoo
Released: 2002-02-04

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as...

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The Last Wave

as Chris Lee
Released: 1977-12-15

Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people...

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Mad Dog Morgan

as Billy
Released: 1976-07-09

The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during...

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Goldstone

as Jimmy
Released: 2016-07-07

Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons...

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Ten Canoes

as The Storyteller
Released: 2006-06-29

A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator...

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The Tracker

as The Tracker
Released: 2002-08-08

Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of...

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Dark Age

as Adjaral
Released: 1987-05-21

In the Australian outback, a park ranger and two local guides set out to track down a giant...

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My Name Is Gulpilil

as Self
Released: 2021-05-27

Diagnosed with lung cancer, legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil boldly explains the...

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Charlie's Country

as Charlie
Released: 2013-10-12

Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more...

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Storm Boy

as Fingerbone
Released: 1977-07-28

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In...

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Satellite Boy

as Jagamarra
Released: 2012-09-08

When his grandfather's drive-in cinema and home in the outback town of Wyndham is threatened...

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Dead Heart

as Second Man in Desert
Released: 1996-09-08

Ray Lorkin, chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that...

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Mimi

as Granddad
Released: 2002-11-01

A white collector of Aboriginal art gets a shock when the Mimi sculpture she purchased comes to...

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Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence

as Himself
Released: 2003-04-15

This documentary follows Phillip Noyce as he tries to find three aboriginal girls able to act in...

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Another Country

as Self / Narrator
Released: 2015-07-29

In this documentary companion to CHARLIE'S COUNTRY, Australian actor David Gulpilil tells the...

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Walkabout to Hollywood

as Self
Released: 1980-02-11

Produced and directed this documentary for BBC in the 1980’s, about David Gulpilil, acclaimed...

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To Shoot a Mad Dog

as Self
Released: 1976-01-01

A documentary about the making of the Australian feature Mad Dog Morgan (1976).

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Serenades

as Rainman
Released: 2001-05-31

Set in the 1890s in the central desert region of Australia, 'Serenades' tells the tale of Jila...

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Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother

as Self
Released: 1978-01-01

Exploring the relationship between Aboriginal people and their land (including the Dreaming,...

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The Leftovers

as Christopher Sunday
First aired: 2014-06-29

When 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles...

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The Man from Snowy River

as Manulpuy
First aired: 1994-09-23

The Man from Snowy River is an Australian television series based on Banjo Paterson's poem "The...

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Faraway Downs

as King George
First aired: 2023-11-26

The story of an English aristocrat, Lady Sarah Ashley, who inherits a large cattle ranch in...

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