ACTOR · FROM ARNHEM LAND, AUSTRALIA
David Gulpilil
1953–202134 credits since 1971
Cultural identityMelancholicThought provokingDarkPeriod piece
ABOUT DAVID
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.
Biography from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Credits and photos from TMDB.
Born1 July 1953
Died29 November 2021
BirthplaceArnhem Land, Australia
Known forActing
On Cineora23 of 32 titles
Known for
The titles people know David from.
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MovieCareer
IMDb rating of each title on Cineora, by year.
- Titles on Cineora
- 23
- Average IMDb
- 6.9
- Highest rated
- The LeftoversIMDb 8.3
- Working since
- 1971
Size: how widely seen
Filmography
The 2020s
1 title · IMDb 7.0 on averageSeriesas King George · 6 episodes
The 2010s
7 titles · IMDb 7.0 on average
Movieas Fingerbone Bill's Dad
Movieas Daku
Movieas Jimmy
Seriesas Christopher Sunday · 2 episodes
Movieas Charlie
Movieas Jagamarra
The 2000s
8 titles · IMDb 7.1 on averageMovieas King George
Movieas The Storyteller
as Burrimmilla
Movieas Jacko
as Granddad
Movieas The Tracker
Movieas Moodoo
as Rainman
The 1990s
4 titles · IMDb 6.7 on average
Seriesas Shaman · 1 episode
Movieas Second Man in Desert
Seriesas Manulpuy · 1 episode
Movieas David
The 1980s
3 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average
The 1970s
7 titles · IMDb 6.9 on average3 Dances Gulpilil
Not on Cineoraas Dancer
Movieas Chris Lee
Movieas Fingerbone
Movieas Billy
The Rainbow Serpent
Not on CineoraShowing Melbourne to Maningrida
Not on Cineoraas David Gulpilil
Movieas Black Boy
Often works with
The people who keep turning up in David’s titles.
David WenhamAustralia, The Proposition and 2 more
Bryan BrownAustralia, Faraway Downs and 1 more
John JarrattAustralia, Dark Age and 1 more
Natasha WanganeenCargo, Rabbit-Proof Fence and 1 more
Rolf de HeerDirector · Ten Canoes, The Tracker and 1 more
Nicole KidmanAustralia and Faraway Downs
Hugh JackmanAustralia and Faraway Downs
Guy PearceThe Proposition and The Man from Snowy River
