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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 3.301 |
| Birthday | 1953-07-01 |
| Place of Birth | Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia |
| Also Known As | David Gumpilil, David Dalaithngu, David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu AM, |
2008
Australia
6.593/2264
Set in northern Australia before World War II, an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch reluctantly pacts with a stock-man in order to pro...
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Australia
2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence
6.96/335
In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.
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Rabbit-Proof Fence
1986
Crocodile Dundee
6.41/1870
When a New York reporter plucks crocodile hunter Mick Dundee from the Australian Outback for a visit to the Big Apple, it's a clash of cultures and a...
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Crocodile Dundee
2002
The Tracker
6.7/53
Somewhere in Australia in the early 20th century outback, an Aboriginal man is accused of murdering a white woman. Three white men are on a mission t...
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The Tracker
2006
Ten Canoes
6.7/67
A story within a story within a story. In Australia's Northern Territory, an Aboriginal narrator tells a story about his ancestors on a goose hunt. A...
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Ten Canoes
1971
Walkabout
7.3/391
Under the pretense of having a picnic, a geologist takes his teenage daughter and 6-year-old son into the Australian outback and attempts to shoot the...
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Walkabout
1977
Storm Boy
6.9/28
Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native l...
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Storm Boy
1976
Mad Dog Morgan
6/40
The true story of Irish outlaw Daniel Morgan, who is wanted, dead or alive, in Australia during the 1850s.
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Mad Dog Morgan
1977
The Last Wave
6.738/187
Australian lawyer David Burton agrees with reluctance to defend a group of Aboriginal people charged with murdering one of their own. He suspects the...
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The Last Wave
2001
Serenades
5/3
Set in the 1890s in the central desert region of Australia, 'Serenades' tells the tale of Jila who is conceived when her Afghan cameleer father wins h...
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Serenades
2012
Satellite Boy
5.9/11
When his grandfather's drive-in cinema and home in the outback town of Wyndham is threatened with demolition, a twelve-year-old Aboriginal boy must jo...
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Satellite Boy
1976
To Shoot a Mad Dog
0/0
A documentary about the making of the Australian feature Mad Dog Morgan (1976).
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To Shoot a Mad Dog
2003
Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
8/2
This documentary follows Phillip Noyce as he tries to find three aboriginal girls able to act in his film Rabbit Proof Fence. The film sees a cast of...
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Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence
1978
Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
0/0
Exploring the relationship between Aboriginal people and their land (including the Dreaming, sacred places), this film was inspired by Silas Roberts’...
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Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother
2005
The Proposition
7.019/622
In 1880s Australia, a lawman offers renegade Charlie Burns a difficult choice. In order to save his younger brother from the gallows, Charlie must hun...
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The Proposition
2013
Charlie's Country
7.094/48
Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the prop...
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Charlie's Country
1987
Dark Age
5.7/31
In the Australian outback, a park ranger and two local guides set out to track down a giant crocodile that has been killing and eating the local popul...
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Dark Age
1973
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
0/0
In 1973, fresh from his performance in Walkabout, a film that brought outback landscapes to urban audiences, Gulpilil returned the favour by paying a...
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Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
1975
The Rainbow Serpent
0/0
A timeless classic from the Dreamtime. there are innumerable names and stories associated with the Rainbow Serpent, all of which communicate the signi...
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The Rainbow Serpent
1996
Dead Heart
6/8
Ray Lorkin, chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simmering tensions between the area's aborigine natives...
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Dead Heart
2015
Another Country
5.8/4
In this documentary companion to CHARLIE'S COUNTRY, Australian actor David Gulpilil tells the story of when his people's way of life was derailed by o...
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Another Country
1978
3 Dances Gulpilil
0/0
David Gulpilil performs three Aboriginal dances, Emu, Kangaroo and Fish. The first two are solo performances by Gulpilil and are closer to mime than d...
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3 Dances Gulpilil
1991
Until the End of the World
6.821/195
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Pa...
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Until the End of the World
2016
Goldstone
5.991/113
Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple investigation unearths...
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Goldstone
2006
Crocodile Dreaming
0/0
Crocodile Dreaming is a modern day supernatural myth about two estranged brothers, played by iconic Indigenous actors David Gulpill and Tom E. Lewis....
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Crocodile Dreaming
2002
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
6.6/5
An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil.
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Gulpilil: One Red Blood
2016
MESSiAH
0/0
In a playful collision of cultures, a hapless Irishman and his Parisian girlfriend get more than they bargained for when they encounter a particularly...
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MESSiAH
1983
The Right Stuff
7.4/856
As the Space Race ensues, seven pilots set off on a path to become the first American astronauts to enter space. However, the road to making history b...
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The Right Stuff
2017
Cargo
6.403/1705
After being infected in the wake of a violent pandemic and with only 48 hours to live, a father struggles to find a new home for his baby daughter.
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Cargo
2021
My Name Is Gulpilil
6.2/3
Diagnosed with lung cancer, legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil boldly explains the journey that is his extraordinary, culture-clashing life.
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My Name Is Gulpilil
2002
Mimi
5.5/2
A white collector of Aboriginal art gets a shock when the Mimi sculpture she purchased comes to life.
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Mimi
1980
Walkabout to Hollywood
0/0
Produced and directed this documentary for BBC in the 1980’s, about David Gulpilil, acclaimed Australian Aboriginal actor, dancer and musician. The fi...
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