David Gulpilil
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1 July 1953 · Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia
- Died
- 29 November 2021
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 36
- 2025Journey Home, David Gulpilil as Self (archive footage)
- 2025Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee as Self
- 2021My Name Is Gulpilil as Self
- 2019Storm Boy as Fingerbone Bill's Dad
- 2017Cargo as Daku
- 2016Goldstone as Jimmy
- 2016MESSiAH
- 2015Another Country as Self / Narrator
- 2013Charlie's Country as Charlie
- 2012Satellite Boy as Jagamarra
- 2008Australia as King George
- 2006Ten Canoes as The Storyteller
- 2006Crocodile Dreaming as Burrimmilla
- 2005The Proposition as Jacko
- 2003Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence as Himself
- 2002Mimi as Granddad
- 2002The Tracker as The Tracker
- 2002Gulpilil: One Red Blood as Self
- 2002Rabbit-Proof Fence as Moodoo
- 2001Serenades as Rainman
- 1996Dead Heart as Second Man in Desert
- 1991Until the End of the World as David
- 1987Dark Age as Adjaral
- 1986Crocodile Dundee as Neville Bell
- 1983The Right Stuff as Aborigine
- 1980Walkabout to Hollywood as Self
- 19783 Dances Gulpilil as Dancer
- 1978Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother as Self
- 1977The Last Wave as Chris Lee
- 1977Storm Boy as Fingerbone
- 1976Mad Dog Morgan as Billy
- 1976To Shoot a Mad Dog as Self
- 1975The Rainbow Serpent
- 1973Showing Melbourne to Maningrida as David Gulpilil
- 1973No Bag Limit as Self - Dancer
- 1971Walkabout as Black Boy
Production 2
- 2021My Name Is Gulpilil · producer
- 1973Showing Melbourne to Maningrida · producer
Writing 2
- 2015Another Country · writer
- 2013Charlie's Country · writer
Directing 1
- 1973Showing Melbourne to Maningrida · director