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David Dhalatnghu Gulpilil AM (1 July 1953 – 29 November 2021) was an Australian actor and dancer. He was known for his roles in the films Walkabout (1971), Storm Boy (1976), The Last Wave (1977), Crocodile Dundee (1986), Rabbit-Proof Fence, The Tracker (both 2002) and Australia (2008).
Nov 29, 2021 · David Gulpilil, an Indigenous Australian who found film stardom as a teenager in 1971 when he was featured in “Walkabout” and went on to become Australia’s most famous Aboriginal actor, appearing...
Dec 6, 2021 · One of Australia's greatest actors, David Gulpilil (Kingfisher) Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu, died last week aged 68, following a battle with lung cancer. In accordance with custom he will be returned...
- Monique Grbec
Learn about the life and career of David Gulpilil, a First Nations person of Northern Australia who starred in Walkabout, Storm Boy, The Last Wave and more. Watch his documentary, My Name is Gulpilil, filmed while dying of terminal lung cancer.
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Apr 30, 2024 · The late actor, who starred in films like Rabbit Proof Fence and Walkabout, was repatriated to his home in Arnhem Land after his death in 2021. A film crew captured his epic logistical effort, which is being turned into a documentary called Journey Home – David Gulpilil.
- Matt Garrick
David Gulpilil was more than just Australia’s first great Indigenous actor. He was one of the country’s finest actors from any culture at any time — a charismatic, mesmerising, loose-limbed presence on screen for 50 years from the 1971 film Walkabout to the documentary My Name Is Gulpilil this year.
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Dec 5, 2021 · The late actor David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu was a cultural icon who starred in films like Walkabout, Crocodile Dundee, and Charlie's Country. He struggled to balance his Indigenous and non-Indigenous identities in a divided nation.
