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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).
- 'I'm An Actor, I'm A Dancer, I'm A Singer and Also A painter.'
- 'No One Else Can Do The Life of Me, It's only me. I Can Do The Life About me.'
- 'I Like to Make A Film, It's A history. I Like It Because It Won't Rub Out.'
- 'This Film Will Remember to Generation to Generation.'
My Name is Gulpilil is likely the final entry in a fruitful, two-decade collaboration between Dalaithngu and the white Australian filmmaker Rolf de Heer and his partner Reynolds, which started with the Yolngu actor's phenomenal lead role — his first — in The Tracker in 2002. Over the four films they've made since then — which are widely held up as ...
Unlike other biographic treatments, such as Darlene Johnson's 2002 documentary Gulpilil: One Red Blood, or Derek Rielly's 2020 book Gulpilil, there are no other interviewees or talking heads. "People, usually whitefellas, sort of speak for or about David,' says Reynolds, explaining the reasoning behind the "clear choices" that she and David made ab...
Dalaithngu's role extended far beyond being the star interviewee. "One day he called me up," recounts Reynolds. "'Molly, Molly,' he said. 'What I'd like to do is, I want you to wrap me in our film, in my cemetery box.'" She had to break the news to him: "David, we're shooting digital, not 35mm ... but I got the image he was evoking, and that was re...
In 2002, academic and cultural commentator Marcia Langton said: "David has been absolutely critical to both representing Aboriginal people in modern Australia in the cinema ... and also, in his own ironic and charismatic way, undermining the stereotypes that were forced on him. He's a tremendously important person to us culturally." Reflecting on t...
David Dalaithngu, one of the country’s finest actors, has died at the age of 68. He was a charismatic, mesmerising, loose-limbed presence on screen for 50 years from the 1971 film Walkabout to ...
Nov 29, 2021 · Pioneering Indigenous actor David Dalaithngu AM has died aged 68. Key points: Dalaithngu's role in Walkabout was one of the first roles played by an Indigenous person
Nov 30, 2021 · Nearly five decades later, the world now bids farewell to a prolific trailblazer who walked tall in two cultures and starred in landmark Australian films Crocodile Dundee, Rabbit Proof Fence, Storm Boy, Walkabout, The Tracker and many more.
- 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 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...
