David Gulpilil

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Australian actor.

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Country: Australia
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Arnhem Land
Birth date: 01 July 1953
Nationality: Australian

Member of the Order of Australia
Centenary Medal

Is of Aboriginal descent.
Father of Jamie Gulpilil.
He was awarded the A.M.
He was awarded the Australian Centenary Medal in the 2001 Queens New Years Honours List for his services to service to Australian society through dance and acting.

Movies

Crazy Days at the old Brumby Moon
2016
After being spun through the washing machine of life, a hard drinking raconteur decides its time to pick up the pieces of his life...
Another Country
2015
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 ours..
Charlie's Country
2013
Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts.
Satellite Boy
2012
Twelve-year-old Pete (Cameron Wallaby) lives at a rundown drive-in theatre with his grandfather Jagamarra (David Gulpilil), whom he calls "Jubi".
Crocodile Dreaming
2007
Crocodile Dreaming is a modern day supernatural myth about two estranged brothers, played by iconic Indigenous actors David Gulpill and Tom E.
The Tracker
2002
1922, somewhere in Australia.
Rabbit-Proof Fence
2002
Western Australia, 1931.
The Tracker
2002
It's 1922; somewhere in Australia.
Gulpilil: One Red Blood
2002
An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil..
Mimi
2002
When you buy black there’s no turning back!.
Naked Under Capricorn
1989
Crocodile Dundee
1986
Michael J.
Great Barrier Reef
1981
Mysterious and only superficially explored by generations of the native Aborigines, Australia's Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's most extraordinary natural life systems.
The Painter: Wunuwun in Sydney
1980
Follows Wunuwun on his visit to Sydney and at the exhibition of his work at the New South Wales Art Gallery..
The Last Wave
1977
The film opens with a montage of scenes of daily life in Australia in the 1970s: a rural school in the desert, the main street of an outback town, a traffic jam in the city, all being affected by unusually adverse weather conditions that suddenly appear.
Mad Dog Morgan
1976
Australia in the 1850s.
Storm Boy
1976
Storm Boy is a 1976 Australian film based on a children's book, by Colin Thiele, about a boy and his pelican..
Walkabout
1971
A privileged British family consisting of a mother, a geologist father and an adolescent daughter and son, live in Sydney, Australia.

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