David Gulpilil: movies and TV shows
David Gulpilil has 45 credits in the archive: 41 films and 4 TV series, from 1971 to 2025. Highest rated: The Leftovers (7.7/10).
Career timeline
1971 – 2025 · busiest year: 1973 (4 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Journey Home, David Gulpilil | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 72 |
| 2025 | Love of an Icon: The Legend of Crocodile Dundee | Self | Film | 7.8 | 72 |
| 2023 | Faraway Downs | King George | TV | 6.9 | 70 |
| 2021 | My Name Is Gulpilil | Self | Film | 6.4 | 68 |
| 2021 | My Name Is Gulpilil | Film | 6.4 | 68 | |
| 2019 | Storm Boy | Fingerbone Bill's Dad | Film | 7.1 | 66 |
| 2017 | Cargo | Daku | Film | 6.4 | 64 |
| 2016 | Goldstone | Jimmy | Film | 6.0 | 63 |
| 2016 | MESSiAH | Film | — | 63 | |
| 2015 | Another Country | Self / Narrator | Film | 6.2 | 62 |
| 2015 | Another Country | Film | 6.2 | 62 | |
| 2014 | The Leftovers | Christopher Sunday | TV | 7.7 | 61 |
| 2013 | Charlie's Country | Charlie | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 2013 | Charlie's Country | Film | 7.0 | 60 | |
| 2012 | Satellite Boy | Jagamarra | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 2008 | Australia | King George | Film | 6.6 | 55 |
| 2006 | Ten Canoes | The Storyteller | Film | 6.7 | 53 |
| 2006 | Crocodile Dreaming | Burrimmilla | Film | — | 53 |
| 2005 | The Proposition | Jacko | Film | 7.0 | 52 |
| 2003 | Following the Rabbit-Proof Fence | Himself | Film | 8.0 | 50 |
| 2002 | Rabbit-Proof Fence | Moodoo | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 2002 | The Tracker | The Tracker | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 2002 | Gulpilil: One Red Blood | Self | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 2002 | Mimi | Granddad | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 2001 | Serenades | Rainman | Film | 5.4 | 48 |
| 1999 | BeastMaster | Shaman | TV | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1996 | Dead Heart | Second Man in Desert | Film | 5.8 | 43 |
| 1994 | The Man from Snowy River | Manulpuy | TV | 7.1 | 41 |
| 1991 | Until the End of the World | David | Film | 6.7 | 38 |
| 1987 | Dark Age | Adjaral | Film | 5.7 | 34 |
| 1986 | Crocodile Dundee | Neville Bell | Film | 6.4 | 33 |
| 1983 | The Right Stuff | Aborigine | Film | 7.4 | 30 |
| 1980 | Walkabout to Hollywood | Self | Film | — | 27 |
| 1978 | Walya Ngamardiki: The Land My Mother | Self | Film | — | 25 |
| 1978 | 3 Dances Gulpilil | Dancer | Film | — | 25 |
| 1977 | The Last Wave | Chris Lee | Film | 6.7 | 24 |
| 1977 | Storm Boy | Fingerbone | Film | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1976 | Mad Dog Morgan | Billy | Film | 5.9 | 23 |
| 1976 | To Shoot a Mad Dog | Self | Film | 7.0 | 23 |
| 1975 | The Rainbow Serpent | Film | — | 22 | |
| 1973 | No Bag Limit | Self - Dancer | Film | — | 20 |
| 1973 | Showing Melbourne to Maningrida | David Gulpilil | Film | — | 20 |
| 1973 | Showing Melbourne to Maningrida | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1973 | Showing Melbourne to Maningrida | Film | — | 20 | |
| 1971 | Walkabout | Black Boy | Film | 7.3 | 18 |