David GulpililFilmography

Born:: January 1, 1954 in N. Territory, New S. Wales, Australia
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: Aborigine character lead David Gulpilil appeared onscreen during the 1970s through 2000s. ~ All Movie Guide...Read More

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Australia

Actors: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Bryan Brown, Jack Thompson

Synopsis: Set against the scenic backdrop of pre-World War II Australia, Baz Luhrmann's romantic period adventure stars Nicole Kidman as an English aristocrat who inherits a sprawling ranch, and Hugh Jackman as the rough-and-tumble cattle driver who helps protect her property from greedy English cattle Read More

11/26/08
Ten Canoes

Actors: Crusoe Kurddal, Jamie Dayindi Gulpilil Dalaithngu, Richard Birrinbirrin, Jamie Gulpilil, Peter Minygululu, Frances Djulibing

Synopsis: A man teaches his younger brother an important lesson through an ancient fable in this period comedy-drama shot in Australia, and the first feature film made in the Aboriginal language of Ganalbingu. As narrator David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu sets up the story, we watch a group of Read More

5/25/07
The Proposition

Actors: Guy Pearce, Ray Winstone, Emily Watson, Danny Huston, John Hurt

Synopsis: An outlaw is goaded into taking on justice at its most brutal in this hard-edged Western set in rural Australia in the 1880s. Charlie Burns (Guy Pearce) is a criminal living in the outback. He and his two brothers, Arthur (Danny Huston) and Mikey (Richard Wilson), are on the run from the law for Read More

5/5/06
The Tracker

Actors: David Gulpilil, Gary Sweet, Damon Gameau, Grant Page, Noel Wilton

Synopsis: Experimental director Rolf DeHeer's film The Tracker depicts a controversial moment in the Australian justice system, in doing so taking on a popular topic among Australian filmmakers--the complicated and too often racist relationship between Aboriginals and locals. When an Aboriginal tracker Read More

1/16/04
Gulpilil: One Red Blood

Actors: David Gulpilil, Phillip Noyce, Jack Thompson, Ronnie Barramola, Justine Saunders

Synopsis: Legendary Aboriginal actor and Australian icon David Gulpilil's life has been one of dueling lifestyles, with his jet-setting movie star life on a completely different plane from his life as an Aboriginal village elder, and director Darlene Johnson manages to capture intimate details from both Read More

2003
Rabbit-Proof Fence

Actors: Everlyn Sampi, Tianna Sansbury, Laura Monaghan, David Gulpilil, Kenneth Branagh

Synopsis: After directing a number of major motion pictures in the United States, Australian-born filmmaker Phillip Noyce returned home to make this remarkable adventure-drama, based on a true story as well as a lamentable period in his nation's history. When European settlers first arrived in Australia Read More

11/29/02
Serenades

Actors: Aden Young, Billie Brown, David Gulpilil

Synopsis: Director Mojgan Khadem's exotic drama draws on research conducted by Christine Stevens to tell the tale of Jalil - the daughter of an Aboriginal Australian and an Afghan cameleer. As a young girl living in Australia, Jalil was raised as an Aborigine by her grandfather. Later, Jalil's childhood Read More

2000
Dead Heart

Actors: Bryan Brown, Ernie Dingo, Angie Milliken

Synopsis: Though not quite a western, this gripping Australian drama contains similar themes as it chronicles the unending struggle between native aborigines and ever-encroaching Europeans. Set in the arid red-rock desert west of Alice Springs, a region called Dead Heart by the whites and hailed as a sacred Read More

1996
Until the End of the World

Actors: William Hurt, Solveig Dommartin, Sam Neill, Max von Sydow, Rüdiger Vogler

Synopsis: Wim Wenders' sprawling cyberpunk noir epic -- shot in no less than nine different countries -- is set in 1999 and stars Solveig Dommartin as Claire, a young Frenchwoman who comes into contact with a large sum of money stolen during a bank heist; in her travels she picks up a mysterious American Read More

12/25/91
Crocodile Dundee

Actors: Paul Hogan, Linda Kozlowski, John Meillon, Mark Blum, Michael Lombard

Synopsis: Accustomed to a simple life in the Australian Outback, a legendary crocodile hunter has trouble adjusting to his new surroundings when an American journalist brings him to New York City. This Australian comedy delivers exactly what one would expect: plenty of fish-out-of-water gags about the Read More

9/26/86
Dark Age

Actors: John Jarratt, Nikki Coghill, Max Phipps, Burnham Burnham, David Gulpilil

Synopsis: This well-made Australian blend of Jaws and Alligator is a tense, action-packed thriller involving a monstrous crocodile, a tough ranger (John Jarratt), and a team of aborigines who worship the monster as the god "Numunwari." This leads to lots of gory clashes with the reptile, interwoven with Read More

1986
The Right Stuff

Actors: Sam Shepard, Scott Glenn, Ed Harris, Dennis Quaid, Fred Ward

Synopsis: Covering some 15 years, The Right Stuff recounts the formation of America's space program, concentrating on the original Mercury astronauts. Scott Glenn plays Alan Shepard, the first American in space; Fred Ward is Gus Grissom, the benighted astronaut for whom nothing works out as planned; and Ed Harris Read More

1983
The Last Wave

Actors: Richard Chamberlain, Olivia Hamnett, David Gulpilil, Frederick Parslow, Nadjiwarra Amagula

Synopsis: Peter Weir follows up on his critically acclaimed masterpiece Picnic at Hanging Rock with this surrealist psychological drama. The film opens with a freak hailstorm in Australia's outback. Cut to David Burton (Richard Chamberlain), a well-to-do Sydney corporate lawyer plagued by visions of Read More

1977
Storm Boy

Actors: Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil, Judy Dick, Tony Allison

Synopsis: Storm Boy (Greg Rowe) is a rambunctious Australian youth, living along the coastline with his freewheeling father. At the behest of an aging aborigine, Storm Boy takes care of an uncared-for nest of pelicans. As he develops a sense of responsibility, the boy's outlook on the world matures. This Read More

1976
Mad Dog Morgan

Actors: Dennis Hopper, Jack Thompson, David Gulpilil, Frank Thring, Michael Pate

Synopsis: Dennis Hopper plays the title character in this true story of a 19th-century Australian gold-digger who is pressed into a life of crime. A six-year stint in jail doesn't provide reform, but does introduce him to an Aboriginal partner-in-crime (David Gulpilil). The duo then proceed to terrorize the Read More

1976
Walkabout

Actors: Jenny Agutter, Lucien John, David Gulpilil, John Meillon, John Illingsworth

Synopsis: The contrast between modern, urban civilization and life in the natural world lies at the heart of Nicolas Roeg's visually dazzling drama Walkabout. In broad outline, the plot might resemble a standard fish-out-of-water tale: two city children become stranded in the Australian outback, and Read More

1971