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Acting

David Gulpilil

Career

Active from 1971 to 2023, busiest in 2002 with 3 main titles.

Leading roles
11
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score71/100
Highest rated
Poster for Walkabout
Walkabout
GoodWatch score82/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 22 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 4.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.0 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.8 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
David Gulpilil Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    3.7, average 5.4
  • Situational Comedy
    1.5, average 2.7
  • Pop Culture
    1.1, average 2.2
  • Cringe Humor
    1.2, average 2.2

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 4
  • Australian Outback 4
  • Survival Story 3
  • Coming-of-Age 3
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Outback Adventure 2
  • Indigenous Issues 2
  • Slow-Burn Tension 2
  • Australian Cinema 2
  • Aboriginal Culture 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

30
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

2020s

2 titles · average score 71
Faraway Downs
Faraway Downs (2023)
GoodWatch score 58

TV show · as King George

My Name Is Gulpilil
My Name Is Gulpilil (2021)
GoodWatch score 84

Producer

2010s

7 titles · average score 75
Storm Boy
Storm Boy (2019)
GoodWatch score 69

as Fingerbone Bill's Dad

Cargo
Cargo (2017)
GoodWatch score 69

as Daku

Goldstone
Goldstone (2016)
GoodWatch score 72

as Jimmy

Another Country
Another Country (2015)

Writer

The Leftovers
The Leftovers (2014)
GoodWatch score 83

TV show · as Christopher Sunday

Charlie's Country
Charlie's Country (2013)
GoodWatch score 79

as Charlie

Satellite Boy
Satellite Boy (2012)
GoodWatch score 79

as Jagamarra

2000s

8 titles · average score 74
Australia
Australia (2008)
GoodWatch score 58

as King George

Ten Canoes
Ten Canoes (2006)
GoodWatch score 79

as The Storyteller

Crocodile Dreaming
Crocodile Dreaming (2006)

as Burrimmilla

The Proposition
The Proposition (2005)
GoodWatch score 77

as Jacko

The Tracker
The Tracker (2002)
GoodWatch score 75

as The Tracker

Rabbit-Proof Fence
Rabbit-Proof Fence (2002)
GoodWatch score 80

as Moodoo

Mimi
Mimi (2002)

as Granddad

Serenades
Serenades (2001)

as Rainman

1990s

4 titles · average score 69
BeastMaster
BeastMaster (1999)
GoodWatch score 64

TV show · as Shaman

Dead Heart
Dead Heart (1996)
GoodWatch score 65

as Second Man in Desert

The Man from Snowy River
The Man from Snowy River (1994)
GoodWatch score 72

TV show · as Manulpuy

Until the End of the World
Until the End of the World (1991)
GoodWatch score 77

as David

1980s

3 titles · average score 77
Dark Age
Dark Age (1987)
GoodWatch score 76

as Adjaral

Crocodile Dundee
Crocodile Dundee (1986)
GoodWatch score 69

as Neville Bell

The Right Stuff
The Right Stuff (1983)
GoodWatch score 86

as Aborigine

1970s

6 titles · average score 71
3 Dances Gulpilil
3 Dances Gulpilil (1978)

as Dancer

The Last Wave
The Last Wave (1977)
GoodWatch score 77

as Chris Lee

Storm Boy
Storm Boy (1977)
GoodWatch score 71

as Fingerbone

Mad Dog Morgan
Mad Dog Morgan (1976)
GoodWatch score 53

as Billy

Showing Melbourne to Maningrida
Showing Melbourne to Maningrida (1973)

as David Gulpilil

Walkabout
Walkabout (1971)
GoodWatch score 82

as Black Boy