The Resume

(July 1, 1953-November 29, 2021)
Born in Maningrida, Northern Territory, Australia
Birth name was David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu
Indigenous Australian dancer and actor
Appeared in 'Walkabout' (1971), 'The Last Wave' (1977), 'Crocodile Dundee' (1986), 'Until the End of the World' (1991), 'Rabbit-Proof Fence' (2002), 'The Tracker' (2002), 'Ten Canoes' (2006) and 'Australia' (2008)

Why he might be annoying:

He was arrested on weapons charges after pulling out a machete during an argument over his drinking (2006).
His wife, Miriam Ashley, alleged he struck her and got a restraining order against him (2007).
During the filming of 'Australia,' he asked Baz Luhrmann, 'That fellow I played didgeridoo with all those years ago, Jimi Hendrix. Is he still around?'

Why he might not be annoying:

He wrote two volumes of children's stories based on Indigenous Australian beliefs.
He has called for government recognition of the 'Stolen Generations,' when children of mixed European and Aboriginal parentage were forcibly removed from their Indigenous families.
He won an Australian Film Institute Award as best actor for 'The Tracker.'
The weapons charge was dismissed when a judge ruled that the machete was a 'cultural implement' used to carve didgeridoos and totem poles.

Credit: C. Fishel

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• C. Fishel's Profiles [Series 17]
• Celebrity Children's Authors
• Children's Book Authors
• I Come from Oz
• I Died in 2021 (Ranked: 68)
• Indigenous Australians
• On Trial 2007
• Profiles 24501-24750 (Ranked: 24621)
• We Died on the Same Day (Ranked: 20211129)
• Wife Beaters and Alleged Domestic Abusers
• Wizard Beards

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 96 Votes: 44.79% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 31 Votes: 67.74% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 515 Votes: 31.65% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 23 Votes: 34.78% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 51 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 11 Votes: 45.45% Annoying