David Ngoombujarra
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David Ngoombujarra was an Indigenous Australian
actor of the Yamatji
people. Born David Bernard Starr in Meekatharra, Western Australia
, his acting career spanned over two decades from the 1980s to the present; he won three Australian Film Institute Awards
. On 17 July 2011 he was found in a park in Fremantle, and taken to Fremantle Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
actor of the Yamatji
Yamatji
Yamatji is a name commonly used by Aboriginal people in the Murchison and Gascoyne regions of Western Australia to refer to themselves, and sometimes also to Aboriginal people generally, when speaking English. The word comes from the Wajarri language where it has the meaning 'man' or 'human being'...
people. Born David Bernard Starr in Meekatharra, Western Australia
Meekatharra, Western Australia
Meekatharra is a town in the Mid West region of Western Australia. Meekatharra is an Australian Aboriginal word meaning 'place of little water'. At the 2006 census, Meekatharra had a population of 798, with 44.0% being Aboriginal....
, his acting career spanned over two decades from the 1980s to the present; he won three Australian Film Institute Awards
Australian Film Institute Awards
The Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...
. On 17 July 2011 he was found in a park in Fremantle, and taken to Fremantle Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Filmography
- AustraliaAustralia (2008 film)Australia is a 2008 epic historical romance film directed by Baz Luhrmann and starring Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman. It is the second-highest grossing Australian film of all time, behind Crocodile Dundee. The screenplay was written by Luhrmann and screenwriter Stuart Beattie, with Ronald Harwood...
(2008) - The Circuit (TV series)The Circuit (TV series)The Circuit is an Australian television drama series. The six part first season screened on SBS TV, premiering on 8 July 2007 at , and concluding on 12 August 2007. Season 2 began airing on December 1, 2009....
(2007) - The Adventures of Roman Pilgrim (2005)
- Ned KellyNed Kelly (2003 film)Ned Kelly is an Australian drama film directed by Gregor Jordan. The film portrays the life of Ned Kelly — a legendary bushranger in northeast Victoria. Ned Kelly, his brother Dan, and two other men — Steve Hart and Joe Byrne — formed a gang of Irish Australians in response to Irish and...
(2003) - Kangaroo JackKangaroo JackKangaroo Jack is a 2003 American comedy film directed by David McNally, produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, and starring Jerry O'Connell, Anthony Anderson, Christopher Walken, Estella Warren and Adam Garcia...
(2003) - "Yamajti Man" (2003) Narrator
- Black and WhiteBlack and White (2002 film)Black and White is a 2002 Australian film, directed by Craig Lahiff and starring Robert Carlyle, Charles Dance, Kerry Fox, David Ngoombujarra, and Colin Friels.Louis Nowra wrote the screenplay and Helen Leake and Nik Powell produced the film...
(2002) - Rabbit-Proof FenceRabbit-Proof Fence (film)Rabbit-Proof Fence is a 2002 Australian drama film directed by Phillip Noyce based on the book Follow the Rabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara...
(2002) - Serenades (2001)
- Crocodile Dundee in Los AngelesCrocodile Dundee in Los AngelesCrocodile Dundee in Los Angeles is a 2001 Australian-American comedy film, directed by Simon Wincer and starring Paul Hogan. It is the sequel to the 1988 film Crocodile Dundee II, which itself was the sequel to 1986's Crocodile Dundee and the third and final film of the trilogy...
(2001) - The Missing (1999)
- Harry's War (1999)
- No Way to ForgetNo Way to ForgetNo Way to Forget is an Australian short film. It is written and directed by Richard Frankland and stars David Ngoombujarra, Christina Saunders and Shane Franzis. It is the first film by an indigenous director to win an AFI Award. It was broadcast nationally on SBS TV...
(1996) - Dallas DollDallas DollDallas Doll is an Australian film starring Sandra Bernhardt, David Ngoombujarra, Roy Billing, Victoria Longley, Frank Gallacher, Jake Blundell, Rose Byrne and written and directed by Ann Turner.-Plot:...
(1994) - Day of the Dog (aka Blackfellas) (1993)
- Young EinsteinYoung EinsteinYoung Einstein is an Australian comedy film directed by and starring Yahoo Serious, released in 1988.-Plot:Albert Einstein, the son of an apple farmer in Tasmania in the early 1900s, splits a beer atom with a chisel in order to add bubbles to beer, discovers the theory of relativity and travels to...
(1988) - Breaking Loose (1988)
Awards
- AFIAustralian Film Institute AwardsThe Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Award, known as the AACTA Award , is an accolade presented annually by the Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts . The awards recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry and television industry, including directors,...
Best Supporting Actor in Television DramaAustralian Film Institute Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in Television DramaThe Australian Film Institute Award for Best Guest or Supporting Actor in Television Drama is awarded annually by the Australian Film Institute as part of the awards in television for excellence in acting in television drama by a guest or supporting actor....
for The Circuit (2007) - AFI Best Actor in a Supporting RoleAustralian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting RoleThe Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role is an award in the annual Australian Film Institute Awards. It has been awarded annually since 1974.-Previous winners:*1974: Barry Humphries – The Great McCarthy...
for Black and White (2002) - AFI Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Day of the Dog (1993)