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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.
Birth Name
David Bernard Starr
Born
Tuesday, 27 June 1967
Died
Sunday, 17 July 2011
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Faraway Downs | Magarri | 2023 |
Oh My God | Self | 2009 |
Australia | Magarri | 2008 |
The Circuit | Harry Pope | 2007 |
Ned Kelly | Tribesman | 2003 |
Kangaroo Jack | Mr. Jimmy / Mr Jimmy | 2003 |
Black and White | Young Max Stuart | 2002 |
Rabbit-Proof Fence | Kangaroo Hunter | 2002 |
Animated Tales of the World | Wanalarni Bill | 2001 |
Serenades | Joseph | 2001 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Faraway Downs | Magarri | 2023 |
Oh My God | Self | 2009 |
Australia | Magarri | 2008 |
The Circuit | Harry Pope | 2007 |
Ned Kelly | Tribesman | 2003 |
Kangaroo Jack | Mr. Jimmy / Mr Jimmy | 2003 |
Black and White | Young Max Stuart | 2002 |
Rabbit-Proof Fence | Kangaroo Hunter | 2002 |
Animated Tales of the World | Wanalarni Bill | 2001 |
Serenades | Joseph | 2001 |
Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles | Arthur | 2001 |
The Potato Factory | Billy Gonequeer | 2000 |
The Missing | Willie | 1999 |
The Games | David | 1998 |
Kings in Grass Castles | Burrakin | 1998 |
F/X: The Series | Mangela | 1996 |
Correlli | Warren 'Budgie' Keating | 1995 |
Century of Cinema | Pretty Boy' Floyd | 1995 |
Dallas Doll | Storyteller | 1994 |
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga | Ninawunda | 1994 |
Janus | Ray | 1994 |
Heartland | Mujadi Burunga | 1994 |
Blackfellas | 'Pretty Boy' Floyd / Pretty Boy' Floyd | 1993 |
Young Einstein | Aboriginal Dancer | 1988 |
Breaking Loose: Summer City II | Davie | 1988 |