David Ngoombujarra

Actor

June 27, 1967 — July 17, 2011 (44 years)
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.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • Snowy River: The McGregor Saga
    Snowy River: The McGregor Saga4 seasons
  • Black and White
    Black and White2002

Known For

  • Kangaroo Jack
    Kangaroo Jack2003
  • Black and White
    Black and White2002
  • Parallax
    Parallax1 season
  • Blackfellas
    Blackfellas1993
  • The Missing
    The Missing1999
  • The Potato Factory
    The Potato Factory2 episodes
  • Roll
    Roll2004
  • Breaking Loose: Summer City II
    Breaking Loose: Summer City II1988
  • Serenades
    Serenades2001

Filmography

2023
Faraway Downs · as Magarri
2008
Australia · as Magarri
2007
The Circuit · as Harry Pope
2005
2004
2004
Roll · as Dave
2003
Monsters We Met · as Jupurrurla
2003
Ned Kelly · as Tribesman
2003
Kangaroo Jack · as Mr Jimmy
2002
Black and White · as Young Max StuartOn Plex
2002
Guinevere Jones · as Rock Spirit
2002
Rabbit-Proof Fence · as Kangaroo Hunter
2001
Serenades · as Joseph
2001
2000
2000
Animated Tales of the World · as Wanalarni Bill
2000
The Potato Factory · as Billy Gonequeer
1999
The Missing · as Willie
1998
1998
Kings in Grass Castles · as Burrakin
1996
F/X: The Series · as Mangela
1995
Correlli · as Warren 'budgie' Keating
1994
Dallas Doll · as Storyteller
1994
Snowy River: The McGregor Saga · as NinawundaOn Plex
1994
Janus · as Ray Crundall
1994
Heartland (1994) · as Mujadi Burunga
1993
Blackfellas · as 'pretty Boy' Floyd
1988
Young Einstein · as Aboriginal Dancer
1988
1988
Home and Away · as The Stranger