Ernie Dingo

Ernie Dingo

Born: July 31, 1956
in Bullardoo, Western Australia
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Ernie Dingo AM (born 31 July 1956 at Bullardoo Station)[1] is an indigenous Australian actor and television presenter originating from the Yamatji people of the Murchison region of Western Australia.

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The Roast of Paul Hogan
Title: The Roast of Paul Hogan
Character: Self
Released: November 22, 2022
Type: Movie
Aussie comedy legends roast an Aussie comedy Icon in this hilarious, no holds barred special.
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Boar
Title: Boar
Character: Ernie
Released: June 17, 2018
Type: Movie
In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need for blood and destruction. It cares for none, defends its territory with brutal force, and kills with a raw, animalistic savagery unlike any have seen before.
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Title: Mystery Road
Character: Keith Groves
Released: June 3, 2018
Type: TV
When there is a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station, Detective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate. Working with local cop Emma James, Jay’s investigation uncovers a past injustice that threatens the fabric of the whole community.
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Title: Going Places With Ernie Dingo
Character: Self
Released: December 4, 2016
Type: TV
Prepare to have your breath taken away by some of Australia’s most spectacular scenery, and be moved by the real-life stories of the people Ernie meets in his quest to discover more about the country’s popular tourist destinations.
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Title: DNA Nation
Character: Himself
Released: May 22, 2016
Type: TV
Who are we? And where do we come from? Australia's greatest Olympian Ian Thorpe, iconic Indigenous actor Ernie Dingo, and TV presenter and Queen of Eurovision Julia Zemiro set off on an epic journey of genetic time travel to find out.
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Title: First Footprints
Character: Narrator
Released: July 14, 2013
Type: TV
First Footprints explores the story of how people arrived and thrived on our continent. With startling new archaeological discoveries revealing how the first Australians adapted, migrated, fought and created in dramatically changing environments.
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Bran Nue Dae
Title: Bran Nue Dae
Character: Tadpole
Released: August 9, 2009
Type: Movie
In the Summer of 1965 a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome - fishing, hanging out with his mates and his girl. However his mother returns him to the religious mission for further schooling. After being punished for an act of youthful rebellion, he runs away from the mission on a journey that ultimately leads him back home.
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Title: Always Greener
Character: Rooster (Voice)
Released: September 9, 2001
Type: TV
Every city-dweller daydreams about dropping out of the rat-race and moving to the country. Every country-dweller wonders what it might be like to try their luck in the 'Big Smoke'. Always Greener is the story of two families who actually dare to give it a go.
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Somewhere in the Darkness
Title: Somewhere in the Darkness
Character: Cowboy Joe
Released: January 25, 1999
Type: Movie
In this Australian drama, a department store collapses, trapping an old man (Barry Jenkins) and a young boy (Rowan Whitt) underneath. In hopes of keeping the child calm, the man tells him a series of folk tales which teach a moral lesson while they entertain. Somewhere In The Darkness received its world premier at the 1999 Slamdance Film Festival in the United States; it was later screened at Australia's Sydney Film Festival the same year. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
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The Echo of Thunder
Title: The Echo of Thunder
Character: Neil
Released: April 19, 1998
Type: Movie
Scenic settings in Australia enhance this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, a simple yet engaging tale about a teenage girl's adjustment to a new family.
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Title: Kings in Grass Castles
Character: Jimmy
Released: March 28, 1998
Type: TV
The life of an Irish immigrant family in Australia in the second half of the 19th century.
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Dead Heart
Title: Dead Heart
Character: David
Released: September 8, 1996
Type: Movie
Ray Lorkin, chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simmering tensions between the area's aborigine natives and white settlers are on the verge of erupting. When it's discovered that Kate, the white wife of local schoolteacher Les, has despoiled a sacred site by secretly meeting her aborigine lover, Tony, there, a shocking murder threatens to rip the small town apart.
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Rainbow's End
Title: Rainbow's End
Character: Harvey
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Jack and Terri decide to run away from their foster parents to find their real dad, Tom, a merchant seaman. Their journey takes them through adventures and mishaps.
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Title: Heartbreak High
Character: Vic Morris
Released: April 1, 1994
Type: TV
The ins and outs of the classroom lives of a group of students who attend the fictional Hartley High School in Sydney.
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Title: Heartland
Released: March 23, 1994
Type: TV
Heartland was an Australian television drama series that ran on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1994. It ran for thirteen episodes and starred Cate Blanchett and Ernie Dingo. The show was also known as Burned Bridge in some countries. Heartland deals with the mystery surrounding the death of an Aboriginal girl and the doubts concerning the guilt of her boyfriend, who is arrested for her murder. It is also a love story between two of the people convinced of his innocence—their growing relationship must survive hostility from both the white and black communities and the obstacles of their different backgrounds, attitudes and cultures. Set in a small coastal town against the turmoils of murder, mystery and romance, Heartland follows the people from this seaside community and their battle to restructure their own way of life. Their struggle to restore their self-esteem towards a positive future, despite the obstacles in their path. Other plot elements revolve around the character of Elizabeth Ashton, a writer arriving in a small coastal community. A degree of suspicion exists towards the newcomer who is ignorant of any underlying racial tensions. This naivety allows her to more easily befriend local Aborigine Vincent Burunga. Into this mix is the local police officer Phil McCarthy who seeks Ashton's affections whilst being hostile to her friendship with Burunga, not just as a rival suitor, but because of racial prejudice.
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Blackfellas
Title: Blackfellas
Character: Percy
Released: November 4, 1993
Type: Movie
Young Aboriginal Doug has done his time for petty theft, but quickly drifts back under the bad influence of ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd. Doug knows where he’s heading – he’s seen it all before, in the hard life of his father. Returning to his traditional country and the love of girlfriend Polly is the way out. But Floyd’s mateship is hard to shake.
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Title: Blue Heelers
Released: September 10, 1993
Type: TV
Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set in the fictional country town of Mount Thomas. Under the watchful eye of Tom Croydon (John Wood), the men and women of Mount Thomas Police Station fight crime, resolve disputes and tackle the social issues of the day. We watch their successes and their failures and learn to grow with them and their loved ones as the heart of the series develops.
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Clowning Around 2
Title: Clowning Around 2
Character: Jack Merrick
Released: August 1, 1993
Type: Movie
Sim, now a member of the Winter Circus in Paris, befriends Eve, another young clown. Drawn to an experimental style of clowning used by Circus Oz and Cirque du Soleil, the techniques get them both fired, but when Sim returns home to Australia, he finds that he is now the inheritor of a share in the Rathnow Circus.
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Mr. Electric
Title: Mr. Electric
Character: Bill
Released: July 15, 1993
Type: Movie
MR ELECTRIC is set in 1956. Bill, an Aboriginal electrician, returns to his home town to make peace with the racist, white-trash family who fostered him as a child and finds that his childhood sweetheart has married his best friend. Something has happened in the past which no one can forget. Bill offers to wire up their house and, in the process, wires up their relationship.
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Oondamooroo
Title: Oondamooroo
Character: Ernie Dingo
Released: November 1, 1992
Type: Movie
Documentary on Australian actor Ernie Dingo. As an actor, Ernie Dingo has played many parts, but many people see his major achievement as being a role model for other Aborigines. This film traces the life of the WA actor from his birth in a corrugated iron shed on Bullado station to early childhood in Mullewa, and his high school years in Geraldton to the beginning of his acting career.
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Mr Neal Is Entitled to Be an Agitator
Title: Mr Neal Is Entitled to Be an Agitator
Character: Mr. Neal
Released: December 5, 1991
Type: Movie
In the last four years of his life, Lionel Murphy was at the centre of an historic battle to retain his position on the High Court in Australia. While the film concentrates on this period and the events leading up to it, in a wider sense, it uses the dramatic story of Murphy as a vehicle to consider some more fundamental issues about law. The film tackles the problem of police and security surveillance of the individual in Australian society and in particular, of prominent political and legal figures.
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Clowning Around
Title: Clowning Around
Character: Jack Merrick
Released: November 26, 1991
Type: Movie
Follows a boy who realizes there is more to being a clown, than just clowning around.
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Until the End of the World
Title: Until the End of the World
Character: Burt
Released: September 12, 1991
Type: Movie
In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist her help to take the money to a drop in Paris. On the way, she runs into another fugitive from the law — an American doctor on the run from the CIA. They want to confiscate his father's invention – a device which allows anyone to record their dreams and visions.
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Cappuccino
Title: Cappuccino
Character: Himself
Released: December 14, 1989
Type: Movie
The story is told through the eyes of Max, a stand-up comedian and taxi driver, who gets involved in a blackmail case and lands in prison. Max uses his time in prison to tell the story of his friends' lives. He also writes a script for himself and the other four actors, with unexpected results.
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88.9 Radio Redfern
Title: 88.9 Radio Redfern
Character: Self
Released: September 20, 1989
Type: Movie
An observational documentary which looks at Sydney’s first community Aboriginal radio station, 88.9 Radio Redfern. Set against a backdrop of contemporary Aboriginal music, 88.9 Radio Redfern offers a special and rare exploration of the people, attitudes and philosophies behind the lead up to a different type of celebration of Australia’s Bicentennial Year. Throughout 1988, 88.9 Radio Redfern became an important focal point for communication and solidarity within the Aboriginal community. The film reveals how urban blacks are adapting social structures such as the mass media to serve their needs.
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The Saint: Fear in Fun Park
Title: The Saint: Fear in Fun Park
Character: Tour Guide
Released: September 16, 1989
Type: Movie
Simon Templar thwarts a Hong Kong syndicate's takeover of a businessman's Australian fun park.
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Title: Fast Forward
Released: April 12, 1989
Type: TV
Fast Forward was Australia’s highest rating, longest running and most critically awarded commercial television sketch comedy show, broadcast for 90 one hour episodes from 12 April 1989 to 26 November 1992. The show was produced by Steve Vizard, who was also the Executive Producer, writer and performer, and starred Jane Turner, Gina Riley, Magda Szubanski, Marg Downey, Michael Veitch, Peter Moon, Alan Pentland, Steve Blackburn, Geoff Brookes, Ernie Dingo, the Rubbery Figures satirical puppets, and numerous guests and supporting stars, such as Gerry Connolly and Brian Dawe. Fast Forward was succeeded by the related series Full Frontal, and subsequently Totally Full Frontal, which were broadcast from 1993 to 1999 and which starred many of the original Fast Forward cast as well as many iconic performers including Eric Bana, Stephen Curry, Glenn Robbins, Shaun Micallef, Kitty Flanagan and Julia Morris. Fast Forward was directed by Ted Emery. In its second and subsequent series, Andrew Knight joined Steve Vizard and Ted Emery as Executive Producers of the show. They went on to establish the leading Australian Production house, Artist Services, which produced 1400 hours of prime time television including SeaChange, Big Girls Blouse, Tonight Live with Steve Vizard, the Eric Bana show, the Shaun Micallef Pogram.
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Title: Dolphin Cove
Released: January 21, 1989
Type: TV
Dolphin Cove is an American drama created by Peter Benchley, set in Queensland, Australia that aired on CBS in 1989 for eight episodes.
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Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
Title: Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller
Character: Dave
Released: December 8, 1988
Type: Movie
When the joker Tommy Tricker plays some practical jokes on some of his friends, his best friend Ralph, a stamp collector, discovers the secret of "stamp travel" to make him travel around the world on a stamp to bring back the mysterious Charles Merriweather, who never returned on a stamp for 75 years.
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Tudawali
Title: Tudawali
Character: Robert Tudawali
Released: September 9, 1988
Type: Movie
Tells the story of Robert Tudawali who starred in the first ever Australian technicolour feature film, "Jedda". Station hand, actor and then Aboriginal activist, Tudawali died in 1967 at the age of 38 in tragic circumstances. Includes brief excerpts from "Jedda". Stars Ernie Dingo in the title role.
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Crocodile Dundee II
Title: Crocodile Dundee II
Character: Charlie
Released: May 19, 1988
Type: Movie
Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.
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Title: The Dirtwater Dynasty
Character: Billy senior / Billy / Kadaicha Man
Released: April 9, 1988
Type: TV
The Dirtwater Dynasty is a five-part Australian drama miniseries, first screened on Network Ten in 1988. The Dirtwater Dynasty was directed by Michael Jenkins and John Power. The Dirtwater Dynasty is the story of embittered rivalry, triumph and despair, spanning three generations and eight decades. Born in the London slums in 1878, Richard Eastwick comes to Australia at age 20, with nothing but a handful of courage and a dream. He acquires land, marries and raises a family, makes loyal friends and bitter enemies. Two world wars and the economic depression take their toll on his family and his land and cattle ranching empire but his dream to create a dynasty gives him a reason to continue.
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A Waltz Through the Hills
Title: A Waltz Through the Hills
Character: Frank Smith
Released: January 1, 1988
Type: Movie
When Sammy Dean and her older brother Andy are suddenly orphaned, they fear that they will be separated and placed in foster homes. So they set off along on foot, hoping to reach a ship that will take them to England and their only surviving relatives. The two young runaways must make their dangerous journey through some of the world’s harshest terrain-the wilds of the Australian outback.
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The Fringe Dwellers
Title: The Fringe Dwellers
Character: Phil
Released: October 26, 1986
Type: Movie
The story of an Aboriginal family's attempts to forge a new life for themselves within the segregated society. At the urging of headstrong teenager Trilby, the Comeaways relocate from their family camp, to a house in the main town.
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Title: The Flying Doctors
Character: Eric
Released: May 15, 1986
Type: TV
The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of the real Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia. It was initially a 1985 mini-series based in the fictional outback town of Cooper's Crossing starring Andrew McFarlane as the newly arrived Dr. Tom Callaghan. The success of the mini series led to its return the following year as an on-going series with McFarlane being joined by a new doctor, Chris Randall, played by Liz Burch. McFarlane left during the first season and actor Robert Grubb came in as new doctor Geoff Standish. The series' episodes were mostly self-contained but also featured ongoing storylines, such as Dr. Standish's romance with Sister Kate Wellings. Other major characters included pilot Sam Patterson, mechanic Emma Plimpton, local policeman Sgt. Jack Carruthers and Vic and Nancy Buckley, who ran the local pub/hotel, The Majestic. Andrew McFarlane also later returned to the series, resuming his role as Dr. Callaghan. The popular series ran for nine seasons and was successfully screened internationally.
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The Blue Lightning
Title: The Blue Lightning
Character: Pekeri
Released: May 7, 1986
Type: Movie
Harry Wingate, a rugged adventurer, is hired by a gem collector to retrieve a priceless opal, known as "The Blue Lightning," from Lester McInally, a super-criminal with an army of killers operating in the Australian outback.
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Title: Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character: Neil
Released: December 24, 1951
Type: TV
Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The longest-running primetime series in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning during 1951 and continuing into 2013. From 1954 onward, all of its productions have been shown in color, although color television video productions were extremely rare in 1954. Many television movies have been shown on the program since its debut, though the program began with live telecasts of dramas and then changed to videotaped productions before finally changing to filmed ones. The series has received eighty Emmy Awards, twenty-four Christopher Awards, eleven Peabody Awards, nine Golden Globes, and four Humanitas Prizes. Once a common practice in American television, it is the last remaining television program such that the title includes the name of the sponsor. Unlike other long-running TV series still on the air, it differs in that it broadcasts only occasionally and not on a weekly broadcast programming schedule.
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Title: Outback Wildlife Rescue
Released: December 31, 1969
Type: TV
Outback Wildlife Rescue is an observational documentary series that features the real life drama of animal rescue, set against the vast and rugged beauty of the Australian outback. The cast of everyday heroes includes wildlife vets, animal carers, a crocodile management team and amazing animals found nowhere else on Earth. The series is produced by Freehand Productions for broadcast on the Seven Network in 2008. BBC Worldwide distribute the series internationally.