Ernie Dingo

Q: Has Ernie Dingo won any awards?

Yes, Ernie Dingo has received several awards, including the Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for his performance in 'The Sapphires'.

Q: What was Ernie Dingo's first film?

Ernie Dingo's first film was 'The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith', released in 1978, where he played a minor role that showcased his talent early in his career.

Q: How did Ernie Dingo start his career?

Ernie Dingo began his career as a television presenter and actor in Australia, gaining recognition for his work in the 1980s, particularly with the show 'The Aboriginal Tent Embassy'.

Q: What is Ernie Dingo's contribution to Indigenous representation?

Ernie Dingo has made significant contributions to Indigenous representation in Australia, advocating for Indigenous rights and promoting cultural awareness through his work in film and television.

Q: What is Ernie Dingo's estimated net worth?

Ernie Dingo's estimated net worth is reported to be around $1 million, reflecting his successful career in acting and television.

Q: What are some of Ernie Dingo's television roles?

Ernie Dingo has appeared in various television roles, including hosting the travel series 'Going Places' and participating in shows like 'Dancing with the Stars Australia'.

Q: What impact has Ernie Dingo had on Australian cinema?

Ernie Dingo has had a lasting impact on Australian cinema by opening doors for Indigenous actors and creating more diverse storytelling in the industry.

Known for

Crocodile Dundee II (1988)

IMDb 5.7 / 10

1988 / Action, Adventure / 107mins

Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.

Name

Ernie Dingo

Height

6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)

Born

31 July 1956, Melbourne, Australia

Spouses

Marilyn Dingo (1980–1995)

Children

3 children, names not publicly known

Parents

Daisy Dingo, Bob Dingo

Estimated Net Worth

$1 million

Year	Title	Character	Rating
2025	Movie Kangaroo Ex TV personality, Chris Masterman, becomes stranded in an Outback town outside Alice Springs. There, he teams up with 12-year-old...	Dave	TMDB 6.4 / 10
2024	TV Big Backyard Quiz A series of games and quiz rounds explore the people and history of Australia, exactly the way people weren't taught...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.0 / 10
2022	Movie The Roast of Paul Hogan Aussie comedy legends roast an Aussie comedy Icon in this hilarious, no holds barred special.	Self	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2018	Movie Boar In the harsh, yet beautiful Australian outback lives a beast, an animal of staggering size, with a ruthless, driving need...	Ernie	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2018	TV Mystery Road When there is a mysterious disappearance on an outback cattle station, Detective Jay Swan is assigned to investigate. Working with...	Keith Groves	TMDB 6.9 / 10
2017	Movie Australia Day On Australia's most controversial national holiday, the lives of three Australians from diverse cultural backgrounds will collide, illuminating contemporary issues...	Floyd Mackenzie	TMDB 5.4 / 10
2016	TV Going Places With Ernie Dingo Prepare to have your breath taken away by some of Australia’s most spectacular scenery, and be moved by the real-life...	Self	TMDB 10.0 / 10
2016	TV DNA Nation Who are we? And where do we come from? Australia's greatest Olympian Ian Thorpe, iconic Indigenous actor Ernie Dingo, and...	Himself	Not rated
2015	Movie Horizon - Cosmic Dawn: The Real Moment of Creation	主演	TMDB 8.0 / 10
2013	TV First Footprints First Footprints explores the story of how people arrived and thrived on our continent. With startling new archaeological discoveries revealing how...	Narrator	TMDB 4.0 / 10
2009	Movie Bran Nue Dae In the Summer of 1965 a young man is filled with the life of the idyllic old pearling port Broome...	Tadpole	TMDB 5.3 / 10
2001	TV Always Greener Every city-dweller daydreams about dropping out of the rat-race and moving to the country. Every country-dweller wonders what it might...	Rooster (Voice)	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1999	Movie Somewhere in the Darkness In this Australian drama, a department store collapses, trapping an old man (Barry Jenkins) and a young boy (Rowan Whitt)...	Cowboy Joe	TMDB 9.3 / 10
1998	Movie The Echo of Thunder Scenic settings in Australia enhance this Hallmark Hall of Fame presentation, a simple yet engaging tale about a teenage girl's...	Neil	TMDB 6.2 / 10
1998	TV Kings in Grass Castles The life of an Irish immigrant family in Australia in the second half of the 19th century. Based on a...	Jimmy	TMDB 9.0 / 10
1996	Movie Dead Heart Ray Lorkin, chief lawman in the tiny rural settlement of Wala Wala, Australia, fears that long-simmering tensions between the area's...	David	TMDB 5.8 / 10
1996	Movie A Weekend in the Country Six people. One weekend. The possibilities are endless when city meets country in this roundelay of old flames, new flings,...	Rupert	TMDB 5.7 / 10
1995	Movie Rainbow's End Jack and Terri decide to run away from their foster parents to find their real dad, Tom, a merchant seaman....	Harvey	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1994	TV Heartland Heartland was an Australian television drama series that ran on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in 1994. It ran for thirteen...	Unknown character	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1994	TV Heartbreak High The ins and outs of the classroom lives of a group of students who attend the fictional Hartley High School...	Vic Morris	TMDB 6.9 / 10
1993	Movie Blackfellas Young Aboriginal Doug has done his time for petty theft, but quickly drifts back under the bad influence of ‘Pretty...	Percy	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1993	TV Blue Heelers Blue Heelers was one of Australia's longest running weekly television drama series. Blue Heelers is a police drama series set...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.5 / 10
1993	Movie Clowning Around 2 Sim, now a member of the Winter Circus in Paris, befriends Eve, another young clown. Drawn to an experimental style...	Jack Merrick	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1993	Movie Mr. Electric MR ELECTRIC is set in 1956. Bill, an Aboriginal electrician, returns to his home town to make peace with the...	Bill	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1992	Movie Oondamooroo Documentary on Australian actor Ernie Dingo. As an actor, Ernie Dingo has played many parts, but many people see his...	Ernie Dingo	Not rated
1991	Movie Mr Neal Is Entitled to Be an Agitator In the last four years of his life, Lionel Murphy was at the centre of an historic battle to retain...	Mr. Neal	Not rated
1991	TV Clowning Around A boy realizes there is more to being a clown than just clowning around.	Jack Merrick	Not rated
1991	Movie Clowning Around Follows a boy who realizes there is more to being a clown, than just clowning around.	Jack Merrick	TMDB 7.4 / 10
1991	Movie Until the End of the World In 1999, a woman's life is forever changed after she survives a car crash with two bank robbers, who enlist...	Burt	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1989	Movie Cappuccino The story is told through the eyes of Max, a stand-up comedian and taxi driver, who gets involved in a...	Himself	TMDB 7.0 / 10
1989	Movie 88.9 Radio Redfern An observational documentary which looks at Sydney’s first community Aboriginal radio station, 88.9 Radio Redfern. Set against a backdrop of...	Self	TMDB 5.0 / 10
1989	Movie The Saint: Fear in Fun Park Simon Templar thwarts a Hong Kong syndicate's takeover of a businessman's Australian fun park.	Tour Guide	Not rated
1989	TV Fast Forward Fast Forward was Australia’s highest rating, longest running and most critically awarded commercial television sketch comedy show, broadcast for 90...	Unknown character	TMDB 7.5 / 10
1989	TV Dolphin Cove Dolphin Cove is an American drama created by Peter Benchley, set in Queensland, Australia that aired on CBS in 1989...	Unknown character	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1988	Movie Tommy Tricker and the Stamp Traveller When the joker Tommy Tricker plays some practical jokes on some of his friends, his best friend Ralph, a stamp...	Dave	TMDB 6.1 / 10
1988	Movie Tudawali Tells the story of Robert Tudawali who starred in the first ever Australian technicolour feature film, "Jedda". Station hand, actor...	Robert Tudawali	TMDB 6.3 / 10
1988	Movie Crocodile Dundee II Australian outback expert protects his New York love from gangsters who've followed her down under.	Charlie	TMDB 5.9 / 10
1988	TV The Dirtwater Dynasty The Dirtwater Dynasty is a five-part Australian drama miniseries, first screened on Network Ten in 1988. The Dirtwater Dynasty was...	Billy senior / Billy / Kadaicha Man	TMDB 6.0 / 10
1988	Movie A Waltz Through the Hills When Sammy Dean and her older brother Andy are suddenly orphaned, they fear that they will be separated and placed...	Frank Smith	TMDB 7.3 / 10
1987	TV Rafferty's Rules Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules...	Wayne Williams	TMDB 8.0 / 10
1986	Movie The Fringe Dwellers The story of an Aboriginal family's attempts to forge a new life for themselves within the segregated society. At the...	Phil	TMDB 6.4 / 10
1986	TV The Flying Doctors The Flying Doctors is an Australian drama series produced by Crawford Productions that revolved around the everyday lifesaving efforts of...	Eric	TMDB 6.6 / 10
1986	Movie The Blue Lightning Harry Wingate, a rugged adventurer, is hired by a gem collector to retrieve a priceless opal, known as "The Blue...	Pekeri	TMDB 6.7 / 10
1951	TV Hallmark Hall of Fame Long-running anthology program sponsored by Hallmark Cards. Beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2019, the series received 80 Emmy Awards,...	Neil	TMDB 8.8 / 10
TBA	Movie One People Sing Freedom One People Sing Freedom documents the largest gathering of Indigenous people since 1788, a protest march against the Bicentennial celebrations...	Self	Not rated
TBA	TV Outback Wildlife Rescue Outback Wildlife Rescue is an observational documentary series that features the real life drama of animal rescue, set against the...	Unknown character	Not rated

Kangaroo

2025 / TMDB 6.4

The Roast of Paul Hogan

2022 / TMDB 8.0

Boar

2018 / TMDB 5.3

Australia Day

2017 / TMDB 5.4

Bran Nue Dae

2009 / TMDB 5.3

Somewhere in the Darkness

1999 / TMDB 9.3

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Got a question about Ernie Dingo?

What are Ernie Dingo's most notable films?

Ernie Dingo is most notable for his roles in 'Crocodile Dundee', 'Crocodile Dundee II', and 'The Sapphires'. These films highlight his acting range and contributions to Australian cinema.

Has Ernie Dingo won any awards?

What was Ernie Dingo's first film?

How did Ernie Dingo start his career?

What is Ernie Dingo's contribution to Indigenous representation?

What is Ernie Dingo's estimated net worth?

What are some of Ernie Dingo's television roles?

What impact has Ernie Dingo had on Australian cinema?

Known for

Crocodile Dundee II (1988)

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