Ernie Dingo
Gender: Male
Born: 31st July 1956 (currently 55 years old)
Nationality: Australia
TV programs: Fast Forward, Outback Wildlife Rescue, Dolphin Cove, Heartland
Movies: Until the End of the World, Clowning around, Wonderworks: A Waltz Through the Hills, Dead Heart, Bran Nue Dae, Crocodile Dundee II, Dead Heart
Ernie Dingo AM (born 31 July 1956 at Bullardoo Station) is an Indigenous Australian actor and television presenter originating from the Yamatji people of the Murchison region of Western Australia.
Born Ernest Ashley Dingo on 31 July 1956, at Bullardoo Station, he was the second child of nine. He grew up in Mullewa with his family. He went to Prospect Primary and then Geraldton High School.
He came to acting after moving to Perth and meeting Richard Walley, with whom he played basketball in a local team. Ernie went on to play state league first division for the East Perth Eagles.
Dingo has had a distinguished career as an actor and presenter in film and television. has also promoted the Generation One "Hand Across Australia" which was a promotion for Indigenous equality.
With Richard Walley created a controversial "welcome to country" ceremony after dancers from the Pacific would not perform without one in Perth in 1976.
Dingo's film career commenced in the 1980s and he appeared regularly on screen through the 1990s. He appeared in Bruce Beresford's 1987 drama The Fringe Dwellers and worked on the 1988 docu-drama biopic Tudawali. He had a major supporting role in the international
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