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Ernie Dingo
Ernest Ashley Dingo AM (born 31 July 1956) is an Indigenous Australian comedian, actor and TV presenter, originating from the Yamatji people of the Murchison region of Western Australia. He is a designated Australian National Living Treasure.
Born on 31 July 1956, at Bullardoo Station, Dingo was the second child of nine, with three brothers and five sisters. He grew up in Mullewa, Western Australia with his family.
He attended both Prospect Primary School and Geraldton High School in his hometown in Western Australia.[citation needed]
Dingo got his first big break in acting after moving to Perth and meeting Richard Walley, with whom he played basketball in a local team. He then went on to play state league first division for the East Perth Hawks. He completed an apprenticeship in sign writing.
Dingo rose to fame when he collaborated with Richard Walley to create a public performance of the Welcome to Country ceremony in Perth in 1976, after dancers from the Pacific islands would not perform without one. As an Australian National Living Treasure, he promoted the Generation One "Hand Across Australia", which was a promotion for Indigenous recognition and equal rights.[citation needed]
Dingo's film career began in the early 1980s and he appeared regularly on screen through the 1990s. He starred in the title role in the 1987 docu-drama biopic Tudawali and appeared in Bruce Beresford's 1987 drama The Fringe Dwellers. He had a major supporting role in the international comedy blockbuster Crocodile Dundee II in 1988. He appeared as himself in the 1989 comedy Cappuccino and had a major role in the 1991 Wim Wenders film Until the End of the World. In 1993 he starred in Blackfellas and had a lead role in 1996's Dead Heart. In 1998 he starred in Somewhere in the Darkness. In 2010 he returned to the silver screen with a role in the Aboriginal musical Bran Nue Dae along with Jessica Mauboy and Geoffrey Rush.
Dingo's first minor big break in television was in 1989 in the first season of Channel 7 sketch comedy TV show Fast Forward (1989–1992).
As an actor, he has also appeared in many Australian television series such as Blue Heelers, The Flying Doctors, Heartbreak High and Rafferty's Rules. He appeared in the TV mini-series The Cowra Breakout (1984), A Waltz Through the Hills (1987), (for which he won an AFI Award for Best Actor in a Television Drama) and Kings in Grass Castles (1997), as well as co-starring with Cate Blanchett in the Australian television drama series Heartland (known as Burned Bridges in the United States).
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Ernie Dingo
Ernest Ashley Dingo AM (born 31 July 1956) is an Indigenous Australian comedian, actor and TV presenter, originating from the Yamatji people of the Murchison region of Western Australia. He is a designated Australian National Living Treasure.
Born on 31 July 1956, at Bullardoo Station, Dingo was the second child of nine, with three brothers and five sisters. He grew up in Mullewa, Western Australia with his family.
He attended both Prospect Primary School and Geraldton High School in his hometown in Western Australia.[citation needed]
Dingo got his first big break in acting after moving to Perth and meeting Richard Walley, with whom he played basketball in a local team. He then went on to play state league first division for the East Perth Hawks. He completed an apprenticeship in sign writing.
Dingo rose to fame when he collaborated with Richard Walley to create a public performance of the Welcome to Country ceremony in Perth in 1976, after dancers from the Pacific islands would not perform without one. As an Australian National Living Treasure, he promoted the Generation One "Hand Across Australia", which was a promotion for Indigenous recognition and equal rights.[citation needed]
Dingo's film career began in the early 1980s and he appeared regularly on screen through the 1990s. He starred in the title role in the 1987 docu-drama biopic Tudawali and appeared in Bruce Beresford's 1987 drama The Fringe Dwellers. He had a major supporting role in the international comedy blockbuster Crocodile Dundee II in 1988. He appeared as himself in the 1989 comedy Cappuccino and had a major role in the 1991 Wim Wenders film Until the End of the World. In 1993 he starred in Blackfellas and had a lead role in 1996's Dead Heart. In 1998 he starred in Somewhere in the Darkness. In 2010 he returned to the silver screen with a role in the Aboriginal musical Bran Nue Dae along with Jessica Mauboy and Geoffrey Rush.
Dingo's first minor big break in television was in 1989 in the first season of Channel 7 sketch comedy TV show Fast Forward (1989–1992).
As an actor, he has also appeared in many Australian television series such as Blue Heelers, The Flying Doctors, Heartbreak High and Rafferty's Rules. He appeared in the TV mini-series The Cowra Breakout (1984), A Waltz Through the Hills (1987), (for which he won an AFI Award for Best Actor in a Television Drama) and Kings in Grass Castles (1997), as well as co-starring with Cate Blanchett in the Australian television drama series Heartland (known as Burned Bridges in the United States).
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