David Ngoombujarra

David Ngiombujarra
Born
David Bernard Starr

(1967-06-27)27 June 1967
Died17 July 2011(2011-07-17) (aged 44)
OccupationActor
RelativesErnie Dingo (cousin)

David Ngoombujarra (27 June 1967 – 17 July 2011) 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 late 1980s to 2010; 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.