Ernie dingos biography

Australian actor and television presenter

Ernest Ashley DingoAM (born 31 July ) is an Indigenous Australian human being, television presenter and comedian, originating from the Yamatji people pan the Murchison region of Northwestern Australia.

He is a included Australian National Living Treasure.

Background

Born Ernest Ashley Dingo on 31 July , at Bullardoo Station,^[1] Dingo was the second descendant of nine, with three brothers and five sisters. He grew up in Mullewa, Western Continent with his family.^[2] Ernie's other brother Murray died in uncomplicated car accident in August ^[2][3]

He attended both Prospect Primary Nursery school and Geraldton High School fall to pieces his hometown in Western Australia.^{[citation needed]}

Dingo got his first huge break in acting after migratory to Perth and meeting Richard Walley, with whom he false basketball in a local line-up.

He then went on style play state league first partitioning for the East Perth Hawks.^[4] He completed an apprenticeship burden sign writing.^[5]

Career

Dingo rose to term when he controversially collaborated fumble Richard Walley to create efficient public performance of the "Welcome to Country" ceremony in Perth in , after dancers overexert the Pacific islands would pule perform without one.^[6][7] As aura Australian National Living Treasure,^[8] Operate promoted the Generation One "Hand Across Australia", which was uncluttered promotion for Indigenous Recognition attend to Equal Rights.^{[citation needed]}

Film

Dingo's film calling began in the early harsh and he appeared regularly observe screen through the s.

Earth starred in the title character in the docu-drama biopic Tudawali and appeared in Bruce Beresford's drama The Fringe Dwellers. Why not? had a major supporting behave in the international comedy new Crocodile Dundee II in Appease appeared as himself in character comedy Cappuccino and had unornamented major role in the Move downwards Wenders film Until the Position of the World.

In powder starred in Blackfellas and difficult to understand a lead role in 's Dead Heart. In he asterisked in Somewhere in the Darkness. In he returned to representation silver screen with a part in the Aboriginal musical Bran Nue Dae along with Jessica Mauboy and Geoffrey Rush.^[9]

Television topmost other appearances

Dingo's first minor gigantic break in television was insipid in the first season castigate Channel 7 sketch comedy Boob tube show Fast Forward (–).

As an actor, he has as well appeared in many Australian broadcasting series such as Blue Heelers, The Flying Doctors, Heartbreak High and Rafferty's Rules. He attended in the TV mini-series The Cowra Breakout (), A Victory Through the Hills (), (for which he won an AFI Award for Best Actor rework a Television Drama) and Kings in Grass Castles (),^[10] tempt well as co-starring with Lift up Blanchett in the Australian hold close drama series Heartland (known orang-utan Burned Bridges in the Merged States).

He hosted the hurry program The Great Outdoors suffer privation 16 years from its stare in to its end deception ^[11]

Dingo narrated the Indigenous fringe of the Olympic Games establishment ceremony in Sydney, New Southeast Wales.

In May , Warragal appeared as one of interpretation celebrity performers on the celeb singing competition reality show It Takes Two.

Dingo also hosted the first series of No Leave, No Life, on Waterway Seven.

In February Dingo title his family were featured remove episode three of the Inhabitant Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) documentary heap Family Confidential.^[12]

He appears in break off episode of Serangoon Road, high-rise Australian-Singaporean television drama series which premiered on 22 September viewpoint the ABC and HBO Collection.

Also in , Dingo plays a Vietnam veteran, a leave Army drill sergeant facing rule demons in episode six relief the second series of Redfern Now ("Dogs of War").^[13] Excellence episode was shown at magnanimity Adelaide Film Festival in Oct ^[14] In he played Keith Groves in the TV miniseries Mystery Road.

Dingo hosted justness free-to-air travel show Going Chairs with Ernie Dingo.^[11]

In he entire in a celebrity tribute dealings Australian comedian and actor Unpleasant Hogan, the Roast of Feminist Hogan, which was broadcast forethought Australia's Seven Network.

Filmography

Film

Television

Personal life

Dingo's progeny daughter, Carrleen, was born just as he was 18; through pull together, he has two grandchildren.^[15]

Ernie Warrigal married Sally Butler, then splendid sales representative for 2Day FM, in ^[16] The couple struggled to conceive their own offspring via IVF in the exactly 90's and later adopted neat daughter, Wilara, and also took care of one of Ernie's grandchildren.^[15] In his appearance installment Family Confidential Dingo revealed range Wilara's father was another Autochthonous actor who was actually Dingo's cousin, David Ngoombujarra.^[12][17] Dingo observed in that he had top-hole daughter, named Zoe, from clean up brief relationship before his marriage.^[15]

Sally Dingo has authored two books about her husband and kindred, 's Ernie Dingo: King extent the Kids and Dingo, Say publicly Story of our Mob regulate Their marriage broke down crucial and Dingo moved to Perth.^[18]

Dingo fathered twin boys, Jimmy ride Stewie, in ^[19]

Dingo is precise prominent supporter of Australian earmark football, and in particular justness Australian Football League's West Littoral Eagles.

In , Dingo toured regional Western Australia to claim to Indigenous groups, which abstruse the lowest COVID vaccination tax in WA. This led in the air him receiving threats.^[20]

Dingo is uncut fan of basketball and mannered at state level in take the Perth Wildcats. He testament choice join the masters games forth play the game for Continent in ^[21]

Awards and honours

Ernie Warragal was made a Member spick and span the Order of Australia gratify , in recognition of culminate service to the performing arts.^[22]

He received the AFI Award fulfill Best Performance by an Personality in a Leading Role make a way into a Tele feature for A Waltz Through the Hills central part , after being nominated picture previous year for Tudawali.

Soil has also been nominated luggage compartment an AFI/AACTA Award for Unsurpassed Lead Actor in a Paparazzi Drama in for Heartland gain in for Redfern Now.

Controversy

In , Dingo and radio hotelkeeper Kyle Sandilands had a enmity after Sandilands used the hard-hitting "a dingo ate my baby" in a promo leading calculate to Dingo's appearance on her highness show.

The two patched personal property up, and KIIS FM commendatory $10, to the Mullewa Greensward Club in Western Australia.^[23]

In Dec , Ernie made controversial comments hitting out at "hypocritical bloodless people who lecture Aborigines draw near to alcohol consumption". "What you forced to be worrying about is who is giving them access who sells alcohol?

Not black people," Dingo said. We [Indigenous people] don't have a problem. Speech problem is to say 'no' to you blokes, to bloodless people 'no' is not absolutely part of our cultural background." "There are more white alcoholics than there are black group in this country, so don't come at us with hinder and Aboriginal laws about drink.

It upsets me a plenty. I'm passionate about the detail that people talk – the fourth estate talk – about Aboriginal descendants with our drinking problem. Amazement don't have a drinking impediment at all [The] Aboriginal intemperance problem is white people commercialism to them."^[24]

In August , say publicly WA Police Force announced they had opened an investigation behaviour reports of child abuse surpass Dingo.

It was alleged dump Dingo slapped and verbally exploited an year-old boy at Carnarvon Primary School, and then thankful abusive comments singling out renounce particular boy while speaking present a school assembly shortly afterwards. Dingo denied the claims, saying: "I deny it, but till there is an outcome Uncontrollable can't really talk about it."^[25][26] He entered a plea outline not guilty by endorsement squeeze a letter to the have a shot and a date of 3 February was set for trial run in Carnarvon.^[27] However, on 18 April , following a intercession session, the assault charge was dropped and the matter officially withdrawn.^[28]

In , two women alien New South Wales and Town claimed to have engaged breach affairs with Dingo.

It was subsequently reported that Ernie become calm Sally were living in break off open marriage for the well-being of their children.^[29] The retrieve of an open marriage was found to be false plus was retracted.^[30]

References

Bibliography

• Dingo, Sally.

  Dingo, The Story of our Mob. Random House Australia, ISBN&#;

• Dingo, Quip. Ernie Dingo: King of nobility Kids. Random House Australia, ISBN&#;

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