---
name: "Baykali Ganambarr"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/baykali-ganambarr"
fi1m_id: "baykali-ganambarr"
imdb_id: "nm8849491"
tmdb_id: 1776712
wikidata_id: "Q56555989"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 August 1994"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T21:47:09.623644+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Baykali Ganambarr

## Identity

Baykali Ganambarr

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/baykali-ganambarr
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** baykali-ganambarr
- **IMDb ID:** nm8849491
- **TMDB ID:** 1776712
- **Wikidata ID:** Q56555989
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykali_Ganambarr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56555989, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8849491/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1776712

Actor. Born 30 August 1994 in Thursday Island, Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 August 1994, Thursday Island, Australia
- **Active:** 2018–present
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 78 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baykali_Ganambarr, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q56555989, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8849491/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1776712

## Streaming the US now

- **AMC+:** [*The Nightingale*](https://film.one/film/the-nightingale.md) (78)

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## Biography

Baykali Ganambarr is an Australian actor and dancer. He is from the Yolngu people and grew up on Elcho Island (Galiwin'ku) in the Northern Territory, where he speaks Yolngu Matha. His older sister, Rarriwuy Hick, is also an actress.

Ganambarr first gained attention through YouTube videos of his dancing and joined the Elcho Island dance troupe Djuki Mala. While with the group, he made his acting debut as Billy, an Aboriginal tracker, in the 2018 film *The Nightingale*. He received the 2018 Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival for the role and was nominated for the 2019 AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

He has since appeared in *The Furnace* (2020) and *The Royal Hotel* (2023). In 2024 he performed in the stage musical *Big name, No blankets* with Ilbijerri Theatre Company.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Royal Hotel* (2023), Fi1m 74, as Tommy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-hotel.md)
- *The Nightingale* (2018), Fi1m 78, as Billy — [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightingale.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Royal Hotel* (2023), as Tommy — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/the-royal-hotel.md)
- *The Furnace* (2020), as Woorak
- *The Nightingale* (2018), as Billy — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-nightingale.md)

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