---
name: "Steve Dodd"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-dodd"
fi1m_id: "steve-dodd"
imdb_id: "nm0230117"
tmdb_id: 212562
wikidata_id: "Q2985403"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 June 1928"
died: "10 November 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T00:29:00.481483+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."
---

# Steve Dodd

## Identity

Steve Dodd

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-dodd
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-dodd
- **IMDb ID:** nm0230117
- **TMDB ID:** 212562
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2985403
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Dodd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2985403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0230117/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/212562

Actor. Born 1 June 1928 in Dodnadatta, Australia. Died 10 November 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 June 1928, Dodnadatta, Australia
- **Died:** 10 November 2014
- **Active:** 1978–1999
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 80 (1), 1980s 82 (1), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 2, History 2, Action 1, Crime 1, Science Fiction 1, War 1
- **Screen time:** 6 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $482m across 3 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Dodd, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2985403, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0230117/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/212562

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith*](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Steve Dodd (1 June 1928 – 10 November 2014) was an Aboriginal Australian actor. An Arrernte man from central Australia, he began his working life as a stockman and rodeo rider before entering film in the mid-1940s, when Chips Rafferty noticed him on the set of *The Overlanders* (1946).

His career was interrupted by service in the Korean War. Dodd appeared in numerous Australian films and television series over seven decades, including *Bitter Springs* (1950), *Gallipoli* (1981) as Billy Snakeskin, *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978) as Tabidgi, *Quigley Down Under* (1990) as Kunkurra, and *The Matrix* (1999) as the Blind Man. He received the Jimmy Little Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Deadly Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Matrix* (1999), Fi1m 88, as Blind Man — [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md)
- *Gallipoli* (1981), Fi1m 82, as Billy Snakeskin — [page](https://film.one/film/gallipoli.md)
- *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), Fi1m 80, as Tabidgi — [page](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Broken Sun* (2010), as Aboriginal Man
- *September* (2007), as Aboriginal Elder #2 (as Steve 'Mullawalla' Dodd)
- *The Matrix* (1999), as Blind Man — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-matrix.md)
- *Wind* (1999), as Old Aboriginal Man
- *Deadly* (1992), as Kummengu
- *Quigley Down Under* (1990), as Kunkurra
- *Evil Angels* (1988), as Nipper Winmatti
- *Kadaicha* (1988), as Billinudgel
- *Ground Zero* (1987), as Freddy Tjapalijarri
- *The Facts of Life Down Under* (1987), as Aborigine One
- *The Flying Doctors* (1986), series, as Manguana, Winjin
- *The Coca-Cola Kid* (1985), as Mr. Joe
- *Chase Through the Night* (1983), as Narli
- *Gallipoli* (1981), as Billy Snakeskin — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/gallipoli.md)
- *The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith* (1978), as Tabidgi — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith.md)
- *Kangaroo* (1952), as Sailor (uncredited)
- *Bitter Springs* (1950), as Aborigine (uncredited)
- *The Overlanders* (1946), as Aborigine (uncredited)

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