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Ernie Dingo (Ernest Ashley Dingo) was born on 31 July, 1956 in Western Australia, Australia, is an Actor, television personality, comedian, teacher, promoter. At 64 years old, Ernie Dingo height is 6 ft 1 in (186.0 cm).

Now We discover Ernie Dingo's Biography, Age, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of net worth at the age of 66 years old?

Popular As Ernest Ashley Dingo
Occupation Actor, television personality, comedian, teacher, promoter
Ernie Dingo Age 66 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 31 July 1956
Birthday 31 July
Birthplace Western Australia, Australia
Nationality Australia

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Who Is Ernie Dingo's Wife?

His wife is Sally Ashton-Dingo (nee Butler) (1989 - 2003)

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Wife Sally Ashton-Dingo (nee Butler) (1989 - 2003)
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Children Alyssa Dingo, Zoe Dingo, Wilara Dingo

Ernie Dingo Net Worth

He net worth has been growing significantly in 2021-22. So, how much is Ernie Dingo worth at the age of 66 years old? Ernie Dingo’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Australia. We have estimated Ernie Dingo's net worth , money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2022 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Timeline

2018

He is the host of the travel show Going Places with Ernie Dingo, airing on NITV (Channel 34), free to air TV in Australia, Sundays 7.30pm in 2018.

2013

He appears in an episode of Serangoon Road, an Australian-Singaporean television drama series which premiered on 22 September 2013 on the ABC and HBO Asia. Also in 2013, Dingo is a Vietnam veteran, a retired Army drill sergeant facing his demons in episode six of the second series of Redfern Now, Dogs of War. The episode was shown at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2013. In 2018 he played Keith Groves in the TV miniseries Mystery Road.

It upsets me a lot. I'm passionate about the fact that people talk – journalists talk – about Aboriginal people with our drinking problem. We don't have a drinking problem at all... [The] Aboriginal drinking problem is white people selling to them."

2012

In February 2012 Dingo and his family were featured in episode three of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) documentary series Family Confidential.

2011

In August 2010, the WA Police Force announced they had opened an investigation into reports of child abuse by Dingo. It was alleged that Dingo slapped and verbally abused an 11-year boy at Carnarvon Primary School, and then made abusive comments singling out that particular boy while speaking at a school assembly shortly afterward. Dingo denied the claims, saying: "I deny it, but until there is an outcome I can't really talk about it." He entered a plea of not guilty by endorsement in a letter to the court and a date of 3 February 2011 was set for trial in Carnarvon. However, on 18 April 2011, following a mediation session, the assault charge was dropped and the matter formally withdrawn.

2010

In 2010, two women from New South Wales and Victoria claimed to have engaged in affairs with Dingo. It was subsequently reported that Ernie and Sally were living in an open marriage for the sake of their children. The claim of an open marriage was found to be false and was retracted.

2009

In December 2009, Ernie made controversial comments hitting out at "hypocritical white people who lecture Aborigines about alcohol consumption".

2007

In May 2007, Dingo appeared as one of the celebrity performers on the celebrity singing competition reality show It Takes Two. Dingo also hosted the first series of No Leave, No Life, on Channel Seven.

2000

Dingo narrated the Indigenous segment of the 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony in Sydney, New South Wales.

1993

He hosted the television program The Great Outdoors for 16 years from its beginning in 1993 to its end in 2009.

1990

Ernie Dingo was made a Member of the Order of Australia in 1990, in recognition of his service to the performing arts.

1989

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).

Ernie Dingo married Sally Butler, then a sales representative for 2Day FM, in 1989. Dingo discovered in 2004 that he had a daughter, named Zoe, from a brief relationship before his marriage. He also has a daughter called Alyssa Wallwork and his wife also raised another grandchild Jurra, as well as their 16-year-old adopted daughter Wilara. In his appearance on Family Confidential Dingo revealed that Wilara's father was another Aboriginal actor who was related to him. Sally Dingo has authored two books about her husband and family, 2000's Ernie Dingo: King of the Kids and Dingo, The Story of our Mob in 1997. They live in the Melbourne suburb of Warrandyte.

1988

He received the AFI Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role in a Tele feature for A Waltz Through the Hills in 1988, after being nominated the previous year for Tudawali. He has also been nominated for an AFI/AACTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Television Drama in 1994 for Heartland and in 2013 for Redfern Now.

1984

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).

1980

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 Capuccino 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.

1976

Ernie rose to fame when he controversially collaborated with Richard Walley to create, the first public performance of the "Welcome to Country" ceremony in Perth in 1976, after dancers from the Pacific islands would not perform without one. As Australia's National Living Treasure, he promoted the Generation One "Hand Across Australia", which was a promotion for Indigenous Recognition and Equal Rights.

1956

Ernest Ashley Dingo AM (born 31 July 1956) is an Indigenous Australian actor, television presenter, comedian, teacher and promoter originating from the Yamatji people of the Murchison region of Western Australia. He is a designated Australian National Living Treasure. He collaborated with Richard Walley to create the first public performance of the "Welcome to Country" ceremony in Perth in 1976.

Born Ernest Ashley Dingo on 31 July 1956, at Bullardoo Station, Dingo was the second child of nine, including three brothers and five sisters. He grew up in Mullewa, Western Australia with his family. Ernie's younger brother Murray died in a car accident in August 2007.