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Born Ernest Ashley Dingo on 31 July 1956, at Bullardoo in a tin shed , he was the second child of nine. He grew up in Mullewa with his family. He went to Mullewa Primary School and then Geraldton High School. He loved his school and all the surroundings. Ernie Dingo narrated the Indigenous segment of the 2000 Olympic Games opening ceremony in Sydney, New South Wales. Dingo had a supporting role in the 1991 Wim Wenders film Until the End of the World, following a cameo appearance in Crocodile Dundee II (1988). In May 2007 Ernie Dingo appeared as one of the celebrity performers on the celebrity reality singing competition It Takes Two. Dingo also hosts the shortlived series No Leave, No Life, also on Channel Seven. He will star in 2010 film Bran Nue Dae. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.