Dave Bautista
- Acting
- January 18, 1969 · Washington, D.C., USA
Biography
David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retired professional wrestler. Regarded as one of his generation's most prolific professional wrestlers, he rose to fame for his multiple stints in WWE between 2002 and 2019. Bautista began his wrestling career in 1999 and signed with WWE (then WWF) in 2000. From 2002 to 2010, he gained fame under the ring name Batista, initially as a member of Evolution. He would go on to win the WWE Championship twice, the World Heavyweight Championship four times (with his first reign remaining the longest in history at 282 days), the World Tag Team Championship three times (twice with Ric Flair and once with John Cena), and the WWE Tag Team Championship once (with Rey Mysterio). He also won the 2005 and 2014 Royal Rumble matches and subsequently headlined WrestleMania 21 and WrestleMania XXX, with the former being one of the top five highest-grossing PPV events in wrestling history. Having largely stepped back from professional wrestling in 2020, he retired after WrestleMania 35 in 2019. As an actor, Bautista is known for portraying Drax in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (2014–2023) and Rabban in Dune (2021) and its 2024 sequel. Bautista has additionally starred in Spectre (2015), Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Final Score, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (both 2018), Army of the Dead (2021), Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022), Knock at the Cabin, and Parachute (both 2023). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Bautista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Alpha Gang · Alpha Two
- Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender · Tagah (Voice)
- The Wrecking Crew · James Hale, Producer
- Trap House · Ray Seale, Producer
- Afterburn · Jake, Producer
- The Naked Gun · Dave Bautista
- In the Lost Lands · Boyce, Producer
- WWE Raw Classics · Batista
- The Last Showgirl · Eddie
- Jack in Time for Christmas · Self
- The Killer's Game · Joe Flood, Executive producer
- My Spy The Eternal City · J.J., Producer
- Parachute · Bryce
- Dune: Part Two · Beast Rabban
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 · Self
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 · Drax
- Knock at the Cabin · Leonard
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special · Drax
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery · Duke Cody
- The Jennifer Hudson Show · Self
- WWE This Is Awesome · Batista
- WWE Rivals · Batista
- Thor: Love and Thunder · Drax
- John Cena's Greatest Rivalries · Batista
- Mek Raya
- Army of Thieves · Scott Ward (uncredited)
- Dune · Beast Rabban Harkonnen
- Creating an Army of the Dead · Self
- Army of the Dead · Scott Ward
- Marvel Studios Legends · Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Meeting the Undertaker
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride · Fezzik
- Undertaker: The Last Ride · Self
- The Firefly Funhouse Match · Batista (archive footage)
- The Best of WWE · Batista
- Ruthless Aggression · Batista
- My Spy · J.J., Producer
- See · Edo Voss
- Stuber · Vic Manning
- Escape Plan: The Extractors · Trent DeRosa
- All That · Self
- Avengers: Endgame · Drax
- Dark Side of the Ring · Batista (archive footage)
- WWE WrestleMania 35 · Batista
- What We Do in the Shadows · Garrett the Vampire
- Master Z: Ip Man Legacy · Davidson, Producer
- WWE Untold
- Final Score · Michael Knox, Producer
- Hotel Artemis · Everest
- Escape Plan 2: Hades · Trent DeRosa
- Avengers: Infinity War · Drax
- Blade Runner 2049 · Sapper Morton
- 2048: Nowhere to Run · Sapper Morton
- Steve · Self
- Bushwick · Stupe
- Room 104 · Raw Dog Avalanche
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 · Drax
- WWE: Best of the 2000's · Batista
- The Warriors Gate · Arun
- Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere · Batista
- Kickboxer: Vengeance · Tong Po
- Marauders · Stockwell
- Heist · Cox
- Spectre · Hinx
- L.A. Slasher · The Drug Dealer #1
- Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes! · Batista
- The Late Late Show with James Corden · Self
- The Destruction of The Shield · Batista
- WWE 24 · Batista
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 · Batista
- WWE Rivalries · Self
- Guardians of the Galaxy · Drax
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls · Self
- WWE Payback 2014 · Batista
- Batista: The Animal Unleashed · Himself / Batista
- Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 · Batista
- WWE Extreme Rules 2014 · Batista
- Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30 · Batista
- WWE WrestleMania XXX · Batista
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self