Dave Bautista
Actor

Dave Bautista

17 Movies
17 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 17
Birthday January 18, 1969 (57 years old)
Place of Birth Washington, D.C., USA
Also Known As Batista, Dave Batista, Deacon Batista, David Bautista
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Biography

David Michael Bautista Jr.Β (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and retiredΒ professional wrestler. Regarded as one of his generation's most prolific professional wrestlers, he rose to fame for his multiple stints inΒ WWEΒ between 2002 and 2019.

Bautista began his wrestling career in 1999 and signed withΒ WWEΒ (then WWF) in 2000. From 2002 to 2010, he gained fame under theΒ ring nameΒ Batista, initially as a member ofΒ Evolution. He would go on to win theΒ WWE Championship twice, theΒ World Heavyweight ChampionshipΒ four times (with his first reign remaining theΒ longest in historyΒ at 282 days), theΒ World Tag Team ChampionshipΒ three times (twice withΒ Ric Flair and once withΒ John Cena), and theΒ WWE Tag Team ChampionshipΒ once (withΒ Rey Mysterio). He also won theΒ 2005Β andΒ 2014Β Royal Rumble matches and subsequently headlinedΒ WrestleMania 21Β andΒ 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 afterΒ WrestleMania 35Β in 2019.

As an actor, Bautista is known for portrayingΒ Drax in theΒ Marvel Cinematic UniverseΒ (2014–2023) andΒ RabbanΒ inΒ DuneΒ (2021) andΒ its 2024 sequel. Bautista has additionally starred inΒ SpectreΒ (2015),Β Blade Runner 2049Β (2017),Β Final Score,Β Master Z: Ip Man LegacyΒ (both 2018),Β Army of the Dead (2021),Β Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022),Β Knock at the Cabin, andΒ ParachuteΒ (both 2023).

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Filmography (208)

The Wrecking Crew 2026
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender 2026
Afterburn 2025 Trap House 2025 In the Lost Lands 2025 The Naked Gun 2025
WWE Raw Classics 2025
The Last Showgirl 2024
My Spy The Eternal City 2024
Parachute 2024
The Killer's Game 2024
Dune: Part Two 2024
Jack in Time for Christmas 2024
Knock at the Cabin 2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 2023 Thor: Love and Thunder 2022
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries 2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special 2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2022
WWE This Is Awesome 2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show 2022
WWE Rivals 2022
Dune 2021 Army of the Dead 2021
Creating an Army of the Dead 2021
Marvel Studios Legends 2021
The Firefly Funhouse Match 2020
My Spy 2020
Meeting the Undertaker 2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride 2020
Ruthless Aggression 2020
The Best of WWE 2020
Undertaker: The Last Ride 2020
Escape Plan: The Extractors 2019
Stuber 2019
WWE WrestleMania 35 2019
Avengers: Endgame 2019
See 2019
What We Do in the Shadows 2019
All That 2019
Dark Side of the Ring 2019
Avengers: Infinity War 2018
Final Score 2018
Hotel Artemis 2018
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy 2018
Escape Plan 2: Hades 2018
WWE Untold 2018
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 2017 Blade Runner 2049 2017
Bushwick 2017
WWE: Best of the 2000's 2017
2048: Nowhere to Run 2017
Room 104 2017
Steve 2017
Kickboxer: Vengeance 2016
Marauders 2016
The Warriors Gate 2016
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere 2016
Spectre 2015
L.A. Slasher 2015
Heist 2015
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes! 2015
The Destruction of The Shield 2015
WWE 24 2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden 2015
Guardians of the Galaxy 2014
WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 2014
WWE WrestleMania XXX 2014
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 2014
WWE Payback 2014 2014
WWE Extreme Rules 2014 2014
Batista: The Animal Unleashed 2014
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30 2014
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 2014
WWE Royal Rumble 2014 2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers 2014
WWE Rivalries 2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls 2014
Wrestlemania Rewind 2014
Riddick 2013
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption 2012
The Man with the Iron Fists 2012
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man 2012
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 2012
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak 2012
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime 2012
House of the Rising Sun 2011
The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century 2011
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World 2011
Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator 2011
The John Cena Experience 2011
Wrong Side of Town 2010
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI 2010
WWE Royal Rumble 2010 2010
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010 2010
WWE Over the Limit 2010 2010
WWE Extreme Rules 2010 2010
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time 2010
WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches 2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done 2010
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber 2010
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009 2009
WWE Judgment Day 2009 2009
WWE Backlash 2009 2009
WWE Extreme Rules 2009 2009
WWE Bragging Rights 2009 2009
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009 2009
WWE Survivor Series 2009 2009
Batista - I Walk Alone 2009
The History of the World Heavyweight Championship 2009
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI 2009
WWE Superstars 2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen 2009
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008 2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2008 2008
WWE SummerSlam 2008 2008
WWE WrestleMania XXIV 2008
WWE No Way Out 2008 2008
WWE Backlash 2008 2008
WWE Night of Champions 2008 2008
WWE One Night Stand 2008 2008
WWE The Great American Bash 2008 2008
WWE No Mercy 2008 2008
WWE Unforgiven 2008 2008
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 2008
WWE Survivor Series 2008 2008
WWE Armageddon 2008 2008
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time 2008
WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One 2008
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero 2008
The Undertaker: 15-0 2008
WWE RAW 15th Anniversary 2007
WWE WrestleMania 23 2007
WWE Royal Rumble 2007 2007
WWE Backlash 2007 2007
WWE The Great American Bash 2007 2007
WWE One Night Stand 2007 2007
WWE No Way Out 2007 2007
WWE Judgment Day 2007 2007
WWE Unforgiven 2007 2007
WWE Survivor Series 2007 2007
WWE SummerSlam 2007 2007
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007 2007
WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007 2007
WWE No Mercy 2007 2007
WWE Armageddon 2007 2007
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary 2007
Chuck 2007
Head Case 2007
WWE Survivor Series 2006 2006
WWE The Great American Bash 2006 2006
WWE SummerSlam 2006 2006
WWE No Mercy 2006 2006
WWE Armageddon 2006 2006
Relative Strangers 2006
WWE ECW 2006
WWE Survivor Series 2005 2005
WWE Royal Rumble 2005 2005
WWE WrestleMania 21 2005
WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 2005
WWE No Way Out 2005 2005
WWE The Great American Bash 2005 2005
WWE Backlash 2005 2005
WWE Vengeance 2005 2005
WWE No Mercy 2005 2005
WWE SummerSlam 2005 2005
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005 2005
WWE Armageddon 2005 2005
Iron Chef America 2005
WWE Royal Rumble 2004 2004
WWE Survivor Series 2004 2004
WWE SummerSlam 2004 2004
WWE WrestleMania XX 2004
WWE Unforgiven 2004 2004
WWE Vengeance 2004 2004
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience 2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2003 2003
WWE Armageddon 2003 2003
WWE No Way Out 2003 2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live! 2003
WWE Judgment Day 2002 2002
WWE Global Warning 2002
WWE Armageddon 2002 2002
WWE Velocity 2002
OVW Christmas Chaos 2001
Smallville 2001
WWE Friday Night SmackDown 1999
The View 1997
WXW Rage TV 1996
Raw 1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards 1992
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event 1985
WWE Pay Per View 1985
The Oscars 1953
Unleashed
Grendel
Dogtown
Universe's Most Wanted
Alpha Gang
Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film
Dreadnought
Road House 2
Groove Tails
The Romantic
Highlander
Ally