Dave Bautista
Known for Acting · 209 credits
- Born
- 1969-01-18 (age 57)
- Place of birth
- Washington, D.C., USA
- Also known as
- Batista · Dave Batista · Deacon Batista · David Bautista · Leviathan · The Animal
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).
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Known For
TV Shows (41)
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self - Guest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self - Guest
Smallville
2001
as Aldar
Raw
1993
as Dave Bautista / Batista / Dave Batista
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
as Self - Guest
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
as Self - Guest
The View
1997
as Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
as Self - Guest
Chuck
2007
as T.I.
See
2019
as Edo Voss
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
as Garrett the Vampire
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
as Deacon Batista
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
as Self - Presenter
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
as Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
as Batista
The Oscars
1953
as Self - Presenter
WWE Superstars
2009
Iron Chef America
2005
as Self - Judge (as Batista)
WWE Pay Per View
1985
Room 104
2017
as Raw Dog Avalanche
Steve
2017
as Self
WWE ECW
2006
as Batista (archive footage)
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Fezzik
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
as Self
WWE Rivals
2022
as Batista
The Best of WWE
2020
as Batista
Dark Side of the Ring
2019
as Batista (archive footage)
Head Case
2007
as Self
WWE 24
2015
as Batista
All That
2019
as Self
WWE This Is Awesome
2022
as Batista
Undertaker: The Last Ride
2020
as Self
WWE Rivalries
2014
as Self
Wrestlemania Rewind
2014
as Batista
Ruthless Aggression
2020
as Batista
WWE Untold
2018
WWE Velocity
2002
as Deacon Batista
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
2004
as Self
WWE Raw Classics
2025
as Batista
WXW Rage TV
1996
Movies (168)
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
2026
as Tagah (voice)
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
as Drax
The Wrecking Crew
2026
as James Hale
Avengers: Endgame
2019
as Drax
Dune
2021
as Beast Rabban Harkonnen
Blade Runner 2049
2017
as Sapper Morton
Dune: Part Two
2024
as Beast Rabban
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
as Drax
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
as Drax
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
as Drax
The Naked Gun
2025
as Dave Bautista
Spectre
2015
as Hinx
Trap House
2025
as Ray Seale
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
as Drax
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
as Duke Cody
Afterburn
2025
as Jake
In the Lost Lands
2025
as Boyce
The Killer's Game
2024
as Joe Flood
Escape Plan 2: Hades
2018
as Trent DeRosa
Riddick
2013
as Diaz
Army of the Dead
2021
as Scott Ward
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022
as Drax
Knock at the Cabin
2023
as Leonard
My Spy The Eternal City
2024
as J.J.
Heist
2015
as Cox
My Spy
2020
as J.J.
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018
as Davidson
Bushwick
2017
as Stupe
The Warriors Gate
2016
as Arun
The Man with the Iron Fists
2012
as Brass Body
Final Score
2018
as Michael Knox
Hotel Artemis
2018
as Everest
Marauders
2016
as Stockwell
Highlander
as Kurgan
Escape Plan: The Extractors
2019
as Trent DeRosa
Stuber
2019
as Vic Manning
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
as Self - 'Drax'
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
2012
as Argomael
Kickboxer: Vengeance
2016
as Tong Po
The Last Showgirl
2024
as Eddie
Relative Strangers
2006
as Wrestler (uncredited)
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
as Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
The History of the World Heavyweight Championship
2009
as Batista
WWE WrestleMania 35
2019
as Batista
WWE WrestleMania XXX
2014
as Batista
House of the Rising Sun
2011
as Ray
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
2008
as Batista
Parachute
2024
as Bryce
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
2008
as Batista
WWE Survivor Series 2004
2004
as Batista
WWE SummerSlam 2004
2004
as Batista
2048: Nowhere to Run
2017
as Sapper Morton
WWE WrestleMania XX
2004
as Batista
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
2011
as Batista
Alpha Gang
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
2012
as Batista
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
2010
as Batista
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
2007
as Batista
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
2010
as Batista
WWE One Night Stand 2008
2008
as Batista
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
2008
as Batista
WWE Survivor Series 2006
2006
as Batista
WWE Over the Limit 2010
2010
as Batista
WWE Night of Champions 2008
2008
as Batista
WWE WrestleMania 21
2005
as Batista
WWE No Mercy 2007
2007
as Batista
WWE Unforgiven 2008
2008
as Batista
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
2007
as Batista
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
2012
as Batista
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
2015
as Batista
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
2009
as Batista
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
2009
as Batista
WWE No Mercy 2005
2005
as Batista
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010
as Batista
L.A. Slasher
2015
as The Drug Dealer #1
WWE WrestleMania 23
2007
as Batista
Batista - I Walk Alone
2009
as Batista
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
2008
as Batista
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
2012
as Batista
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
2003
as Batista
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
2012
as Batista (archive footage)
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
2014
as Batista
Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film
Wrong Side of Town
2010
as Big Ronnie 'B.R.'
Creating an Army of the Dead
2021
as Self
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
2014
as Batista
WWE Payback 2014
2014
as Batista
WWE One Night Stand 2007
2007
as Batista
WWE Judgment Day 2002
2002
as Deacon Batista
The John Cena Experience
2011
as Batista (archive footage)
WWE Armageddon 2002
2002
as Batista
WWE No Way Out 2005
2005
as Batista
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
2008
as Batista
WWE The Great American Bash 2006
2006
as Batista
WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
2007
as Batista
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
2014
as Batista
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
2008
as Batista
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
2005
as Batista
WWE Extreme Rules 2014
2014
as Batista
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
2010
as Batista
The Firefly Funhouse Match
2020
as Batista (archive footage)
WWE Unforgiven 2007
2007
as Batista
WWE Backlash 2008
2008
as Batista
WWE Survivor Series 2008
2008
as Batista
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
2010
as Batista
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
2004
as Batista
WWE SummerSlam 2007
2007
as Batista
Road House 2
WWE SummerSlam 2005
2005
as Batista
WWE SummerSlam 2008
2008
as Batista
WWE No Mercy 2008
2008
as Batista
WWE Survivor Series 2005
2005
as Batista
WWE Survivor Series 2007
2007
as Batista
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
2010
as Batista
WWE Armageddon 2005
2005
as Batista
Grendel
as Beowulf
WWE Unforgiven 2004
2004
as Batista
WWE Backlash 2005
2005
as Batista
Ally
as (voice)
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
2007
as Batista
About Dave Bautista
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 rei… With 209 credits spanning from 1953 to 2026, Dave Bautista has appeared in 168 films and 41 TV shows.
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- Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026) — as Tagah (voice)
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) — as Drax
- The Wrecking Crew (2026) — as James Hale
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) — as Drax
- Dune (2021) — as Beast Rabban Harkonnen
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