Dave Bautista
Born: 1969-01-18 in Washington, D.C., USA
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender as Tagah (voice)
- The Wrecking Crew as James Hale
2025
- The Naked Gun as Dave Bautista
- Trap House as Ray Seale
- In the Lost Lands as Boyce
- Afterburn as Jake
- WWE Raw Classics as Batista
2024
- Dune: Part Two as Beast Rabban
- The Killer's Game as Joe Flood
- My Spy The Eternal City as J.J.
- The Last Showgirl as Eddie
- Parachute as Bryce
- Jack in Time for Christmas as Self
2023
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Drax
- Knock at the Cabin as Leonard
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Self - 'Drax'
2022
- The Jennifer Hudson Show as Self - Guest
- Thor: Love and Thunder as Drax
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Duke Cody
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Drax
- WWE Rivals as Batista
- WWE This Is Awesome as Batista
- John Cena's Greatest Rivalries as Batista
2021
- Dune as Beast Rabban Harkonnen
- Marvel Studios Legends as Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Army of the Dead as Scott Ward
- Creating an Army of the Dead as Self
2020
- The Best of WWE as Batista
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Fezzik
- My Spy as J.J.
- Undertaker: The Last Ride as Self
- Ruthless Aggression as Batista
- The Firefly Funhouse Match as Batista (archive footage)
- Meeting the Undertaker
2019
- Avengers: Endgame as Drax
- See as Edo Voss
- What We Do in the Shadows as Garrett the Vampire
- Dark Side of the Ring as Batista (archive footage)
- All That as Self
- Escape Plan: The Extractors as Trent DeRosa
- Stuber as Vic Manning
- WWE WrestleMania 35 as Batista
2018
- Avengers: Infinity War as Drax
- Master Z: Ip Man Legacy as Davidson
- Escape Plan 2: Hades as Trent DeRosa
- Hotel Artemis as Everest
- Final Score as Michael Knox
- WWE Untold
2017
- Blade Runner 2049 as Sapper Morton
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Drax
- Room 104 as Raw Dog Avalanche
- Steve as Self
- Bushwick as Stupe
- 2048: Nowhere to Run as Sapper Morton
- WWE: Best of the 2000's as Batista
2016
- Marauders as Stockwell
- The Warriors Gate as Arun
- Kickboxer: Vengeance as Tong Po
- Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere as Batista
2015
- The Late Late Show with James Corden as Self - Guest
- Spectre as Hinx
- WWE 24 as Batista
- Heist as Cox
- L.A. Slasher as The Drug Dealer #1
- Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes! as Batista
- The Destruction of The Shield as Batista
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self - Guest
- Guardians of the Galaxy as Drax
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls as Self
- Wrestlemania Rewind as Batista
- WWE Rivalries as Self
- WWE WrestleMania XXX as Batista
- WWE Royal Rumble 2014 as Batista
- Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30 as Batista
- Batista: The Animal Unleashed as Himself / Batista
- WWE Extreme Rules 2014 as Batista
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 as Batista
- WWE Payback 2014 as Batista
- WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 as Batista
- Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 as Batista
2013
- Riddick as Diaz
2012
- The Man with the Iron Fists as Brass Body
- The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption as Argomael
- WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak as Batista
- The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime as Batista
- WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 as Batista (archive footage)
- WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man as Batista
2011
- Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator as Batista (archive footage)
- House of the Rising Sun as Ray
- WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World as Batista
- The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century as Batista
- The John Cena Experience as Batista (archive footage)
2010
- My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
- WWE Wrestlemania XXVI as Batista
- Wrong Side of Town as Big Ronnie 'B.R.'
- WWE Over the Limit 2010 as Batista
- WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time as Batista
- WWE Extreme Rules 2010 as Batista
- WWE Royal Rumble 2010 as Batista
- WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber as Batista
- WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches as Batista
- WWE Elimination Chamber 2010 as Batista
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- WWE Superstars
- WWE Backlash 2009 as Batista
- The History of the World Heavyweight Championship as Batista
- WWE Judgment Day 2009 as Batista
- WWE Survivor Series 2009 as Batista
- WWE Extreme Rules 2009 as Batista
- Batista - I Walk Alone as Batista
- WWE Bragging Rights 2009 as Batista
- WWE Hell in a Cell 2009 as Batista
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI as Batista
- WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009 as Batista
- Batista - I Walk Alone as Batista
2008
- WWE Night of Champions 2008 as Batista
- WWE SummerSlam 2008 as Batista
- WWE WrestleMania XXIV as Batista
- WWE One Night Stand 2008 as Batista
- WWE Royal Rumble 2008 as Batista
- WWE The Great American Bash 2008 as Batista
- WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero as Batista
- WWE Backlash 2008 as Batista
- WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 as Batista
- WWE Armageddon 2008 as Batista
- WWE No Mercy 2008 as Batista
- WWE Unforgiven 2008 as Batista
- WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time as Batista
- The Undertaker: 15-0
- WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One as Batista
- WWE Survivor Series 2008 as Batista
- WWE No Way Out 2008 as Batista
- WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008 as Batista
2007
- Chuck as T.I.
- Head Case as Self
- WWE Royal Rumble 2007 as Batista
- WWE WrestleMania 23 as Batista
- WWE Backlash 2007 as Batista
- WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007 as Batista
- WWE SummerSlam 2007 as Batista
- WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary as Batista
- WWE One Night Stand 2007 as Batista
- WWE Cyber Sunday 2007 as Batista
- WWE Armageddon 2007 as Batista
- WWE Unforgiven 2007 as Batista
- WWE Survivor Series 2007 as Batista
- WWE The Great American Bash 2007 as Batista
- WWE Judgment Day 2007 as Batista
- WWE No Mercy 2007 as Batista
- WWE No Way Out 2007 as Batista
- WWE RAW 15th Anniversary
2006
- WWE ECW as Batista (archive footage)
- Relative Strangers as Wrestler (uncredited)
- WWE SummerSlam 2006 as Batista
- WWE Armageddon 2006 as Batista
- WWE Survivor Series 2006 as Batista
- WWE The Great American Bash 2006 as Batista
- WWE No Mercy 2006 as Batista
2005
- Iron Chef America as Self - Judge (as Batista)
- WWE WrestleMania 21 as Batista
- WWE Royal Rumble 2005 as Batista
- WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005 as Batista
- WWE Backlash 2005 as Batista
- WWE Survivor Series 2005 as Batista
- WWE SummerSlam 2005 as Batista
- WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 as Batista
- WWE No Way Out 2005 as Batista
- WWE Vengeance 2005 as Batista
- WWE The Great American Bash 2005 as Batista
- WWE Armageddon 2005 as Batista
- WWE No Mercy 2005 as Batista
2004
- WWE WrestleMania XX as Batista
- 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience as Self
- WWE SummerSlam 2004 as Batista
- WWE Survivor Series 2004 as Batista
- WWE Royal Rumble 2004 as Batista
- WWE Vengeance 2004 as Batista
- WWE Unforgiven 2004 as Batista
2003
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! as Self - Guest
- WWE No Way Out 2003 as Batista (Appearance)
- WWE Royal Rumble 2003 as Batista
- WWE Armageddon 2003 as Batista
2002
- WWE Velocity as Deacon Batista
- WWE Judgment Day 2002 as Deacon Batista
- WWE Armageddon 2002 as Batista
- WWE Global Warning as Deacon Batista
2001
- Smallville as Aldar
- OVW Christmas Chaos as Leviathan
1999
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown as Deacon Batista
1997
- The View as Self
1996
1993
- Raw as Dave Bautista
1992
- MTV Movie & TV Awards as Self - Presenter
1985
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event as Batista
- WWE Pay Per View
1953
- The Oscars as Self - Presenter