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