
Cast
Dave Bautista
Acting
Cast
Dave Bautista
Known for
Acting
Born
1969-01-18
From
Washington, D.C., USA
Also known as Batista, Dave Batista, Deacon Batista
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.

Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
as Tagah (voice)

Avengers: Infinity War
as Drax

The Wrecking Crew
as James Hale

Avengers: Endgame
as Drax

Dune
as Beast Rabban Harkonnen

Blade Runner 2049
as Sapper Morton

Dune: Part Two
as Beast Rabban

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Drax

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
as Drax

Thor: Love and Thunder
as Drax

The Naked Gun
as Dave Bautista

Spectre
as Hinx

Trap House
as Ray Seale

Guardians of the Galaxy
as Drax

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
as Duke Cody

Afterburn
as Jake

In the Lost Lands
as Boyce

The Killer's Game
as Joe Flood

Escape Plan 2: Hades
as Trent DeRosa

Riddick
as Diaz

Army of the Dead
as Scott Ward

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
as Drax

Knock at the Cabin
as Leonard

My Spy The Eternal City
as J.J.

Heist
as Cox

My Spy
as J.J.

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
as Davidson

Bushwick
as Stupe

The Warriors Gate
as Arun

The Man with the Iron Fists
as Brass Body

Final Score
as Michael Knox

Hotel Artemis
as Everest

Marauders
as Stockwell

Highlander
as Kurgan

Escape Plan: The Extractors
as Trent DeRosa

Stuber
as Vic Manning

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Self - 'Drax'

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
as Argomael

Kickboxer: Vengeance
as Tong Po

The Last Showgirl
as Eddie

Relative Strangers
as Wrestler (uncredited)

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team

The History of the World Heavyweight Championship
as Batista

WWE WrestleMania 35
as Batista

WWE WrestleMania XXX
as Batista

House of the Rising Sun
as Ray

WWE WrestleMania XXIV
as Batista

Parachute
as Bryce

WWE Royal Rumble 2008
as Batista

WWE Survivor Series 2004
as Batista

WWE SummerSlam 2004
as Batista

2048: Nowhere to Run
as Sapper Morton

WWE WrestleMania XX
as Batista

WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
as Batista

Alpha Gang

WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
as Batista

WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
as Batista

WWE Royal Rumble 2007
as Batista

WWE Royal Rumble 2010
as Batista

WWE One Night Stand 2008
as Batista

WWE The Great American Bash 2008
as Batista

WWE Survivor Series 2006
as Batista

WWE Over the Limit 2010
as Batista

WWE Night of Champions 2008
as Batista

WWE WrestleMania 21
as Batista

WWE No Mercy 2007
as Batista

WWE Unforgiven 2008
as Batista

WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
as Batista

WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
as Batista

Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
as Batista

WWE Bragging Rights 2009
as Batista

WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
as Batista

WWE No Mercy 2005
as Batista

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
as Batista

L.A. Slasher
as The Drug Dealer #1

WWE WrestleMania 23
as Batista

Batista - I Walk Alone
as Batista

WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
as Batista

The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
as Batista

WWE Royal Rumble 2003
as Batista

WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
as Batista (archive footage)

Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
as Batista

Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film

Wrong Side of Town
as Big Ronnie 'B.R.'

Creating an Army of the Dead
as Self

WWE Royal Rumble 2014
as Batista

WWE Payback 2014
as Batista

WWE One Night Stand 2007
as Batista

WWE Judgment Day 2002
as Deacon Batista

The John Cena Experience
as Batista (archive footage)

WWE Armageddon 2002
as Batista

WWE No Way Out 2005
as Batista

WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
as Batista

WWE The Great American Bash 2006
as Batista

WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
as Batista

WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
as Batista

WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
as Batista

WWE Royal Rumble 2005
as Batista

WWE Extreme Rules 2014
as Batista

WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
as Batista

The Firefly Funhouse Match
as Batista (archive footage)

WWE Unforgiven 2007
as Batista

WWE Backlash 2008
as Batista

WWE Survivor Series 2008
as Batista

WWE Extreme Rules 2010
as Batista

WWE Royal Rumble 2004
as Batista

WWE SummerSlam 2007
as Batista

Road House 2

WWE SummerSlam 2005
as Batista

WWE SummerSlam 2008
as Batista

WWE No Mercy 2008
as Batista

WWE Survivor Series 2005
as Batista

WWE Survivor Series 2007
as Batista

WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
as Batista

WWE Armageddon 2005
as Batista

Grendel
as Beowulf

WWE Unforgiven 2004
as Batista

WWE Backlash 2005
as Batista

Ally
as (voice)

WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
as Batista

Jack in Time for Christmas
as Self

WWE Vengeance 2004
as Batista

WWE Extreme Rules 2009
as Batista

WWE Judgment Day 2009
as Batista

WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
as Batista

WWE The Great American Bash 2005
as Batista

WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
as Batista

WWE SummerSlam 2006
as Batista

Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator
as Batista (archive footage)

WWE No Way Out 2003
as Batista (Appearance)

WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
as Batista

WWE Global Warning
as Deacon Batista

WWE Judgment Day 2007
as Batista

WWE Backlash 2007
as Batista

WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
as Batista

WWE Armageddon 2006
as Batista

Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
as Batista

WWE Armageddon 2007
as Batista

WWE Armageddon 2008
as Batista

WWE The Great American Bash 2007
as Batista

WWE No Way Out 2007
as Batista

WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
as Batista

WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
as Batista

The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
as Batista

WWE: Best of the 2000's
as Batista

WWE Backlash 2009
as Batista

WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
as Batista

Batista: The Animal Unleashed
as Himself / Batista

WWE Vengeance 2005
as Batista

WWE Survivor Series 2009
as Batista

John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
as Batista

WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
as Batista

WWE Armageddon 2003
as Batista

Groove Tails
as (voice)

WWE No Way Out 2008
as Batista

Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
as Batista

The Destruction of The Shield
as Batista

OVW Christmas Chaos
as Leviathan

The Undertaker: 15-0

WWE No Mercy 2006
as Batista

WWE RAW 15th Anniversary

Dreadnought

Meeting the Undertaker

Unleashed

Dogtown

The Romantic

Universe's Most Wanted

Batista - I Walk Alone
as Batista