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.
Movies (155)
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
2026
The Wrecking Crew
2026
Trap House
2025
Afterburn
2025
The Naked Gun
2025
In the Lost Lands
2025
The Last Showgirl
2024
Jack in Time for Christmas
2024
The Killer's Game
2024
My Spy The Eternal City
2024
Parachute
2024
Dune: Part Two
2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
2023
Knock at the Cabin
2023
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
2022
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
2022
Dune
2021
Creating an Army of the Dead
2021
Army of the Dead
2021
Meeting the Undertaker
2020
The Firefly Funhouse Match
2020
My Spy
2020
Stuber
2019
Escape Plan: The Extractors
2019
Avengers: Endgame
2019
WWE WrestleMania 35
2019
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
2018
Final Score
2018
Hotel Artemis
2018
Escape Plan 2: Hades
2018
Avengers: Infinity War
2018
Blade Runner 2049
2017
2048: Nowhere to Run
2017
Bushwick
2017
WWE: Best of the 2000's
2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
2017
The Warriors Gate
2016
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
2016
Kickboxer: Vengeance
2016
Marauders
2016
Heist
2015
Spectre
2015
L.A. Slasher
2015
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
2015
The Destruction of The Shield
2015
Guardians of the Galaxy
2014
WWE Payback 2014
2014
Batista: The Animal Unleashed
2014
WWE Extreme Rules 2014
2014
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
2014
WWE WrestleMania XXX
2014
WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
2014
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
2014
Riddick
2013
The Man with the Iron Fists
2012
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
2012
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
2012
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
2012
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
2012
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
2012
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
2011
Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator
2011
House of the Rising Sun
2011
The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
2011
The John Cena Experience
2011
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
2010
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
2010
WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
2010
WWE Over the Limit 2010
2010
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
2010
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
2010
Wrong Side of Town
2010
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
2010
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
2010
The History of the World Heavyweight Championship
2009
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
2009
WWE Survivor Series 2009
2009
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
2009
Batista - I Walk Alone
2009
Batista - I Walk Alone
2009
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
2009
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
2009
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
2009
WWE Judgment Day 2009
2009
WWE Backlash 2009
2009
WWE Armageddon 2008
2008
WWE Survivor Series 2008
2008
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
2008
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
2008
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
2008
WWE No Mercy 2008
2008
WWE Unforgiven 2008
2008
WWE SummerSlam 2008
2008
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
2008
WWE Night of Champions 2008
2008
WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
2008
WWE One Night Stand 2008
2008
WWE Backlash 2008
2008
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
2008
The Undertaker: 15-0
2008
WWE No Way Out 2008
2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
2008
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
2007
WWE Armageddon 2007
2007
WWE RAW 15th Anniversary
2007
WWE Survivor Series 2007
2007
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
2007
WWE No Mercy 2007
2007
WWE Unforgiven 2007
2007
WWE SummerSlam 2007
2007
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
2007
WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
2007
WWE One Night Stand 2007
2007
WWE Judgment Day 2007
2007
WWE Backlash 2007
2007
WWE WrestleMania 23
2007
WWE No Way Out 2007
2007
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
2007
WWE Armageddon 2006
2006
WWE Survivor Series 2006
2006
WWE No Mercy 2006
2006
WWE SummerSlam 2006
2006
WWE The Great American Bash 2006
2006
Relative Strangers
2006
WWE Armageddon 2005
2005
WWE Survivor Series 2005
2005
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
2005
WWE No Mercy 2005
2005
WWE SummerSlam 2005
2005
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
2005
WWE Vengeance 2005
2005
WWE Backlash 2005
2005
WWE WrestleMania 21
2005
WWE No Way Out 2005
2005
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
2005
WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
2005
WWE Survivor Series 2004
2004
WWE Unforgiven 2004
2004
WWE SummerSlam 2004
2004
WWE Vengeance 2004
2004
WWE WrestleMania XX
2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
2004
WWE Armageddon 2003
2003
WWE No Way Out 2003
2003
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
2003
WWE Armageddon 2002
2002
WWE Global Warning
2002
WWE Judgment Day 2002
2002
Grendel
Groove Tails
Ally
TV Shows (47)
WWE Raw Classics
2025
The Jennifer Hudson Show
2022
WWE This Is Awesome
2022
WWE Rivals
2022
Marvel Studios Legends
2021
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Undertaker: The Last Ride
2020
The Best of WWE
2020
Ruthless Aggression
2020
See
2019
All That
2019
Dark Side of the Ring
2019
What We Do in the Shadows
2019
WWE Untold
2018
Steve
2017
Room 104
2017
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
WWE 24
2015
WWE Rivalries
2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Wrestlemania Rewind
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
WWE Superstars
2009
Chuck
2007
Head Case
2007
WWE ECW
2006
WWE ECW
2006
Iron Chef America
2005
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003
WWE Velocity
2002
Smallville
2001
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
WWE Friday Night SmackDown
1999
The View
1997
WXW Rage TV
1996
Raw
1993
Raw
1993
Raw
1993
Raw
1993
MTV Movie & TV Awards
1992
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event
1985
WWE Pay Per View
1985
The Oscars
1953