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
Big Ronnie 'B.R.'
Wrong Side of Town
Batista
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
Self (archive footage)
Being James Bond
Leonard
Knock at the Cabin
Batista
WWE Survivor Series 2005
WWE RAW 15th Anniversary
Ray
House of the Rising Sun
Batista
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Batista
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
Batista
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
Batista
WWE Survivor Series 2004
Batista
WWE SummerSlam 2004
Argomael
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Batista
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
Batista
WWE WrestleMania 23
Batista
WWE WrestleMania XX
Batista
WWE WrestleMania 21
Diaz
Riddick
Brass Body
The Man with the Iron Fists
Batista
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
Batista
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Batista
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
Batista
WWE SummerSlam 2008
Batista
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
Drax
Guardians of the Galaxy
Batista
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
Batista
WWE Backlash 2007
The Wrecking Crew
Batista
WWE The Great American Bash 2006
Batista
WWE Survivor Series 2006
Batista
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
Batista
WWE Over the Limit 2010
Batista
WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
Batista
WWE Vengeance 2004
Batista
WWE Unforgiven 2004
Batista
WWE No Way Out 2005
Batista
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
Batista
WWE Backlash 2005
Batista
WWE SummerSlam 2005
Batista
WWE Vengeance 2005
Batista
WWE No Mercy 2005
Deacon Batista
WWE Judgment Day 2002
Batista
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
Batista
WWE Armageddon 2005
Deacon Batista
WWE Global Warning
Batista
WWE Armageddon 2002
Batista
WWE SummerSlam 2006
Batista
WWE No Mercy 2006
Batista
WWE Armageddon 2006
Batista
WWE Armageddon 2003
Batista
WWE No Way Out 2007
Batista
WWE Judgment Day 2007
Batista
WWE One Night Stand 2007
Batista
WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
Batista
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
Batista
WWE Unforgiven 2007
Batista
WWE SummerSlam 2007
Batista
WWE No Way Out 2008
Batista
WWE Backlash 2008
Batista
WWE Survivor Series 2007
Batista
WWE No Mercy 2007
Batista
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
Self - 'Drax'
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Batista
WWE One Night Stand 2008
Batista
WWE Night of Champions 2008
Batista
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
Batista
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
Batista
WWE No Mercy 2008
Batista
WWE Unforgiven 2008
Batista
WWE Survivor Series 2008
Batista
WWE Armageddon 2008
Batista
WWE Backlash 2009
Batista
WWE Judgment Day 2009
Batista
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
Batista
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
Batista
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
Batista
WWE Survivor Series 2009
Batista
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
Batista
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
Batista
WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
Batista
WWE Armageddon 2007
Batista (Appearance)
WWE No Way Out 2003
Batista
WWE WrestleMania XXX
Batista
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
Drax
Thor: Love and Thunder
Batista
WWE Extreme Rules 2014
Batista
WWE Payback 2014
Batista: The Animal Unleashed
Unleashed
Batista (archive footage)
The Firefly Funhouse Match
Hinx
Spectre
Ray Sagona
Cooler
The Drug Dealer #1
L.A. Slasher
Tong Po
Kickboxer: Vengeance
Eddie
The Last Showgirl
Leviathan
OVW Christmas Chaos
Jake
Afterburn
Drax
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
J.J.
My Spy The Eternal City
Self - Batista
Biography: Edge
Batista
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
Cox
Heist
Batista
WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
Self - Drax (archive footage)
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Stockwell
Marauders
(voice)
The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender
Bryce
Parachute
Beowulf
Grendel
Sapper Morton
Blade Runner 2049
Drax
Avengers: Infinity War
Arun
The Warriors Gate
Michael Knox
Final Score
Batista
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
Batista
WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
Stupe
Bushwick
Everest
Hotel Artemis
Batista
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
Self
Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn
Davidson
葉問外傳：張天志
Trent DeRosa
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Batista
WWE: Best of the 2000's
Sapper Morton
2048: Nowhere to Run
Trent DeRosa
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Vic Manning
Stuber
Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Drax
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Beast Rabban Harkonnen
Dune
Batista
WWE WrestleMania 35
J.J.
My Spy
Scott Ward
Army of the Dead
Joe Flood
The Killer's Game
Trap House
Batista
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
Batista (archive footage)
Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator
Dogtown
Drax
Avengers: Endgame
Batista
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
Batista
Batista - I Walk Alone
Batista
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
Batista
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
Batista (archive footage)
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
Batista
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
Batista
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
Batista
WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship
Batista
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
Batista
WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
Batista
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
Batista
The Destruction of The Shield
Batista
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
Beast Rabban
Dune: Part Two
Universe's Most Wanted
Drax
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Boyce
In the Lost Lands
Wrestler (uncredited)
Relative Strangers
Batista (archive footage)
The John Cena Experience
Duke Cody
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Self
Creating an Army of the Dead
Batista
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
Alpha Gang
Self
Jack in Time for Christmas
Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film
The Undertaker: 15-0
Batista (archive footage)
The John Cena Experience
Dreadnought
Guardians Inferno
Batista
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once In A Lifetime
Road House 2
(voice)
Groove Tails
The Romantic
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
169
Gender
Male
Birthday
1969-01-18
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Also Known As
Batista