Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
January 18, 1969
Place of Birth:
Washington, D.C., USA
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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).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | WWE Raw Classics | Batista |
| 2022 | WWE This Is Awesome | Batista |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show | Self - Guest |
| 2022 | WWE Rivals | Batista |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios Legends | Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited) |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Fezzik |
| 2020 | Ruthless Aggression | Batista |
| 2020 | The Best of WWE | Batista |
| 2020 | Undertaker: The Last Ride | Self |
| 2019 | See | Edo Voss |
| 2019 | What We Do in the Shadows | Garrett the Vampire |
| 2019 | All That | Self |
| 2019 | Dark Side of the Ring | Batista (archive footage) |
| 2018 | WWE Untold | |
| 2017 | Room 104 | Raw Dog Avalanche |
| 2015 | WWE 24 | Batista |
| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden | Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self - Guest |
| 2014 | WWE Rivalries | Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self - Guest |
| 2014 | Running Wild with Bear Grylls | Self |
| 2014 | Wrestlemania Rewind | Batista |
| 2009 | WWE Superstars | |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen | Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Chuck | T.I. |
| 2007 | Head Case | Self |
| 2006 | WWE ECW | Batista (archive footage) |
| 2006 | WWE ECW | Batista |
| 2004 | 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience | Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Self - Guest |
| 2002 | WWE Velocity | Deacon Batista |
| 2001 | Smallville | Aldar |
| 1999 | WWE SmackDown | Deacon Batista |
| 1999 | WWE SmackDown | Batista |
| 1999 | WWE SmackDown | |
| 1997 | The View | Self |
| 1996 | WXW Rage TV | |
| 1993 | Raw | Dave Bautista |
| 1993 | Raw | Batista |
| 1993 | Raw | Dave Batista |
| 1993 | Raw | |
| 1992 | MTV Movie & TV Awards | Self - Presenter |
| 1985 | Saturday Night's Main Event | Batista |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self - Presenter |