Dave Bautista
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.
Filmography (38)
The Wrecking Crew
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
The Naked Gun
Afterburn
Trap House
In the Lost Lands
Dune: Part Two
The Killer's Game
My Spy The Eternal City
The Last Showgirl
Knock at the Cabin
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Thor: Love and Thunder
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Army of the Dead
Dune
My Spy
Avengers: Endgame
Stuber
Avengers: Infinity War
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Hotel Artemis
Final Score
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Blade Runner 2049
Bushwick
Kickboxer: Vengeance
Marauders
The Warriors Gate
Spectre
Heist
Guardians of the Galaxy
Riddick
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
