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Personal Info

Birth date

1969-01-18 (56 Years)

Gender

Male

Known for

Acting

Place of birth

Washington, D.C., USA

Also known as

Batista
Dave Batista
Deacon Batista
David Bautista
Leviathan
Дэйв Батиста
데이브 바티스타
Ντέιβ Μπαουτίστα
The Animal
デイヴ・バウティスタ
戴夫·巴帝斯塔
David Micheal Bautista Jr.
דייוויד מייקל "דייב" באוטיסטה ג'וניור
The Animal Unleashed
The Evolution Animal
Demon of the Deep
دیو باتیستا

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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Filmography

Acting

TBAThe Wrecking Crew as Unknown

TBAUnleashed as Unknown

TBACooler as Ray Sagona

TBAGrendel as Beowulf

TBADogtown as Unknown

TBAUniverse's Most Wanted as Unknown

TBAAlpha Gang as Unknown

TBAUntitled FBI Wedding Sting Film as Unknown

TBADreadnought as Unknown

TBARoad House 2 as Unknown

TBAThe Romantic as Unknown

2026The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender as (voice)

2025Trap House as Unknown

2025Groove Tails as (voice)

2025Afterburn as Jake

2025The Naked Gun as Dave Bautista

2025In the Lost Lands as Boyce

2025WWE Raw Classics (1 Episode) as Batista

2024The Last Showgirl as Eddie

2024Jack in Time for Christmas as Self

2024The Killer's Game as Joe Flood

2024My Spy The Eternal City as J.J.

2024Parachute as Bryce

2024Dune: Part Two as Beast Rabban

2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Self - 'Drax'

2023Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Drax

2023Knock at the Cabin as Leonard

2022The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Drax

2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Duke Cody

2022The Jennifer Hudson Show (1 Episode) as Self

2022Biography: Edge as Self - Batista

2022WWE This Is Awesome (1 Episode) as Batista

2022Thor: Love and Thunder as Drax

2022John Cena's Greatest Rivalries as Batista

2021Dune as Beast Rabban Harkonnen

2021Creating an Army of the Dead as Self

2021Army of the Dead as Scott Ward

2021Marvel Studios Legends (8 Episodes) as Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020Home Movie: The Princess Bride (1 Episode) as Fezzik

2020Undertaker: The Last Ride (5 Episodes) as Self

2020The Firefly Funhouse Match as Batista (archive footage)

2020The Best of WWE (2 Episodes) as Batista

2020Ruthless Aggression (1 Episode) as Batista

2020My Spy as J.J.

2019See (8 Episodes) as Edo Voss

2019Stuber as Vic Manning

2019Escape Plan: The Extractors as Trent DeRosa

2019All That (1 Episode) as Himself

2019Avengers: Endgame as Drax

2019WWE WrestleMania 35 as Batista

2019What We Do in the Shadows (1 Episode) as Garrett the Vampire

2018Master Z: Ip Man Legacy as Davidson

2018WWE Untold (1 Episode) as Unknown

2018Final Score as Michael Knox

2018Hotel Artemis as Everest

2018Escape Plan 2: Hades as Trent DeRosa

2018Avengers: Infinity War as Drax

2018Lie Detector (1 Episode) as Self

2017Blade Runner 2049 as Sapper Morton

20172048: Nowhere to Run as Sapper Morton

2017Bushwick as Stupe

2017Guardians Inferno as Unknown

2017Room 104 (1 Episode) as Raw Dog Avalanche

2017WWE: Best of the 2000's as Batista

2017Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Drax

2016The Warriors Gate as Arun

2016Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere as Batista

2016Kickboxer: Vengeance as Tong Po

2016Marauders as Stockwell

2015Heist as Cox

2015Spectre as Hinx

2015L.A. Slasher as The Drug Dealer #1

2015Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes! as Batista

2015The Late Late Show with James Corden (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2015The Destruction of The Shield as Batista

2015WWE 24 (2 Episodes) as Batista

2014WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 as Batista

2014Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn as Self

2014WWE Rivalries (1 Episode) as Self

2014Guardians of the Galaxy as Drax

2014Running Wild with Bear Grylls (1 Episode) as Self

2014WWE Payback 2014 as Batista

2014Batista: The Animal Unleashed as Unknown

2014Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 as Batista

2014WWE Extreme Rules 2014 as Batista

2014Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30 as Batista

2014WWE WrestleMania XXX as Batista

2014Late Night with Seth Meyers (1 Episode) as Self

2014WWE Wrestlemania Rewind (1 Episode) as Batista

2014WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 as Batista

2014The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (3 Episodes) as Self

2014WWE Royal Rumble 2014 as Batista

2013Riddick as Diaz

2012The Man with the Iron Fists as Brass Body

2012The Rock vs. John Cena: Once In A Lifetime as Batista

2012WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak as Batista

2012WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man as Batista

2012The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption as Argomael

2012WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 as Batista (archive footage)

2011WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World as Batista

2011Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator as Batista (archive footage)

2011House of the Rising Sun as Ray

2011WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century as Batista

2011The John Cena Experience as Batista (archive footage)

2011The John Cena Experience as Batista (archive footage)

2010WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time as Batista

2010WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber as Batista

2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team

2010WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches as Batista

2010WWE Over the Limit 2010 as Batista

2010WWE Extreme Rules 2010 as Batista

2010WWE Wrestlemania XXVI as Batista

2010Wrong Side of Town as Big Ronnie 'B.R.'

2010WWE Elimination Chamber 2010 as Batista

2010WWE Royal Rumble 2010 as Batista

2009WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship as Batista

2009WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009 as Batista

2009WWE Survivor Series 2009 as Batista

2009WWE Bragging Rights 2009 as Batista

2009Batista - I Walk Alone as Batista

2009WWE Hell in a Cell 2009 as Batista

2009WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI as Batista

2009Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (1 Episode) as Self - Guest

2009WWE Extreme Rules 2009 as Batista

2009WWE Judgment Day 2009 as Batista

2009WWE Backlash 2009 as Batista

2009WWE Superstars (90 Episodes) as Unknown

2008WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008 as Batista

2008WWE Armageddon 2008 as Batista

2008WWE Survivor Series 2008 as Batista

2008WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero as Batista

2008WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time as Batista

2008WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 as Batista

2008WWE No Mercy 2008 as Batista

2008WWE Unforgiven 2008 as Batista

2008WWE SummerSlam 2008 as Batista

2008WWE The Great American Bash 2008 as Batista

2008WWE Night of Champions 2008 as Batista

2008WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One as Batista

2008WWE One Night Stand 2008 as Batista

2008WWE Backlash 2008 as Batista

2008WWE WrestleMania XXIV as Batista

2008The Undertaker: 15-0 as Unknown

2008WWE No Way Out 2008 as Batista

2008WWE Royal Rumble 2008 as Batista

2007WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary as Batista

2007WWE Armageddon 2007 as Batista

2007WWE RAW 15th Anniversary as Unknown

2007WWE Survivor Series 2007 as Batista

2007WWE Cyber Sunday 2007 as Batista

2007WWE No Mercy 2007 as Batista

2007Chuck (1 Episode) as T.I.

2007WWE Unforgiven 2007 as Batista

2007WWE SummerSlam 2007 as Batista

2007WWE The Great American Bash 2007 as Batista

2007WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007 as Batista

2007WWE One Night Stand 2007 as Batista

2007WWE Judgment Day 2007 as Batista

2007WWE Backlash 2007 as Batista

2007Head Case (1 Episode) as Self

2007WWE WrestleMania 23 as Batista

2007WWE No Way Out 2007 as Batista

2007WWE Royal Rumble 2007 as Batista

2006WWE Armageddon 2006 as Batista

2006WWE Survivor Series 2006 as Batista

2006WWE No Mercy 2006 as Batista

2006WWE SummerSlam 2006 as Batista

2006WWE The Great American Bash 2006 as Batista

2006WWE ECW (1 Episode) as Batista (archive footage)

2006Relative Strangers as Wrestler (uncredited)

2005WWE Armageddon 2005 as Batista

2005WWE Survivor Series 2005 as Batista

2005WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005 as Batista

2005WWE No Mercy 2005 as Batista

2005WWE SummerSlam 2005 as Batista

2005WWE The Great American Bash 2005 as Batista

2005WWE Vengeance 2005 as Batista

2005WWE Backlash 2005 as Batista

2005WWE WrestleMania 21 as Batista

2005WWE No Way Out 2005 as Batista

2005WWE Royal Rumble 2005 as Batista

2005WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 as Batista

2004WWE Survivor Series 2004 as Batista

2004WWE Unforgiven 2004 as Batista

2004WWE SummerSlam 2004 as Batista

2004WWE Vengeance 2004 as Batista

2004WWE WrestleMania XX as Batista

200410 Things Every Guy Should Experience (1 Episode) as Self

2004WWE Royal Rumble 2004 as Batista

2003WWE Armageddon 2003 as Batista

2003WWE No Way Out 2003 as Batista (Appearance)

2003Jimmy Kimmel Live! (1 Episode) as Self

2003WWE Royal Rumble 2003 as Batista

2002WWE Armageddon 2002 as Batista

2002WWE Global Warning as Deacon Batista

2002WWE Velocity (1 Episode) as Deacon Batista

2002WWE Judgment Day 2002 as Deacon Batista

2001Smallville (1 Episode) as Aldar

2001OVW Christmas Chaos as Leviathan

1999WWE SmackDown (50, 10 Episode) as Deacon Batista, Batista

1997The View (1 Episode) as Self

1996WXW Rage TV (1 Episode) as Unknown

1993Raw (4, 54, 3 Episode) as Dave Bautista, Batista, Dave Batista

1985Saturday Night's Main Event (4 Episodes) as Batista

1953The Oscars (1 Episode) as Self - Presenter

Production

TBAUnleashed ... Producer

TBACooler ... Producer

TBAThe Wrecking Crew ... Producer

TBAUntitled FBI Wedding Sting Film ... Producer

TBADreadnought ... Executive Producer

2025Trap House ... Executive Producer

2025Afterburn ... Producer

2025In the Lost Lands ... Producer

2024The Killer's Game ... Executive Producer

2024My Spy The Eternal City ... Producer

2020My Spy ... Producer

2018Master Z: Ip Man Legacy ... Producer

2018Final Score ... Producer

Crew

2010Wrong Side of Town ... Stunts

2007WWE No Way Out 2007 ... Stunts