Dave Bautista

Acting · Born 1969-01-18 in Washington, D.C., USA

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…

Filmography

• Guardians of the Galaxy as Drax
• The Wrecking Crew as James Hale
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Drax
• Blade Runner 2049 as Sapper Morton
• Avengers: Infinity War as Drax
• Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Drax
• Dune as Beast Rabban Harkonnen
• Avengers: Endgame as Drax
• Dune: Part Two as Beast Rabban
• The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Drax

TV

• Smallville as Aldar
• See as Edo Voss
• Chuck as T.I.
• What We Do in the Shadows as Garrett the Vampire
• Raw as Dave Bautista
• WWE Superstars
• 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience as Self
• WWE Friday Night SmackDown as Deacon Batista
• Marvel Studios Legends as Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
• WWE 24 as Batista