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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 18, 1969
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
4.9 Popularity
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
🎬
0.0
James
The Wrecking Crew
2026
6.2
Ray Seale
Trap House
2025
6.7
Jake
Afterburn
2025
6.5
Dave Bautista
The Naked Gun
2025
6.4
Boyce
In the Lost Lands
2025
2.5
Batista
WWE Raw Classics
2025
6.5
Eddie
The Last Showgirl
2024
5.0
Self
Jack in Time for Christmas
2024
6.4
Joe Flood
The Killer's Game
2024
6.6
J.J.
My Spy The Eternal City
2024
Credits
🎬
The Wrecking Crew
as James
2026
0.0
Trap House
as Ray Seale
2025
6.2
Afterburn
as Jake
2025
6.7
The Naked Gun
as Dave Bautista
2025
6.5
In the Lost Lands
as Boyce
2025
6.4
WWE Raw Classics
as Batista
2025
2.5
The Last Showgirl
as Eddie
2024
6.5
Jack in Time for Christmas
as Self
2024
5.0
The Killer's Game
as Joe Flood
2024
6.4
My Spy The Eternal City
as J.J.
2024
6.6
Parachute
as Bryce
2024
6.4
Dune: Part Two
as Beast Rabban
2024
8.1
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Self - 'Drax'
2023
6.4
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Drax
2023
7.9
Knock at the Cabin
as Leonard
2023
6.3
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
as Drax
2022
7.1
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
as Duke Cody
2022
7.0
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self
2022
5.6
WWE This Is Awesome
as Batista
2022
6.0
WWE Rivals
as Batista
2022
7.3
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Drax
2022
6.4
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
as Batista
2022
10.0
Dune
as Beast Rabban Harkonnen
2021
7.8
Creating an Army of the Dead
as Self
2021
6.0
Army of the Dead
as Scott Ward
2021
6.2
Marvel Studios Legends
as Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
7.4
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Fezzik
2020
7.5
Undertaker: The Last Ride
as Self
2020
7.4
The Firefly Funhouse Match
as Batista (archive footage)
2020
8.5
The Best of WWE
as Batista
2020
9.7
Ruthless Aggression
as Batista
2020
7.5
My Spy
as J.J.
2020
6.9
See
as Edo Voss
2019
8.1
Stuber
as Vic Manning
2019
6.6
Escape Plan: The Extractors
as Trent DeRosa
2019
5.4
All That
as Self
2019
7.6
Avengers: Endgame
as Drax
2019
8.2
Dark Side of the Ring
as Batista (archive footage)
2019
8.2
WWE WrestleMania 35
as Batista
2019
7.3
What We Do in the Shadows
as Garrett the Vampire
2019
8.0
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
as Davidson
2018
6.5
WWE Untold
2018
10.0
Final Score
as Michael Knox
2018
6.1
Hotel Artemis
as Everest
2018
6.1
Escape Plan 2: Hades
as Trent DeRosa
2018
5.2
Avengers: Infinity War
as Drax
2018
8.2
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Lie Detector
as Self
2018
5.5
Blade Runner 2049
as Sapper Morton
2017
7.6
2048: Nowhere to Run
as Sapper Morton
2017
6.8
Bushwick
as Stupe
2017
5.2
Room 104
as Raw Dog Avalanche
2017
5.7
WWE: Best of the 2000's
as Batista
2017
7.5
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
as Drax
2017
7.6
The Warriors Gate
as Arun
2016
6.6
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
as Batista
2016
8.8
Kickboxer: Vengeance
as Tong Po
2016
5.1
Marauders
as Stockwell
2016
5.8
Heist
as Cox
2015
6.1
Spectre
as Hinx
2015
6.6
L.A. Slasher
as The Drug Dealer #1
2015
4.8
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
as Batista
2015
7.7
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
2015
5.3
The Destruction of The Shield
as Batista
2015
8.5
WWE 24
as Batista
2015
6.6
🎬
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
as Batista
2014
10.0
Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn
as Self
2014
7.5
WWE Rivalries
as Self
2014
7.0
Guardians of the Galaxy
as Drax
2014
7.9
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
as Self
2014
6.8
WWE Payback 2014
as Batista
2014
7.5
Batista: The Animal Unleashed
as Himself / Batista
2014
6.0
🎬
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
as Batista
2014
5.8
WWE Extreme Rules 2014
as Batista
2014
7.0
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
as Batista
2014
8.4
WWE WrestleMania XXX
as Batista
2014
7.8
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
Wrestlemania Rewind
as Batista
2014
0.0
WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
as Batista
2014
6.7
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
as Batista
2014
5.8
Riddick
as Diaz
2013
6.3
The Man with the Iron Fists
as Brass Body
2012
5.5
The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime
as Batista
2012
0.0
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
as Batista
2012
8.8
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
as Batista
2012
7.8
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
as Argomael
2012
4.6
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
as Batista (archive footage)
2012
10.0
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
as Batista
2011
6.7
Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator
as Batista (archive footage)
2011
7.1
House of the Rising Sun
as Ray
2011
4.5
The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
as Batista
2011
0.0
The John Cena Experience
as Batista (archive footage)
2011
7.8
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
as Batista
2010
8.3
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
as Batista
2010
10.0
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
2010
6.1
WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
as Batista
2010
9.2
WWE Over the Limit 2010
as Batista
2010
6.8
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
as Batista
2010
7.1
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
as Batista
2010
7.7
Wrong Side of Town
as Big Ronnie 'B.R.'
2010
5.3
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
as Batista
2010
6.9
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
as Batista
2010
7.8
The History of the World Heavyweight Championship
as Batista
2009
6.0
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
as Batista
2009
6.6
WWE Survivor Series 2009
as Batista
2009
8.2
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
as Batista
2009
7.9
Batista - I Walk Alone
as Batista
2009
0.0
Batista - I Walk Alone
as Batista
2009
7.0
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
as Batista
2009
6.4
WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI
as Batista
2009
0.0
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
as Batista
2009
7.7
WWE Judgment Day 2009
as Batista
2009
6.9
WWE Backlash 2009
as Batista
2009
7.4
WWE Superstars
2009
7.3
🎬
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
as Batista
2008
0.0
WWE Armageddon 2008
as Batista
2008
7.7
WWE Survivor Series 2008
as Batista
2008
7.3
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
as Batista
2008
10.0
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
as Batista
2008
10.0
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
as Batista
2008
8.0
WWE No Mercy 2008
as Batista
2008
7.4
WWE Unforgiven 2008
as Batista
2008
8.0
WWE SummerSlam 2008
as Batista
2008
7.4
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
as Batista
2008
7.4
WWE Night of Champions 2008
as Batista
2008
7.6
WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
as Batista
2008
7.6
WWE One Night Stand 2008
as Batista
2008
8.2
WWE Backlash 2008
as Batista
2008
8.1
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
as Batista
2008
8.1
The Undertaker: 15-0
2008
0.0
WWE No Way Out 2008
as Batista
2008
6.9
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
as Batista
2008
7.4
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
as Batista
2007
9.5
WWE Armageddon 2007
as Batista
2007
6.5
WWE RAW 15th Anniversary
2007
10.0
WWE Survivor Series 2007
as Batista
2007
8.2
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
as Batista
2007
6.3
WWE No Mercy 2007
as Batista
2007
6.8
Chuck
as T.I.
2007
7.7
WWE Unforgiven 2007
as Batista
2007
7.6
WWE SummerSlam 2007
as Batista
2007
6.2
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
as Batista
2007
6.6
WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
as Batista
2007
7.6
WWE One Night Stand 2007
as Batista
2007
7.5
WWE Judgment Day 2007
as Batista
2007
7.3
WWE Backlash 2007
as Batista
2007
7.5
Head Case
as Self
2007
6.3
WWE WrestleMania 23
as Batista
2007
8.3
WWE No Way Out 2007
as Batista
2007
8.4
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
as Batista
2007
8.1
WWE Armageddon 2006
as Batista
2006
8.1
WWE Survivor Series 2006
as Batista
2006
7.1
WWE No Mercy 2006
as Batista
2006
7.4
WWE SummerSlam 2006
as Batista
2006
7.0
WWE The Great American Bash 2006
as Batista
2006
8.3
WWE ECW
as Batista (archive footage)
2006
6.6
WWE ECW
as Batista
2006
6.6
Relative Strangers
as Wrestler (uncredited)
2006
5.2
WWE Armageddon 2005
as Batista
2005
7.0
WWE Survivor Series 2005
as Batista
2005
8.8
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
as Batista
2005
7.7
WWE No Mercy 2005
as Batista
2005
7.6
WWE SummerSlam 2005
as Batista
2005
7.2
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
as Batista
2005
7.8
WWE Vengeance 2005
as Batista
2005
8.9
WWE Backlash 2005
as Batista
2005
8.0
WWE WrestleMania 21
as Batista
2005
8.3
WWE No Way Out 2005
as Batista
2005
5.5
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
as Batista
2005
8.0
WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
as Batista
2005
8.8
WWE Survivor Series 2004
as Batista
2004
8.6
WWE Unforgiven 2004
as Batista
2004
8.2
WWE SummerSlam 2004
as Batista
2004
8.6
WWE Vengeance 2004
as Batista
2004
7.7
WWE WrestleMania XX
as Batista
2004
8.3
🎬
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
as Self
2004
10.0
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
as Batista
2004
7.0
WWE Armageddon 2003
as Batista
2003
6.3
WWE No Way Out 2003
as Batista (Appearance)
2003
8.0
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
2003
5.5
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
as Batista
2003
7.6
WWE Armageddon 2002
as Batista
2002
5.1
WWE Global Warning
as Deacon Batista
2002
7.4
WWE Velocity
as Deacon Batista
2002
6.2
WWE Judgment Day 2002
as Deacon Batista
2002
7.9
Smallville
as Aldar
2001
8.2
🎬
OVW Christmas Chaos
as Leviathan
2001
0.0
WWE SmackDown
as Deacon Batista
1999
7.5
WWE SmackDown
as Batista
1999
7.5
WWE SmackDown
1999
7.5
The View
as Self
1997
4.3
WXW Rage TV
1996
0.0
Raw
as Dave Bautista
1993
6.8
Raw
as Batista
1993
6.8
Raw
as Dave Batista
1993
6.8
Raw
1993
6.8
Saturday Night's Main Event
as Batista
1985
8.4
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
1953
7.0
🎬
Highlander
as Kurgan
N/A
0.0
🎬
Alpha Gang
N/A
0.0
The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender
as (voice)
N/A
0.0
Grendel
as Beowulf
N/A
0.0
🎬
Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film
N/A
0.0
🎬
Universe's Most Wanted
N/A
0.0
🎬
Dreadnought
N/A
0.0
Groove Tails
as (voice)
N/A
0.0
🎬
Dogtown
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Romantic
N/A
0.0
🎬
Untitled Prison Film
N/A
0.0
🎬
Road House 2
N/A
0.0
🎬
Unleashed
N/A
0.0