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

• 2026Alpha Gang — Alpha Two
• 2026Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender — Tagah (voice)
• 2026The Wrecking Crew — James Hale, Producer
• 2025Afterburn — Jake, Producer
• 2025In the Lost Lands — Boyce, Producer
• 2025The Naked Gun — Dave Bautista
• 2025Trap House — Ray Seale, Producer
• WWE Raw Classics — Batista
• 2024Dune: Part Two — Beast Rabban
• 2024My Spy The Eternal City — J.J., Producer
• 2024Parachute — Bryce
• 2024The Killer's Game — Joe Flood, Executive Producer
• 2024The Last Showgirl — Eddie
• 2023Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 — Drax
• 2023Knock at the Cabin — Leonard
• 2022Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery — Duke Cody
• 2022John Cena's Greatest Rivalries — Batista
• 2022Mek Raya
• 2022The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special — Drax
• 2022Thor: Love and Thunder — Drax
• WWE Rivals — Batista
• WWE This Is Awesome — Batista
• 2021Army of Thieves — Scott Ward (uncredited)
• 2021Army of the Dead — Scott Ward
• 2021Dune — Beast Rabban Harkonnen
• Marvel Studios Legends — Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride — Fezzik
• 2020Meeting the Undertaker
• 2020My Spy — J.J., Producer
• Ruthless Aggression — Batista
• The Best of WWE — Batista
• 2020The Firefly Funhouse Match — Batista (archive footage)
• 2019Avengers: Endgame — Drax
• Dark Side of the Ring — Batista (archive footage)
• 2019Escape Plan: The Extractors — Trent DeRosa
• See — Edo Voss
• 2019Stuber — Vic Manning
• 2019WWE WrestleMania 35 — Batista
• What We Do in the Shadows — Garrett the Vampire
• 2018Avengers: Infinity War — Drax
• 2018Escape Plan 2: Hades — Trent DeRosa
• 2018Final Score — Michael Knox, Producer
• 2018Hotel Artemis — Everest
• 2018Master Z: Ip Man Legacy — Davidson, Producer
• WWE Untold
• 20172048: Nowhere to Run — Sapper Morton
• 2017Blade Runner 2049 — Sapper Morton
• 2017Bushwick — Stupe
• 2017Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 — Drax
• Room 104 — Raw Dog Avalanche
• 2017WWE: Best of the 2000's — Batista
• 2016Kickboxer: Vengeance — Tong Po
• 2016Marauders — Stockwell
• 2016Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere — Batista
• 2016The Warriors Gate — Arun
• 2015Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes! — Batista
• 2015Heist — Cox
• 2015L.A. Slasher — The Drug Dealer #1
• 2015Spectre — Hinx
• 2015The Destruction of The Shield — Batista
• WWE 24 — Batista
• 2014Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30 — Batista
• 2014Guardians of the Galaxy — Drax
• 2014Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 — Batista
• 2014WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 — Batista
• 2014WWE Extreme Rules 2014 — Batista
• 2014WWE Payback 2014 — Batista
• 2014WWE Royal Rumble 2014 — Batista
• 2014WWE WrestleMania XXX — Batista
• 2014WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 — Batista
• Wrestlemania Rewind — Batista
• 2013Riddick — Diaz
• 2012The Man with the Iron Fists — Brass Body
• 2012The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime — Batista
• 2012The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption — Argomael
• 2012WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man — Batista
• 2012WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 — Batista (archive footage)
• 2012WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak — Batista
• 2011House of the Rising Sun — Ray
• 2011Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator — Batista (archive footage)
• 2011The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century — Batista
• 2011The John Cena Experience — Batista (archive footage)
• 2011WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World — Batista
• 2010My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done — Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
• 2010WWE Elimination Chamber 2010 — Batista
• 2010WWE Extreme Rules 2010 — Batista
• 2010WWE Over the Limit 2010 — Batista
• 2010WWE Royal Rumble 2010 — Batista
• 2010WWE Wrestlemania XXVI — Batista
• 2010WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber — Batista
• 2010WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches — Batista
• 2010WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time — Batista
• 2010Wrong Side of Town — Big Ronnie 'B.R.', Stunts
• 2009Batista - I Walk Alone — Batista
• 2009Batista - I Walk Alone — Batista
• 2009The History of the World Heavyweight Championship — Batista
• 2009WWE Backlash 2009 — Batista
• 2009WWE Bragging Rights 2009 — Batista
• 2009WWE Extreme Rules 2009 — Batista
• 2009WWE Hell in a Cell 2009 — Batista
• 2009WWE Judgment Day 2009 — Batista
• 2009WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI — Batista
• WWE Superstars
• 2009WWE Survivor Series 2009 — Batista
• 2009WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009 — Batista
• 2008The Undertaker: 15-0
• 2008WWE Armageddon 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE Backlash 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE Night of Champions 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE No Mercy 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE No Way Out 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE One Night Stand 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE Royal Rumble 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE SummerSlam 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE Survivor Series 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE The Great American Bash 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE Unforgiven 2008 — Batista
• 2008WWE WrestleMania XXIV — Batista
• 2008WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time — Batista
• 2008WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One — Batista
• 2008WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero — Batista
• Chuck — T.I.
• 2007WWE Armageddon 2007 — Batista
• 2007WWE Backlash 2007 — Batista
• 2007WWE Cyber Sunday 2007 — Batista
• 2007WWE Judgment Day 2007 — Batista
• 2007WWE No Mercy 2007 — Batista
• 2007WWE No Way Out 2007 — Batista, Stunts
• 2007WWE One Night Stand 2007 — Batista
• 2007WWE RAW 15th Anniversary
• 2007WWE Royal Rumble 2007 — Batista
• 2007WWE SummerSlam 2007 — Batista
• 2007WWE Survivor Series 2007 — Batista
• 2007WWE The Great American Bash 2007 — Batista
• 2007WWE Unforgiven 2007 — Batista
• 2007WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007 — Batista
• 2007WWE WrestleMania 23 — Batista
• 2007WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary — Batista
• 2006Relative Strangers — Wrestler (uncredited)
• 2006WWE Armageddon 2006 — Batista
• WWE ECW — Batista (archive footage)
• 2006WWE No Mercy 2006 — Batista
• 2006WWE SummerSlam 2006 — Batista
• 2006WWE Survivor Series 2006 — Batista
• 2006WWE The Great American Bash 2006 — Batista
• 2005WWE Armageddon 2005 — Batista
• 2005WWE Backlash 2005 — Batista
• 2005WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 — Batista
• 2005WWE No Mercy 2005 — Batista
• 2005WWE No Way Out 2005 — Batista
• 2005WWE Royal Rumble 2005 — Batista
• 2005WWE SummerSlam 2005 — Batista
• 2005WWE Survivor Series 2005 — Batista
• 2005WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005 — Batista
• 2005WWE The Great American Bash 2005 — Batista
• 2005WWE Vengeance 2005 — Batista
• 2005WWE WrestleMania 21 — Batista
• 2004WWE Royal Rumble 2004 — Batista
• 2004WWE SummerSlam 2004 — Batista
• 2004WWE Survivor Series 2004 — Batista
• 2004WWE Unforgiven 2004 — Batista
• 2004WWE Vengeance 2004 — Batista
• 2004WWE WrestleMania XX — Batista
• 2003WWE Armageddon 2003 — Batista
• 2003WWE No Way Out 2003 — Batista (Appearance)
• 2003WWE Royal Rumble 2003 — Batista
• 2002WWE Armageddon 2002 — Batista
• 2002WWE Global Warning — Deacon Batista
• 2002WWE Judgment Day 2002 — Deacon Batista
• WWE Velocity — Deacon Batista
• 2001OVW Christmas Chaos — Leviathan
• Smallville — Aldar
• WWE Friday Night SmackDown — Deacon Batista
• WXW Rage TV
• Raw — Dave Bautista, Batista, Dave Batista
• Ally — (voice)
• Dogtown
• Dreadnought — Producer
• God of War — Kratos
• Grendel — Beowulf
• Highlander — Kurgan
• Road House 2
• The Romantic
• Universe's Most Wanted
• Unleashed — Producer
• Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film — Producer

Appearances as themselves (22)

• 2024Jack in Time for Christmas — Self
• 2023Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 — Self - 'Drax'
• The Jennifer Hudson Show — Self - Guest
• 2021Creating an Army of the Dead — Self
• Undertaker: The Last Ride — Self
• All That — Self
• Steve — Self
• The Late Late Show with James Corden — Self - Guest
• 2014Batista: The Animal Unleashed — Himself / Batista
• Late Night with Seth Meyers — Self - Guest
• Running Wild with Bear Grylls — Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self - Guest
• WWE Rivalries — Self
• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen — Self - Guest
• Head Case — Self
• Iron Chef America — Self - Judge (as Batista)
• Made in Hollywood — Self
• 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience — Self
• Jimmy Kimmel Live! — Self - Guest
• The View — Self
• MTV Movie & TV Awards — Self - Presenter
• The Oscars — Self - Presenter