David Michael "Dave" Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor and former professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and bodybuilder. From 2000–2010 and 2013–2014, he was signed to WWE under the ring name Batista, where he became a six-time world champion, winning WWE's World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice. He holds the record for the longest reign as World Heavyweight Champion at 282 days, and has also won 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 was the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble match and went on to headline WrestleMania 21, one of the top five highest-grossing pay-per-view events in professional wrestling history. When Bautista returned to WWE in 2014, he won the 2014 Royal Rumble match, after which he headlined WrestleMania XXX. In August 2012, Bautista signed a contract with Classic Entertainment & Sports to fight in mixed martial arts. He won his MMA debut on October 6, 2012, defeating Vince Lucero via TKO in the first round. He was representing the Philippines during the fight. Bautista first entered the world of acting in 2006. As an actor, Bautista has starred in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), Riddick (2013), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), the 24th James Bond film, Spectre (2015), L.A. Slasher (2015), and in the 2016 Kickboxer reboot, Kickboxer: Vengeance. Bautista is set to reprise his role as Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) and Avengers: Infinity War (2018). He has also appeared in several direct-to-video films since 2009.
Movie | Aang: The Last Airbender | (voice) | 2026-01-20 |
Movie | Alpha Gang | 2025 | |
Movie | In the Lost Lands | Boyce | 2025-02-28 |
Movie | Dune: Part Two | Beast Rabban | 2024-02-27 |
Movie | Parachute | Bryce | 2024-04-05 |
Movie | The Killer's Game | Joe Flood | 2024-09-12 |
Movie | My Spy The Eternal City | J.J. | 2024-07-18 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Drax | 2023-05-03 |
Movie | Knock at the Cabin | Leonard | 2023-02-01 |
Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Self - 'Drax' | 2023-09-12 |
Movie | Biography: Edge | Self - Batista | 2022-08-21 |
Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder | Self - Drax (archive footage) | 2022-09-08 |
Movie | Thor: Love and Thunder | Drax | 2022-07-06 |
Movie | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Duke Cody | 2022-11-23 |
Movie | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Drax | 2022-11-24 |
Movie | Creating an Army of the Dead | Self | 2021-05-21 |
Movie | Army of the Dead | Scott Ward | 2021-05-14 |
Movie | Being James Bond | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-29 |
Movie | Dune | Beast Rabban Harkonnen | 2021-09-15 |
Movie | My Spy | J.J. | 2020-01-09 |
Series | Undertaker: The Last Ride | Batista | 2020-05-10 |
Movie | The Firefly Funhouse Match | Batista (archive footage) | 2020-04-05 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 35 | Batista | 2019-04-07 |
Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Drax | 2019-04-24 |
Movie | Escape Plan: The Extractors | Trent DeRosa | 2019-06-20 |
Movie | Stuber | Vic | 2019-07-11 |
Movie | Escape Plan 2: Hades | Trent DeRosa | 2018-06-05 |
Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Drax | 2018-04-25 |
Movie | Hotel Artemis | Everest | 2018-06-07 |
Movie | Final Score | Michael Knox | 2018-09-07 |
Movie | Master Z: Ip Man Legacy | Owen Davidson | 2018-12-20 |
Movie | Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased | 2018-10-02 | |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Drax | 2017-04-19 |
Movie | WWE: Best of the 2000's | Batista | 2017-04-25 |
Movie | 2048: Nowhere to Run | Sapper Morton | 2017-09-14 |
Movie | Bushwick | Stupe | 2017-08-25 |
Movie | Blade Runner 2049 | Sapper Morton | 2017-10-04 |
Movie | Marauders | Stockwell | 2016-07-01 |
Movie | Kickboxer: Vengeance | Tong Po | 2016-07-14 |
Movie | The Warriors Gate | Arun | 2016-11-18 |
Movie | Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere | Batista | 2016-11-15 |
Movie | Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes! | Batista | 2015-06-05 |
Movie | L.A. Slasher | The Drug Dealer #1 | 2015-06-12 |
Movie | The Destruction of The Shield | Batista | 2015-02-17 |
Movie | Spectre | Hinx | 2015-10-26 |
Movie | Heist | Cox | 2015-11-13 |
Movie | WWE Extreme Rules 2014 | Batista | 2014-05-04 |
Movie | Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 | Batista | 2014-05-09 |
Movie | Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30 | Batista | 2014-04-09 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania XXX | Batista | 2014-04-06 |
Movie | WWE Payback 2014 | Batista | 2014-06-01 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2014 | Batista | 2014-01-26 |
Movie | WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 | Batista | 2014-02-23 |
Movie | WWE Money in the Bank 2014 | (archive footage) | 2014-06-29 |
Movie | WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 | Batista | 2014-12-31 |
Movie | WWE: John Cena's Greatest Rivalries | Self | 2014-10-14 |
Movie | Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn | Self | 2014-12-09 |
Series | The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW | Self | 2014-08-22 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy | Drax | 2014-07-30 |
Movie | Riddick | Diaz | 2013-09-02 |
Movie | WWE: Triple H: Thy Kingdom Come | 2013-09-24 | |
Movie | The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption | Argomael | 2012-01-17 |
Movie | WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 | Batista (archive footage) | 2012-01-03 |
Movie | WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man | Batista | 2012-02-24 |
Movie | WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak | Batista | 2012-07-23 |
Movie | The Man with the Iron Fists | Brass Body | 2012-11-02 |
Movie | House of the Rising Sun | Ray | 2011-07-19 |
Movie | The John Cena Experience | Batista (archive footage) | 2011-06-04 |
Movie | WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century | Batista | 2011-07-12 |
Movie | Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator | Batista (archive footage) | 2011-09-06 |
Movie | WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World | Batista | 2011-09-23 |
Movie | WWE Wrestlemania XXVI | Batista | 2010-03-28 |
Movie | WWE Extreme Rules 2010 | Batista | 2010-04-25 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2010 | Batista | 2010-01-31 |
Movie | WWE Elimination Chamber 2010 | Batista | 2010-02-21 |
Movie | Wrong Side of Town | Big Ronnie 'B.R.' | 2010-02-23 |
Movie | WWE Over the Limit 2010 | Batista | 2010-05-23 |
Movie | WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber | Batista | 2010-07-13 |
Movie | WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time | Batista | 2010-12-07 |
Movie | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team | 2010-07-08 |
Movie | WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches | Batista | 2010-06-08 |
Movie | WWE Extreme Rules 2009 | Batista | 2009-06-07 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2009 | Batista | 2009-05-17 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2009 | Batista | 2009-04-26 |
Movie | Batista - I Walk Alone | Batista | 2009-10-19 |
Movie | WWE Hell in a Cell 2009 | Batista | 2009-10-04 |
Movie | WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship | Batista | 2009-12-15 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2009 | Batista | 2009-11-22 |
Movie | WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009 | Batista | 2009-12-13 |
Movie | WWE Bragging Rights 2009 | Batista | 2009-10-25 |
Movie | WWE One Night Stand 2008 | Batista | 2008-06-01 |
Movie | WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One | Batista | 2008-06-10 |
Movie | WWE Night of Champions 2008 | Batista | 2008-06-29 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2008 | Batista | 2008-04-27 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2008 | Batista | 2008-01-27 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2008 | Batista | 2008-07-20 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2008 | Batista | 2008-02-18 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania XXIV | Batista | 2008-03-30 |
Movie | WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 | Batista | 2008-10-26 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2008 | Batista | 2008-11-23 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2008 | Batista | 2008-08-17 |
Movie | WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008 | Batista | 2008-12-20 |
Movie | WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero | Batista | 2008-11-11 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2008 | Batista | 2008-12-14 |
Movie | WWE Unforgiven 2008 | Batista | 2008-09-07 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2008 | Batista | 2008-10-05 |
Movie | WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time | Batista | 2008-10-14 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2007 | Batista | 2007-05-27 |
Movie | WWE One Night Stand 2007 | Batista | 2007-06-03 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2007 | Batista | 2007-04-29 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2007 | Batista | 2007-02-18 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2007 | Bautista | 2007-01-28 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2007 | Batista | 2007-07-22 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 23 | Batista | 2007-04-01 |
Movie | WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007 | Batista | 2007-06-24 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2007 | Batista | 2007-12-16 |
Movie | WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary | Batista | 2007-12-26 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2007 | Batista | 2007-08-26 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2007 | Batista | 2007-11-18 |
Movie | WWE RAW 15th Anniversary | 2007-12-10 | |
Movie | WWE Unforgiven 2007 | Batista | 2007-09-16 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2007 | Batista | 2007-10-07 |
Movie | WWE Cyber Sunday 2007 | Batista | 2007-10-28 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2006 | Batista | 2006-07-23 |
Movie | Relative Strangers | Wrestler (uncredited) | 2006-05-01 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2006 | Batista | 2006-08-20 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2006 | Batista | 2006-11-26 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2006 | Batista | 2006-10-09 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2006 | Batista | 2006-12-17 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 21 | Batista | 2005-04-03 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2005 | Batista | 2005-05-01 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2005 | Batista | 2005-01-30 |
Movie | WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 | Batista | 2005-01-09 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2005 | Batista | 2005-02-20 |
Movie | WWE Vengeance 2005 | Batista | 2005-06-26 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2005 | Batista | 2005-12-08 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2005 | Batista | 2005-07-24 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2005 | Batista | 2005-11-27 |
Movie | WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005 | Batista | 2005-11-01 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2005 | Batista | 2005-08-21 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2005 | Batista | 2005-10-09 |
Movie | WWE Vengeance 2004 | Batista | 2004-07-11 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2004 | Batista | 2004-01-25 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania XX | Batista | 2004-03-14 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2004 | Batista | 2004-08-15 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2004 | Batista | 2004-11-14 |
Movie | WWE Unforgiven 2004 | Batista | 2004-09-12 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2003 | Batista (Appearance) | 2003-02-23 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2003 | Batista | 2003-01-19 |
Movie | WWE Insurrextion 2003 | Batista | 2003-06-07 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2003 | Batista | 2003-12-14 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2002 | Deacon Batista | 2002-05-19 |
Movie | WWE Global Warning | Deacon Batista | 2002-08-10 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2002 | Batista | 2002-12-15 |
Movie | OVW Christmas Chaos | Leviathan | 2001-01-31 |
Series | WXW Rage TV | 1996-10-01 | |
Series | Saturday Night's Main Event | 1985-05-11 |