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 | The Killer's Game | Joe Flood | 2025 |
Movie | Afterburn | 2025 | |
Movie | My Spy: The Eternal City | J.J. | 2025 |
Movie | Dogtown | 2025 | |
Movie | Avatar The Last Airbender: Echoes and Aftershocks | (voice) | 2025-10-10 |
Movie | Highlander | The Kurgan (rumored) | 2025 |
Movie | Parachute | 2024-04-05 | |
Movie | Dune: Part Two | Beast Rabban | 2024-02-27 |
Movie | Knock at the Cabin | Leonard | 2023-02-01 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Drax the Destroyer | 2023-05-03 |
Movie | Biography: Edge | Self - Batista | 2022-08-21 |
Movie | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Drax | 2022-11-25 |
Movie | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Duke Cody | 2022-11-12 |
Movie | Thor: Love and Thunder | Drax | 2022-07-06 |
Movie | Minions: The Rise of Gru | (voice) | 2022-06-29 |
Movie | Being James Bond | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-29 |
Movie | The Suicide Squad | Christopher Smith / Peacemaker | 2021-07-28 |
Movie | Dune | Beast Rabban Harkonnen | 2021-09-15 |
Movie | Army of Thieves | Scott Ward (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-10-29 |
Movie | Creating an Army of the Dead | Self | 2021-05-21 |
Movie | Army of the Dead | Scott Ward | 2021-05-14 |
Series | Undertaker: The Last Ride | Batista | 2020-05-10 |
Movie | The Firefly Funhouse Match | Batista (archive footage) | 2020-04-05 |
Movie | My Spy | JJ | 2020-01-09 |
Series | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Fezzik | 2020-06-29 |
Movie | Escape Plan: The Extractors | Trent DeRosa | 2019-06-20 |
Movie | Stuber | Vic | 2019-07-11 |
Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Drax | 2019-04-24 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 35 | Batista | 2019-04-07 |
Series | See | Edo Voss | 2019-11-01 |
Movie | Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased | Batista | 2018-10-02 |
Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Drax | 2018-04-25 |
Movie | Final Score | Michael Knox | 2018-09-07 |
Movie | Hotel Artemis | Everest | 2018-06-07 |
Movie | Escape Plan 2: Hades | Trent DeRosa | 2018-06-05 |
Movie | Master Z: Ip Man Legacy | Owen Davidson | 2018-12-20 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Drax the Destroyer | 2017-04-19 |
Movie | Bushwick | Stupe | 2017-08-25 |
Movie | 2048: Nowhere to Run | Sapper Morton | 2017-09-14 |
Movie | Blade Runner 2049 | Sapper Morton | 2017-10-04 |
Movie | WWE: Best of the 2000's | Batista | 2017-04-25 |
Movie | The Warriors Gate | Arun | 2016-11-18 |
Movie | Kickboxer: Vengeance | Tong Po | 2016-07-14 |
Movie | Marauders | Stockwell | 2016-07-01 |
Movie | Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere | Batista | 2016-11-15 |
Movie | Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes! | Batista | 2015-06-05 |
Series | WWE 24 | Batista | 2015-01-30 |
Movie | Spectre | Mr. Hinx | 2015-10-26 |
Movie | Heist | Cox | 2015-11-13 |
Movie | The Destruction of The Shield | Batista | 2015-02-17 |
Movie | L.A. Slasher | The Drug Dealer #1 | 2015-06-12 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania XXX | Batista | 2014-04-06 |
Movie | WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 | Batista | 2014-02-23 |
Movie | WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 | Batista | 2014-12-31 |
Movie | Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30 | Batista | 2014-04-09 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2014 | Batista | 2014-01-26 |
Movie | Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn | Himself | 2014-12-09 |
Movie | WWE: John Cena's Greatest Rivalries | Himself | 2014-10-14 |
Movie | WWE Extreme Rules 2014 | Batista | 2014-05-04 |
Movie | WWE: Batista – The Animal Unleashed | 2014-06-01 | |
Movie | WWE Money in the Bank 2014 | (archive footage) | 2014-06-29 |
Movie | Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 | Batista | 2014-05-09 |
Movie | WWE Payback 2014 | Batista | 2014-06-01 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy | Drax the Destroyer | 2014-07-30 |
Movie | Riddick | Diaz | 2013-09-02 |
Movie | WWE: Triple H: Thy Kingdom Come | 2013-09-24 | |
Movie | WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man | Batista | 2012-02-24 |
Movie | The Man with the Iron Fists | Brass Body | 2012-11-02 |
Movie | WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak | Batista | 2012-07-23 |
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: The Big Show - A Giant's World | Batista | 2011-09-23 |
Movie | The John Cena Experience | Batista (archive footage) | 2011-06-04 |
Movie | WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century | Batista | 2011-07-12 |
Movie | House of the Rising Sun | Ray | 2011-07-19 |
Movie | Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator | Batista (archive footage) | 2011-09-06 |
Movie | WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time | Batista | 2010-12-07 |
Movie | WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber | Batista | 2010-07-13 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2010 | Batista | 2010-01-31 |
Movie | WWE Over the Limit 2010 | Batista | 2010-05-23 |
Movie | WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches | Batista | 2010-06-08 |
Movie | WWE Elimination Chamber 2010 | Batista | 2010-02-21 |
Movie | WWE Extreme Rules 2010 | Batista | 2010-04-25 |
Movie | WWE Wrestlemania XXVI | Batista | 2010-03-28 |
Movie | Wrong Side of Town | Big Ronnie 'B.R.' | 2010-02-23 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2009 | Batista | 2009-04-26 |
Series | WWE Superstars | Unknown | 2009-04-16 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2009 | Batista | 2009-05-17 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2009 | Batista | 2009-11-22 |
Movie | WWE Bragging Rights 2009 | Batista | 2009-10-25 |
Movie | Batista - I Walk Alone | Batista | 2009-10-19 |
Movie | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team | 2009-12-11 |
Movie | WWE Extreme Rules 2009 | Batista | 2009-06-07 |
Movie | WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009 | Batista | 2009-12-13 |
Movie | WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship | Batista | 2009-12-15 |
Movie | WWE Hell in a Cell 2009 | Batista | 2009-10-04 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2008 | Batista | 2008-04-27 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania XXIV | Batista | 2008-03-30 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2008 | Batista | 2008-02-18 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2008 | Batista | 2008-01-27 |
Movie | WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One | Batista | 2008-06-10 |
Movie | WWE One Night Stand 2008 | Batista | 2008-06-01 |
Movie | WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero | Batista | 2008-11-11 |
Movie | WWE Night of Champions 2008 | Batista | 2008-06-29 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2008 | Batista | 2008-11-23 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2008 | Batista | 2008-12-14 |
Movie | WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008 | Batista | 2008-12-20 |
Movie | WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time | Batista | 2008-10-14 |
Movie | WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 | Batista | 2008-10-26 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2008 | Batista | 2008-10-05 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2008 | Batista | 2008-07-20 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2008 | Batista | 2008-08-17 |
Movie | WWE Unforgiven 2008 | Batista | 2008-09-07 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2007 | Batista | 2007-04-29 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 23 | Batista | 2007-04-01 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2007 | Batista | 2007-05-27 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2007 | Bautista | 2007-01-28 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2007 | Batista | 2007-02-18 |
Movie | WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary | Batista | 2007-12-26 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2007 | Batista | 2007-10-07 |
Movie | WWE Cyber Sunday 2007 | Batista | 2007-10-28 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2007 | Batista | 2007-11-18 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2007 | Batista | 2007-12-16 |
Series | Chuck | T.I. | 2007-09-24 |
Movie | WWE Unforgiven 2007 | Batista | 2007-09-16 |
Movie | WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007 | Batista | 2007-06-24 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2007 | Batista | 2007-07-22 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2007 | Batista | 2007-08-26 |
Movie | WWE One Night Stand 2007 | Batista | 2007-06-03 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2006 | Batista | 2006-08-20 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2006 | Batista | 2006-12-17 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2006 | Batista | 2006-11-26 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2006 | Batista | 2006-10-09 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2006 | Batista | 2006-07-23 |
Movie | Relative Strangers | Wrestler (uncredited) | 2006-05-01 |
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 WrestleMania 21 | Batista | 2005-04-03 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2005 | Batista | 2005-10-09 |
Movie | WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005 | Batista | 2005-11-01 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2005 | Batista | 2005-11-27 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2005 | Batista | 2005-08-21 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2005 | Batista | 2005-07-24 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2005 | Batista | 2005-05-01 |
Movie | WWE Vengeance 2005 | Batista | 2005-06-26 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2005 | Batista | 2005-12-08 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2004 | Batista | 2004-01-25 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2004 | Batista | 2004-11-14 |
Movie | WWE Vengeance 2004 | Batista | 2004-07-11 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2004 | Batista | 2004-08-15 |
Movie | WWE Unforgiven 2004 | Batista | 2004-09-12 |
Series | 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience | Unknown | 2004-02-02 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania XX | Batista | 2004-03-14 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2003 | Batista | 2003-01-19 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2003 | Batista | 2003-12-14 |
Movie | WWE Insurrextion 2003 | Batista | 2003-06-07 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2003 | Batista (Appearance) | 2003-02-23 |
Movie | WWE Global Warning | Deacon Batista | 2002-08-10 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2002 | Batista | 2002-12-15 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2002 | Deacon Batista | 2002-05-19 |
Series | Smallville | Unknown | 2001-10-16 |
Movie | Pitch Black | Diaz | 2000-02-18 |
Series | WWE SmackDown | Batista | 1999-04-29 |
Series | WXW Rage TV | 1996-10-01 | |
Series | WWE Raw | Batista | 1993-01-11 |
Series | Saturday Night's Main Event | 1985-05-11 |