Dave Bautista
Birthday
1969/01/18 (55 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Washington, D.C., USA
Also know 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
Biography
David Michael Bautista Jr. (born January 18, 1969) is an American actor of Filipino-Greek descent and retired professional wrestler. He had several stints in WWE between 2002 and 2019. In his acting career, he is most widely known for his portrayal of Drax the Destroyer in the Marvel Cinematic Universe since Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), up until leaving the franchise after Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023), and for his portrayal of Glossu Rabban Harkonnen in Denis Villeneuve's Dune (2021) and its sequel, Dune: Part Two (2024).
Acting
(2010) Wrong Side of Town
as Big Ronnie 'B.R.'
(2008) WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
as Batista
(2021) Being James Bond
as Self (archive footage)
(2023) Knock at the Cabin
as Leonard
(2005) WWE Survivor Series 2005
as Batista
(2007) WWE RAW 15th Anniversary
as ---
(2011) House of the Rising Sun
as Ray
(2010) WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
as Batista
(2003) WWE Royal Rumble 2003
as Batista
(2004) WWE Royal Rumble 2004
as Batista
(2004) WWE Survivor Series 2004
as Batista
(2004) WWE SummerSlam 2004
as Batista
(2012) The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
as Argomael
(2005) WWE Royal Rumble 2005
as Batista
(2007) WWE WrestleMania 23
as Batista
(2004) WWE WrestleMania XX
as Batista
(2005) WWE WrestleMania 21
as Batista
(2013) Riddick
as Diaz
(2012) The Man with the Iron Fists
as Brass Body
(2008) WWE Royal Rumble 2008
as Batista
(2010) WWE Royal Rumble 2010
as Batista
(2007) WWE Royal Rumble 2007
as Bautista
(2008) WWE SummerSlam 2008
as Batista
(2010) WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
as Batista
(2014) Guardians of the Galaxy
as Drax
(2009) WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
as Batista
(2007) WWE Backlash 2007
as Batista
The Wrecking Crew
as ---
(2006) WWE The Great American Bash 2006
as Batista
(2006) WWE Survivor Series 2006
as Batista
(2008) WWE WrestleMania XXIV
as Batista
(2010) WWE Over the Limit 2010
as Batista
(2005) WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
as Batista
(2004) WWE Vengeance 2004
as Batista
(2004) WWE Unforgiven 2004
as Batista
(2005) WWE No Way Out 2005
as Batista
(2005) WWE The Great American Bash 2005
as Batista
(2005) WWE Backlash 2005
as Batista
(2005) WWE SummerSlam 2005
as Batista
(2005) WWE Vengeance 2005
as Batista
(2005) WWE No Mercy 2005
as Batista
(2002) WWE Judgment Day 2002
as Deacon Batista
(2005) WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
as Batista
(2005) WWE Armageddon 2005
as Batista
(2002) WWE Global Warning
as Deacon Batista
(2002) WWE Armageddon 2002
as Batista
(2006) WWE SummerSlam 2006
as Batista
(2006) WWE No Mercy 2006
as Batista
(2006) WWE Armageddon 2006
as Batista
(2003) WWE Armageddon 2003
as Batista
(2007) WWE No Way Out 2007
as Batista
(2007) WWE Judgment Day 2007
as Batista
(2007) WWE One Night Stand 2007
as Batista
(2007) WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
as Batista
(2007) WWE The Great American Bash 2007
as Batista
(2007) WWE Unforgiven 2007
as Batista
(2007) WWE SummerSlam 2007
as Batista
(2008) WWE No Way Out 2008
as Batista
(2008) WWE Backlash 2008
as Batista
(2007) WWE Survivor Series 2007
as Batista
(2007) WWE No Mercy 2007
as Batista
(2007) WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
as Batista
(2023) Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Self - 'Drax'
(2008) WWE One Night Stand 2008
as Batista
(2008) WWE Night of Champions 2008
as Batista
(2008) WWE The Great American Bash 2008
as Batista
(2008) WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
as Batista
(2008) WWE No Mercy 2008
as Batista
(2008) WWE Unforgiven 2008
as Batista
(2008) WWE Survivor Series 2008
as Batista
(2008) WWE Armageddon 2008
as Batista
(2009) WWE Backlash 2009
as Batista
(2009) WWE Judgment Day 2009
as Batista
(2009) WWE Extreme Rules 2009
as Batista
(2009) WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
as Batista
(2009) WWE Bragging Rights 2009
as Batista
(2009) WWE Survivor Series 2009
as Batista
(2010) WWE Extreme Rules 2010
as Batista
(2012) WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
as Batista
(2014) WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
as Batista
(2007) WWE Armageddon 2007
as Batista
(2003) WWE No Way Out 2003
as Batista (Appearance)
(2014) WWE WrestleMania XXX
as Batista
(2014) Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
as Batista
(2022) Thor: Love and Thunder
as Drax
(2014) WWE Extreme Rules 2014
as Batista
(2014) WWE Payback 2014
as Batista
(2014) WWE: Batista – The Animal Unleashed
as ---
Unleashed
as ---
(2003) WWE Insurrextion 2003
as Batista
(2020) The Firefly Funhouse Match
as Batista (archive footage)
(2015) Spectre
as Hinx
Cooler
as Ray Sagona
(2015) L.A. Slasher
as The Drug Dealer #1
(2016) Kickboxer: Vengeance
as Tong Po
(2024) The Last Showgirl
as Eddie
(2001) OVW Christmas Chaos
as Leviathan
Afterburn
as Jake
(2017) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
as Drax
(2024) My Spy The Eternal City
as J.J.
(2022) Biography: Edge
as Self - Batista
(2010) WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
as Batista
(2015) Heist
as Cox
(2011) WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
as Batista
(2022) Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
as Self - Drax (archive footage)
(2016) Marauders
as Stockwell
(2026) Aang: The Last Airbender
as (voice)
(2024) Parachute
as Bryce
Grendel
as Beowulf
(2017) Blade Runner 2049
as Sapper Morton
(2018) Avengers: Infinity War
as Drax
(2016) The Warriors Gate
as Arun
(2018) Final Score
as Michael Knox
(2016) Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
as Batista
(2010) WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
as Batista
(2017) Bushwick
as Stupe
(2018) Hotel Artemis
as Everest
(2011) WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
as Batista
(2014) Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn
as Self
(2018) Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
as Owen Davidson
(2018) Escape Plan 2: Hades
as Trent DeRosa
(2017) WWE: Best of the 2000's
as Batista
(2017) 2048: Nowhere to Run
as Sapper Morton
(2019) Escape Plan: The Extractors
as Trent DeRosa
(2019) Stuber
as Vic
(2010) My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
as Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
(2023) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Drax
(2021) Dune
as Beast Rabban Harkonnen
(2019) WWE WrestleMania 35
as Batista
(2020) My Spy
as J.J.
(2021) Army of the Dead
as Scott Ward
(2024) The Killer's Game
as Joe Flood
Trap House
as ---
(2014) Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
as Batista
(2011) Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator
as Batista (archive footage)
Dogtown
as ---
(2019) Avengers: Endgame
as Drax
(2007) WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
as Batista
(2009) Batista - I Walk Alone
as Batista
(2014) WWE: John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
as Self
(2010) WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
as Batista
(2012) WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
as Batista (archive footage)
(2014) WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
as Batista
(2015) Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
as Batista
(2009) WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship
as Batista
(2008) WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
as Batista
(2008) WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
as Batista
(2008) WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
as Batista
(2015) The Destruction of The Shield
as Batista
(2012) WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
as Batista
(2024) Dune: Part Two
as Beast Rabban
Universe's Most Wanted
as ---
(2022) The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
as Drax
(2025) In the Lost Lands
as Boyce
(2006) Relative Strangers
as Wrestler (uncredited)
(2011) The John Cena Experience
as Batista (archive footage)
(2022) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
as Duke Cody
(2021) Creating an Army of the Dead
as Self
(2014) WWE Royal Rumble 2014
as Batista
Alpha Gang
as ---
(2024) Jack in Time for Christmas
as Self
Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film
as ---
The Undertaker: 15-0
as ---
(2011) The John Cena Experience
as Batista (archive footage)
(1985) Saturday Night's Main Event
as ---
(2020) Undertaker: The Last Ride
as Batista
(2001) Smallville
as Aldar
(1993) Raw
as Dave Bautista
(2019) See
as Edo Voss
(2009) WWE Superstars
as ---
(2004) 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
as Self
(1996) WXW Rage TV
as ---
(2007) Chuck
as T.I.
(1999) WWE SmackDown
as Deacon Batista
(2021) Marvel Studios Legends
as Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2015) WWE 24
as Batista
(2014) Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
(1993) Raw
as Batista
(2022) WWE This Is Awesome
as Batista
(2015) The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
(2020) Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Fezzik
(1993) Raw
as Batista (archive footage)
(2006) WWE ECW
as Batista (archive footage)
(2007) Head Case
as Self
(2002) WWE Velocity
as Deacon Batista
(1999) WWE SmackDown
as Batista
(2014) WWE Rivalries
as Self
(2018) WWE Untold
as ---
(2014) The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
(1993) Raw
as Dave Batista
(2019) What We Do in the Shadows
as Garrett the Vampire
(1997) The View
as Self
(2019) All That
as Himself
(2020) Ruthless Aggression
as Batista
(2017) Room 104
as Raw Dog Avalanche
(2020) The Best of WWE
as Batista
(2014) Running Wild with Bear Grylls
as Self
(2003) Jimmy Kimmel Live!
as Self
(2018) Lie Detector
as Self