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 Heavy...
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).
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Movies (Cast)
Afterburn
Trap House
The Naked Gun
Dune
Avengers: Infinity War
Dune: Part Two
Avengers: Endgame
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Blade Runner 2049
Thor: Love and Thunder
In the Lost Lands
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Stuber
Spectre
Riddick
The Killer's Game
Bushwick
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Guardians of the Galaxy
Parachute
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
My Spy
Army of the Dead
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
Hotel Artemis
My Spy The Eternal City
Escape Plan 2: Hades
The Man with the Iron Fists
Knock at the Cabin
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
The Warriors Gate
Escape Plan: The Extractors
WWE WrestleMania XX
Heist
Final Score
Wrong Side of Town
House of the Rising Sun
WWE WrestleMania 35
WWE No Way Out 2007
WWE Survivor Series 2004
WWE Survivor Series 2008
WWE Backlash 2007
WWE Judgment Day 2007
WWE No Mercy 2007
WWE WrestleMania 21
WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
WWE SummerSlam 2004
WWE No Way Out 2003
L.A. Slasher
WWE Vengeance 2005
2048: Nowhere to Run
WWE No Mercy 2006
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
WWE SummerSlam 2007
Relative Strangers
WWE Survivor Series 2009
WWE Unforgiven 2007
WWE Extreme Rules 2014
WWE SummerSlam 2006
WWE Backlash 2005
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
WWE No Mercy 2005
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
WWE Unforgiven 2008
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
WWE Survivor Series 2005
WWE WrestleMania 23
WWE SummerSlam 2008
WWE Vengeance 2004
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
WWE Armageddon 2007
WWE No Mercy 2008
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
WWE Global Warning
WWE Unforgiven 2004
WWE Judgment Day 2009
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
WWE Payback 2014
Jack in Time for Christmas
WWE Armageddon 2008
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time