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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Known For

Knock at the Cabin
Leonard
2023

Being James Bond
Self (archive footage)
2021

Guardians of the Galaxy
Drax
2014

Riddick
Diaz
2013

The Man with the Iron Fists
Brass Body
2012

The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Argomael
2012

House of the Rising Sun
Ray
2011

WWE Over the Limit 2010
Batista
2010

WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Batista
2010

Wrong Side of Town
Big Ronnie 'B.R.'
2010

WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
Batista
2010

WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Batista
2010

WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
Batista
2009
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
Batista
2008

WWE SummerSlam 2008
Batista
2008

WWE WrestleMania XXIV
Batista
2008

WWE Royal Rumble 2008
Batista
2008

WWE RAW 15th Anniversary
2007

WWE Judgment Day 2007
Batista
2007

WWE Backlash 2007
Batista
2007

WWE WrestleMania 23
Batista
2007

WWE No Way Out 2007
Batista
2007

WWE Royal Rumble 2007
Batista
2007

WWE Armageddon 2006
Batista
2006

WWE Survivor Series 2006
Batista
2006

WWE No Mercy 2006
Batista
2006

WWE SummerSlam 2006
Batista
2006

WWE The Great American Bash 2006
Batista
2006

WWE Armageddon 2005
Batista
2005

WWE Survivor Series 2005
Batista
2005

WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
Batista
2005

WWE No Mercy 2005
Batista
2005

WWE SummerSlam 2005
Batista
2005

WWE The Great American Bash 2005
Batista
2005

WWE Vengeance 2005
Batista
2005

WWE Backlash 2005
Batista
2005

WWE WrestleMania 21
Batista
2005

WWE No Way Out 2005
Batista
2005

WWE Royal Rumble 2005
Batista
2005

WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
Batista
2005

WWE Survivor Series 2004
Batista
2004

WWE Unforgiven 2004
Batista
2004

WWE SummerSlam 2004
Batista
2004

WWE Vengeance 2004
Batista
2004

WWE WrestleMania XX
Batista
2004

WWE Royal Rumble 2004
Batista
2004

WWE Royal Rumble 2003
Batista
2003
The Wrecking Crew

Afterburn
Jake
2025

The Last Showgirl
Eddie
2024

My Spy The Eternal City
J.J.
2024

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Self - 'Drax'
2023

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Self - Drax (archive footage)
2022

Biography: Edge
Self - Batista
2022

Thor: Love and Thunder
Drax
2022

The Firefly Funhouse Match
Batista (archive footage)
2020

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Drax
2017

Kickboxer: Vengeance
Tong Po
2016

Heist
Cox
2015

Spectre
Hinx
2015

L.A. Slasher
The Drug Dealer #1
2015

WWE Payback 2014
Batista
2014

Batista: The Animal Unleashed
2014
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
Batista
2014

WWE Extreme Rules 2014
Batista
2014

WWE WrestleMania XXX
Batista
2014

WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
Batista
2014

WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
Batista
2012

WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
Batista
2011

WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
Batista
2010

WWE Extreme Rules 2010
Batista
2010

WWE Survivor Series 2009
Batista
2009

WWE Bragging Rights 2009
Batista
2009

WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
Batista
2009

WWE Extreme Rules 2009
Batista
2009

WWE Judgment Day 2009
Batista
2009

WWE Backlash 2009
Batista
2009

WWE Armageddon 2008
Batista
2008

WWE Survivor Series 2008
Batista
2008

WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
Batista
2008

WWE No Mercy 2008
Batista
2008

WWE Unforgiven 2008
Batista
2008

WWE The Great American Bash 2008
Batista
2008

WWE Night of Champions 2008
Batista
2008

WWE One Night Stand 2008
Batista
2008

WWE Backlash 2008
Batista
2008

WWE No Way Out 2008
Batista
2008

WWE Armageddon 2007
Batista
2007

WWE Survivor Series 2007
Batista
2007

WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
Batista
2007

WWE No Mercy 2007
Batista
2007

WWE Unforgiven 2007
Batista
2007

WWE SummerSlam 2007
Batista
2007

WWE The Great American Bash 2007
Batista
2007

WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
Batista
2007

WWE One Night Stand 2007
Batista
2007

WWE Armageddon 2003
Batista
2003

WWE No Way Out 2003
Batista (Appearance)
2003

WWE Armageddon 2002
Batista
2002

WWE Global Warning
Deacon Batista
2002

WWE Judgment Day 2002
Deacon Batista
2002
Unleashed
Cooler
Ray Sagona

The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender
(voice)
2026

In the Lost Lands
Boyce
2025

The Killer's Game
Joe Flood
2024

Parachute
Bryce
2024

Dune: Part Two
Beast Rabban
2024

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Drax
2023

The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Drax
2022

Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Duke Cody
2022

John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
Batista
2022

Dune
Beast Rabban Harkonnen
2021

Army of the Dead
Scott Ward
2021

My Spy
J.J.
2020

Stuber
Vic Manning
2019

Escape Plan: The Extractors
Trent DeRosa
2019

Avengers: Endgame
Drax
2019

WWE WrestleMania 35
Batista
2019

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Davidson
2018

Final Score
Michael Knox
2018

Hotel Artemis
Everest
2018

Escape Plan 2: Hades
Trent DeRosa
2018

Avengers: Infinity War
Drax
2018

Blade Runner 2049
Sapper Morton
2017

2048: Nowhere to Run
Sapper Morton
2017

Bushwick
Stupe
2017

Marauders
Stockwell
2016

Grendel
Beowulf

WWE: Best of the 2000's
Batista
2017

The Warriors Gate
Arun
2016

Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
Batista
2016

Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
Batista
2015

The Destruction of The Shield
Batista
2015
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
Batista
2014

Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn
Self
2014

Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
Batista
2014

WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
Batista
2012

WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
Batista (archive footage)
2012

WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
Batista
2011

Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator
Batista (archive footage)
2011

The John Cena Experience
Batista (archive footage)
2011

My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
2010

WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
Batista
2010
Trap House
Dogtown

WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
Batista
2010

WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship
Batista
2009

Batista - I Walk Alone
Batista
2009

WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
Batista
2008

WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
Batista
2008

WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
Batista
2008

WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
Batista
2007
Universe's Most Wanted

Creating an Army of the Dead
Self
2021

WWE Royal Rumble 2014
Batista
2014
Alpha Gang

Jack in Time for Christmas
Self
2024
Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film

Groove Tails
(voice)
2025

WWE Raw Classics
Batista · (1 episode)
2025

The Jennifer Hudson Show
Self · (1 episode)
2022

WWE This Is Awesome
Batista · (1 episode)
2022

Marvel Studios Legends
Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited) · (8 episodes)
2021

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Fezzik · (1 episode)
2020

Undertaker: The Last Ride
Self · (5 episodes)
2020

The Best of WWE
Batista · (2 episodes)
2020

Ruthless Aggression
Batista · (1 episode)
2020

See
Edo Voss · (8 episodes)
2019

All That
Himself · (1 episode)
2019

What We Do in the Shadows
Garrett the Vampire · (1 episode)
2019

WWE Untold
(1 episode)
2018
Lie Detector
Self · (1 episode)
2018

Guardians Inferno
2017

Room 104
Raw Dog Avalanche · (1 episode)
2017

The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2015

WWE 24
Batista · (2 episodes)
2015

WWE Rivalries
Self · (1 episode)
2014

Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self · (1 episode)
2014

Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (3 episodes)
2014

The Rock vs. John Cena: Once In A Lifetime
Batista
2012

The John Cena Experience
Batista (archive footage)
2011

The Undertaker: 15-0
2008
Dreadnought

Road House 2
The Romantic

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2009

WWE Superstars
(90 episodes)
2009

Chuck
T.I. · (1 episode)
2007

Head Case
Self · (1 episode)
2007

WWE ECW
Batista (archive footage) · (1 episode)
2006

Relative Strangers
Wrestler (uncredited)
2006
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
Self · (1 episode)
2004

Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
2003

WWE Velocity
Deacon Batista · (1 episode)
2002

Smallville
Aldar · (1 episode)
2001
OVW Christmas Chaos
Leviathan
2001

WWE SmackDown
Deacon Batista · (50 episodes)
1999

WWE SmackDown
Batista · (10 episodes)
1999

The View
Self · (1 episode)
1997

WXW Rage TV
(1 episode)
1996

Raw
Dave Bautista · (4 episodes)
1993

Raw
Batista · (54 episodes)
1993

Raw
Dave Batista · (3 episodes)
1993

Saturday Night's Main Event
Batista · (4 episodes)
1985

The Oscars
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
1953