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Dave Bautista
Born · January 18, 1969 (55 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Washington, D.C., USA
Bio
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).
Knock at the Cabin
Leonard
6.3
2023
Being James Bond
Self (archive footage)
7.8
2021
Guardians of the Galaxy
Drax
7.9
2014
Riddick
Diaz
6.3
2013
The Man with the Iron Fists
Brass Body
5.5
2012
The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption
Argomael
4.6
2012
House of the Rising Sun
Ray
4.5
2011
WWE Over the Limit 2010
Batista
6.8
2010
WWE Wrestlemania XXVI
Batista
7.7
2010
Wrong Side of Town
Big Ronnie 'B.R.'
5.5
2010
WWE Elimination Chamber 2010
Batista
7.2
2010
WWE Royal Rumble 2010
Batista
8.0
2010
WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009
Batista
6.6
2009
WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008
Batista
0.0
2008
WWE SummerSlam 2008
Batista
7.5
2008
WWE WrestleMania XXIV
Batista
8.1
2008
WWE Royal Rumble 2008
Batista
7.5
2008
WWE RAW 15th Anniversary
10.0
2007
WWE Backlash 2007
Batista
7.5
2007
WWE WrestleMania 23
Batista
8.3
2007
WWE Royal Rumble 2007
Bautista
8.3
2007
WWE Armageddon 2006
Batista
8.1
2006
WWE Survivor Series 2006
Batista
7.1
2006
WWE No Mercy 2006
Batista
7.4
2006
WWE SummerSlam 2006
Batista
7.0
2006
WWE The Great American Bash 2006
Batista
8.3
2006
WWE Armageddon 2005
Batista
7.0
2005
WWE Survivor Series 2005
Batista
8.8
2005
WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005
Batista
7.7
2005
WWE No Mercy 2005
Batista
7.6
2005
WWE SummerSlam 2005
Batista
7.2
2005
WWE The Great American Bash 2005
Batista
7.8
2005
WWE Vengeance 2005
Batista
8.9
2005
WWE Backlash 2005
Batista
8.0
2005
WWE WrestleMania 21
Batista
8.3
2005
WWE No Way Out 2005
Batista
5.5
2005
WWE Royal Rumble 2005
Batista
8.2
2005
WWE New Year's Revolution 2005
Batista
8.8
2005
WWE Survivor Series 2004
Batista
8.6
2004
WWE Unforgiven 2004
Batista
8.2
2004
WWE SummerSlam 2004
Batista
8.6
2004
WWE Vengeance 2004
Batista
7.7
2004
WWE WrestleMania XX
Batista
8.4
2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2004
Batista
7.2
2004
WWE Royal Rumble 2003
Batista
7.9
2003
The Wrecking Crew
0.0
The Last Showgirl
Eddie
0.0
2024
My Spy The Eternal City
J.J.
6.7
2024
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Self - 'Drax'
6.3
2023
Thor: Love and Thunder
Drax
6.4
2022
The Firefly Funhouse Match
Batista (archive footage)
8.5
2020
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Drax
7.6
2017
Kickboxer: Vengeance
Tong Po
5.0
2016
Spectre
Hinx
6.6
2015
L.A. Slasher
The Drug Dealer #1
5.0
2015
WWE Payback 2014
Batista
7.5
2014
WWE: Batista – The Animal Unleashed
6.0
2014
Undertaker: The Streak 21-1
Batista
5.8
2014
WWE Extreme Rules 2014
Batista
7.0
2014
WWE WrestleMania XXX
Batista
7.9
2014
WWE Elimination Chamber 2014
Batista
7.1
2014
WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man
Batista
7.8
2012
WWE Extreme Rules 2010
Batista
7.1
2010
WWE Survivor Series 2009
Batista
8.2
2009
WWE Bragging Rights 2009
Batista
8.0
2009
WWE Hell in a Cell 2009
Batista
6.4
2009
WWE Extreme Rules 2009
Batista
7.7
2009
WWE Judgment Day 2009
Batista
6.9
2009
WWE Backlash 2009
Batista
7.4
2009
WWE Armageddon 2008
Batista
7.7
2008
WWE Survivor Series 2008
Batista
7.3
2008
WWE Cyber Sunday 2008
Batista
8.0
2008
WWE No Mercy 2008
Batista
7.4
2008
WWE Unforgiven 2008
Batista
8.0
2008
WWE The Great American Bash 2008
Batista
7.4
2008
WWE Night of Champions 2008
Batista
7.6
2008
WWE One Night Stand 2008
Batista
8.2
2008
WWE Backlash 2008
Batista
8.1
2008
WWE No Way Out 2008
Batista
6.9
2008
WWE Armageddon 2007
Batista
6.5
2007
WWE Survivor Series 2007
Batista
8.2
2007
WWE Cyber Sunday 2007
Batista
6.3
2007
WWE No Mercy 2007
Batista
6.8
2007
WWE Unforgiven 2007
Batista
7.6
2007
WWE SummerSlam 2007
Batista
6.2
2007
WWE The Great American Bash 2007
Batista
6.6
2007
WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007
Batista
7.6
2007
WWE One Night Stand 2007
Batista
7.5
2007
WWE Judgment Day 2007
Batista
7.3
2007
WWE No Way Out 2007
Batista
8.4
2007
WWE Armageddon 2003
Batista
6.3
2003
WWE Insurrextion 2003
Batista
7.8
2003
WWE No Way Out 2003
Batista (Appearance)
8.0
2003
WWE Armageddon 2002
Batista
5.6
2002
WWE Global Warning
Deacon Batista
7.4
2002
WWE Judgment Day 2002
Deacon Batista
8.0
2002
Unleashed
0.0
Cooler
Ray Sagona
0.0
OVW Christmas Chaos
Leviathan
0.0
2001
Afterburn
Jake
0.0
Aang: The Last Airbender
(voice)
0.0
2026
The Killer's Game
Joe Flood
6.7
2024
Parachute
Bryce
6.6
2024
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Drax
8.0
2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder
Self - Drax (archive footage)
7.0
2022
Biography: Edge
Self - Batista
9.0
2022
Dune
Beast Rabban Harkonnen
7.8
2021
Army of the Dead
Scott Ward
6.2
2021
My Spy
J.J.
6.9
2020
Stuber
Vic
6.6
2019
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Trent DeRosa
5.4
2019
Avengers: Endgame
Drax
8.2
2019
WWE WrestleMania 35
Batista
7.4
2019
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Owen Davidson
6.5
2018
Final Score
Michael Knox
6.1
2018
Hotel Artemis
Everest
6.0
2018
Escape Plan 2: Hades
Trent DeRosa
5.2
2018
Avengers: Infinity War
Drax
8.2
2018
Blade Runner 2049
Sapper Morton
7.6
2017
2048: Nowhere to Run
Sapper Morton
6.8
2017
Bushwick
Stupe
5.1
2017
WWE: Best of the 2000's
Batista
7.5
2017
The Warriors Gate
Arun
6.6
2016
Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
Batista
8.8
2016
Marauders
Stockwell
5.8
2016
Heist
Cox
6.1
2015
The Destruction of The Shield
Batista
8.5
2015
WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3
Batista
10.0
2014
Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn
Self
7.9
2014
WWE: John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
Self
10.0
2014
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
Batista
8.8
2012
WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World
Batista
6.7
2011
WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
Batista
0.0
2011
WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time
Batista
8.3
2010
Grendel
Beowulf
0.0
Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes!
Batista
7.3
2015
Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30
Batista
8.4
2014
WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009
Batista (archive footage)
10.0
2012
Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator
Batista (archive footage)
7.1
2011
WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber
Batista
10.0
2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
6.0
2010
WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches
Batista
9.2
2010
Trap House
0.0
Dogtown
0.0
Dune: Part Two
Beast Rabban
8.2
2024
Universe's Most Wanted
0.0
In the Lost Lands
Boyce
0.0
2025
Jack in Time for Christmas
Self
4.2
2024
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Drax
7.1
2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Duke Cody
7.1
2022
WWE This Is Awesome
Batista · (1 episode)
10.0
2022
Creating an Army of the Dead
Self
6.0
2021
Marvel Studios Legends
Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited) · (8 episodes)
7.4
2021
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Fezzik · (1 episode)
7.7
2020
The Best of WWE
Batista · (2 episodes)
9.7
2020
Ruthless Aggression
Batista · (1 episode)
7.5
2020
See
Edo Voss · (8 episodes)
8.1
2019
All That
Himself · (1 episode)
7.6
2019
What We Do in the Shadows
Garrett the Vampire · (1 episode)
8.0
2019
WWE Untold
(1 episode)
10.0
2018
Lie Detector
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
2018
Room 104
Raw Dog Avalanche · (1 episode)
5.8
2017
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
5.4
2015
WWE 24
Batista · (2 episodes)
6.6
2015
WWE Rivalries
Self · (1 episode)
7.0
2014
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
Self · (1 episode)
6.9
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · (3 episodes)
5.8
2014
WWE Royal Rumble 2014
Batista
5.9
2014
The John Cena Experience
Batista (archive footage)
7.8
2011
Chuck
T.I. · (1 episode)
7.7
2007
Relative Strangers
Wrestler (uncredited)
5.2
2006
Alpha Gang
0.0
Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film
0.0
Undertaker: The Last Ride
Batista · (6 episodes)
7.4
2020
WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship
Batista
5.3
2009
Batista - I Walk Alone
Batista
7.0
2009
WWE Superstars
(90 episodes)
7.4
2009
WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero
Batista
10.0
2008
WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time
Batista
10.0
2008
WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One
Batista
7.1
2008
WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary
Batista
9.5
2007
Head Case
Self · (1 episode)
6.5
2007
WWE ECW
Batista (archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.4
2006
10 Things Every Guy Should Experience
Self · (1 episode)
10.0
2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self · (1 episode)
5.5
2003
WWE Velocity
Deacon Batista · (1 episode)
6.2
2002
Smallville
Aldar · (1 episode)
8.2
2001
WWE SmackDown
Deacon Batista · (50 episodes)
7.4
1999
WWE SmackDown
Batista · (10 episodes)
7.4
1999
The View
Self · (1 episode)
4.4
1997
WXW Rage TV
(1 episode)
0.0
1996
WWE Raw
Dave Bautista · (4 episodes)
6.7
1993
WWE Raw
Batista · (54 episodes)
6.7
1993
WWE Raw
Batista (archive footage) · (1 episode)
6.7
1993
WWE Raw
Dave Batista · (3 episodes)
6.7
1993
Saturday Night's Main Event
(41 episodes)
7.9
1985