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Dave Bautista

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Dave Bautista, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2026
The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender

as (voice)

Movie
2026
The Wrecking Crew

as James

Movie
2025
Trap House

as DEA Agent Ray Seale

Movie
2025
Afterburn

as Jake

Movie
2025
In the Lost Lands

as Boyce

Movie
2024
The Last Showgirl

as Eddie

Movie
2024
The Killer's Game

as Joe Flood

Movie
2024
My Spy The Eternal City

as J.J.

Movie
2024
Dune: Part Two

as Beast Rabban

Movie
2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

as Drax

Movie
2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special

as Drax

Movie
2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

as Duke Cody

Movie
2022
Thor: Love and Thunder

as Drax

Movie
2021
Dune

as Beast Rabban Harkonnen

Movie
2019
Avengers: Endgame

as Drax

Movie
2018
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

as Davidson

Movie
2018
Avengers: Infinity War

as Drax

Movie
2017
Blade Runner 2049

as Sapper Morton

Movie
2017
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

as Drax

Movie
2015
Spectre

as Hinx

Movie
2014
Guardians of the Galaxy

as Drax

Movie
2013
Riddick

as Diaz

Movie
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Highlander

as Kurgan

Movie