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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Primarily2026 The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender as (voice)
2025 Afterburn as Jake Producer
2025 The Naked Gun as Dave Bautista
2025 Alpha Gang
2025 Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film Producer
2025 The Wrecking Crew Producer
2025 Grendel as Beowulf
2025 Dreadnought Executive Producer
2025 Trap House Executive Producer
2025 Dogtown
2025 Unleashed Producer
2025 Cooler as Ray Sagona Producer
2025 In the Lost Lands as Boyce Producer
2024 The Last Showgirl as Eddie
2024 Jack in Time for Christmas as Self
2024 The Killer's Game as Joe Flood Executive Producer
2024 My Spy The Eternal City as J.J. Producer
2024 Parachute as Bryce
2024 Dune: Part Two as Beast Rabban
2023 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Self - 'Drax'
2023 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as Drax
2023 Knock at the Cabin as Leonard
2022 The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special as Drax
2022 Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery as Duke Cody
2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder as Self - Drax (archive footage)
2022 Biography: Edge as Self - Batista
2022 Thor: Love and Thunder as Drax
2022 John Cena's Greatest Rivalries as Batista
2021 Dune as Beast Rabban Harkonnen
2021 Being James Bond as Self (archive footage)
2021 Creating an Army of the Dead as Self
2021 Army of the Dead as Scott Ward
2020 The Firefly Funhouse Match as Batista (archive footage)
2020 My Spy as J.J. Producer
2019 Stuber as Vic Manning
2019 Escape Plan: The Extractors as Trent DeRosa
2019 Avengers: Endgame as Drax
2019 WWE WrestleMania 35 as Batista
2018 Master Z: Ip Man Legacy as Davidson Producer
2018 Final Score as Michael Knox Producer
2018 Hotel Artemis as Everest
2018 Escape Plan 2: Hades as Trent DeRosa
2018 Avengers: Infinity War as Drax
2017 Blade Runner 2049 as Sapper Morton
2017 2048: Nowhere to Run as Sapper Morton
2017 Bushwick as Stupe
2017 Guardians Inferno
2017 WWE: Best of the 2000's as Batista
2017 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 as Drax
2016 The Warriors Gate as Arun
2016 Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere as Batista
2016 Kickboxer: Vengeance as Tong Po
2016 Marauders as Stockwell
2015 Heist as Cox
2015 Spectre as Hinx
2015 L.A. Slasher as The Drug Dealer #1
2015 Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes! as Batista
2015 The Destruction of The Shield as Batista
2014 WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 as Batista
2014 Guide to the Galaxy with James Gunn as Self
2014 Guardians of the Galaxy as Drax
2014 Batista: The Animal Unleashed
2014 WWE Payback 2014 as Batista
2014 Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 as Batista
2014 WWE Extreme Rules 2014 as Batista
2014 Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30 as Batista
2014 WWE WrestleMania XXX as Batista
2014 WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 as Batista
2014 WWE Royal Rumble 2014 as Batista
2013 Riddick as Diaz
2012 The Man with the Iron Fists as Brass Body
2012 The Rock vs. John Cena: Once In A Lifetime as Batista
2012 WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak as Batista
2012 WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man as Batista
2012 The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption as Argomael
2012 WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 as Batista (archive footage)
2011 WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World as Batista
2011 Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator as Batista (archive footage)
2011 House of the Rising Sun as Ray
2011 WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century as Batista
2011 The John Cena Experience as Batista (archive footage)
2011 The John Cena Experience as Batista (archive footage)
2010 WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time as Batista
2010 WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber as Batista
2010 My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done as Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
2010 WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches as Batista
2010 WWE Over the Limit 2010 as Batista
2010 WWE Extreme Rules 2010 as Batista
2010 WWE Wrestlemania XXVI as Batista
2010 Wrong Side of Town as Big Ronnie 'B.R.' Stunts
2010 WWE Elimination Chamber 2010 as Batista
2010 WWE Royal Rumble 2010 as Batista
2009 WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship as Batista
2009 WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009 as Batista
2009 WWE Survivor Series 2009 as Batista
2009 WWE Bragging Rights 2009 as Batista
2009 Batista - I Walk Alone as Batista
2009 WWE Hell in a Cell 2009 as Batista
2009 WWE Extreme Rules 2009 as Batista
2009 WWE Judgment Day 2009 as Batista
2009 WWE Backlash 2009 as Batista
2008 WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008 as Batista
2008 WWE Armageddon 2008 as Batista
2008 WWE Survivor Series 2008 as Batista
2008 WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero as Batista
2008 WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time as Batista
2008 WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 as Batista
2008 WWE No Mercy 2008 as Batista
2008 WWE Unforgiven 2008 as Batista
2008 WWE SummerSlam 2008 as Batista
2008 WWE The Great American Bash 2008 as Batista
2008 WWE Night of Champions 2008 as Batista
2008 WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One as Batista
2008 WWE One Night Stand 2008 as Batista
2008 WWE Backlash 2008 as Batista
2008 WWE WrestleMania XXIV as Batista
2008 The Undertaker: 15-0
2008 WWE No Way Out 2008 as Batista
2008 WWE Royal Rumble 2008 as Batista
2007 WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary as Batista
2007 WWE Armageddon 2007 as Batista
2007 WWE Survivor Series 2007 as Batista
2007 WWE Cyber Sunday 2007 as Batista
2007 WWE No Mercy 2007 as Batista
2007 WWE Unforgiven 2007 as Batista
2007 WWE SummerSlam 2007 as Batista
2007 WWE The Great American Bash 2007 as Batista
2007 WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007 as Batista
2007 WWE One Night Stand 2007 as Batista
2007 WWE Judgment Day 2007 as Batista
2007 WWE Backlash 2007 as Batista
2007 WWE WrestleMania 23 as Batista
2007 WWE No Way Out 2007 as Batista Stunts
2007 WWE Royal Rumble 2007 as Batista
2006 WWE Armageddon 2006 as Batista
2006 WWE Survivor Series 2006 as Batista
2006 WWE No Mercy 2006 as Batista
2006 WWE SummerSlam 2006 as Batista
2006 WWE The Great American Bash 2006 as Batista
2006 Relative Strangers as Wrestler (uncredited)
2005 WWE Armageddon 2005 as Batista
2005 WWE Survivor Series 2005 as Batista
2005 WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005 as Batista
2005 WWE No Mercy 2005 as Batista
2005 WWE SummerSlam 2005 as Batista
2005 WWE The Great American Bash 2005 as Batista
2005 WWE Vengeance 2005 as Batista
2005 WWE Backlash 2005 as Batista
2005 WWE WrestleMania 21 as Batista
2005 WWE No Way Out 2005 as Batista
2005 WWE Royal Rumble 2005 as Batista
2005 WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 as Batista
2004 WWE Survivor Series 2004 as Batista
2004 WWE Unforgiven 2004 as Batista
2004 WWE SummerSlam 2004 as Batista
2004 WWE Vengeance 2004 as Batista
2004 WWE WrestleMania XX as Batista
2004 WWE Royal Rumble 2004 as Batista
2003 WWE Armageddon 2003 as Batista
2003 WWE No Way Out 2003 as Batista (Appearance)
2003 WWE Royal Rumble 2003 as Batista
2002 WWE Armageddon 2002 as Batista
2002 WWE Global Warning as Deacon Batista
2002 WWE Judgment Day 2002 as Deacon Batista
2001 OVW Christmas Chaos as Leviathan