Dave Bautista

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1969-01-18 (55 years old)

Place of Birth Washington, D.C., USA

Also Known As Batista, Dave Batista, Deacon Batista, David Bautista, Leviathan, Дэйв Батиста, 데이브 바티스타, Ντέιβ Μπαουτίστα, The Animal, Batista Bomb, デイヴ・バウティスタ, 戴夫·巴帝斯塔, David Micheal Bautista Jr., דייוויד מייקל "דייב" באוטיסטה ג'וניור

Dave Bautista

Biography

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).

Known For

Actor

Cooler

as Ray Sagona

Afterburn

as Jake

Grendel

as Beowulf

2025
2024
2024
The Killer's Game

as Joe Flood

2024
Parachute

as Bryce

2024
Dune: Part Two

as Beast Rabban

2023
2022
Biography: Edge

as Self - Batista

2022
2021
Dune

as Beast Rabban Harkonnen

2021
Being James Bond

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Army of the Dead

as Scott Ward

2021
Marvel Studios Legends

as Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited)

2020
The Firefly Funhouse Match

as Batista (archive footage)

2020
My Spy

as J.J.

2020
The Best of WWE

as Batista

2020
2019
Stuber

as Vic

2019
2019
2019
2019
See

as Edo Voss

2019
All That

as Himself

2019
What We Do in the Shadows

as Garrett the Vampire

2018
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

as Owen Davidson

2018
Final Score

as Michael Knox

2018
Hotel Artemis

as Everest

2018
Escape Plan 2: Hades

as Trent DeRosa

2018
Lie Detector

as Self

2017
Blade Runner 2049

as Sapper Morton

2017
2048: Nowhere to Run

as Sapper Morton

2017
Bushwick

as Stupe

2017
Room 104

as Raw Dog Avalanche

2016
2016
2016
Marauders

as Stockwell

2015
Heist

as Cox

2015
Spectre

as Hinx

2015
L.A. Slasher

as The Drug Dealer #1

2015
WWE 24

as Batista

2014
WWE Payback 2014

as Batista

2014
2014
2014
2014
2013
Riddick

as Diaz

2012
2011
Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator

as Batista (archive footage)

2011
The John Cena Experience

as Batista (archive footage)

2010
My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done

as Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team

2010
2010
2010
Wrong Side of Town

as Big Ronnie 'B.R.'

2010
2009
2009
2009
2009
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2008
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
Chuck

as T.I.

2007
Head Case

as Self

2006
2006
2006
2006
Relative Strangers

as Wrestler (uncredited)

2006
WWE ECW

as Batista (archive footage)

2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2005
2004
2004
2004
2004
2004
2003
2003
2003
WWE No Way Out 2003

as Batista (Appearance)

2003
2003
2002
2002
WWE Global Warning

as Deacon Batista

2002
WWE Judgment Day 2002

as Deacon Batista

2002
WWE Velocity

as Deacon Batista

2001
OVW Christmas Chaos

as Leviathan

2001
Smallville

as Aldar

1999
WWE SmackDown

as Deacon Batista

1999
WWE SmackDown

as Batista

1997
The View

as Self

1993
WWE Raw

as Dave Bautista

1993
WWE Raw

as Batista

1993
WWE Raw

as Batista (archive footage)

1993
WWE Raw

as Dave Batista

Producer

The Wrecking Crew

as Producer

Trap House

as Executive Producer

Afterburn

as Producer

Cooler

as Producer

Unleashed

as Producer

2025
In the Lost Lands

as Producer

2024
2024
The Killer's Game

as Executive Producer

2020
My Spy

as Producer

2018
Final Score

as Producer

2018

Crew

2010
2007