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Dave Bautista
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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…
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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.
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2026
Alpha Gang
Movie Alpha Two
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2026
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
Movie Tagah (voice)
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2026
The Wrecking Crew
Movie James Hale
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2025
Trap House
Movie Ray Seale
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2025
Afterburn
Movie Jake
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2025
The Naked Gun
Movie Dave Bautista
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2025
In the Lost Lands
Movie Boyce
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2025
WWE Raw Classics
TV show Batista
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2024
The Last Showgirl
Movie Eddie
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2024
Jack in Time for Christmas
Movie Self
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2024
The Killer's Game
Movie Joe Flood
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2024
My Spy The Eternal City
Movie J.J.
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2024
Parachute
Movie Bryce
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2024
Dune: Part Two
Movie Beast Rabban
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2023
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Movie Self - 'Drax'
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2023
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Movie Drax
More credits
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2023
Knock at the Cabin
Movie Leonard
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2022
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
Movie Drax
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2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
Movie Duke Cody
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2022
The Jennifer Hudson Show
TV show Self - Guest
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2022
WWE This Is Awesome
TV show Batista
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2022
WWE Rivals
TV show Batista
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2022
Thor: Love and Thunder
Movie Drax
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2022
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
Movie Batista
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2022
Mek Raya
Movie
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2021
Army of Thieves
Movie Scott Ward (uncredited)
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2021
Dune
Movie Beast Rabban Harkonnen
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2021
Creating an Army of the Dead
Movie Self
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2021
Army of the Dead
Movie Scott Ward
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2021
Marvel Studios Legends
TV show Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
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2020
Meeting the Undertaker
Movie
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2020
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV show Fezzik
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2020
Undertaker: The Last Ride
TV show Self
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2020
The Firefly Funhouse Match
Movie Batista (archive footage)
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2020
The Best of WWE
TV show Batista
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2020
Ruthless Aggression
TV show Batista
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2020
My Spy
Movie J.J.
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2019
See
TV show Edo Voss
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2019
Stuber
Movie Vic Manning
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2019
Escape Plan: The Extractors
Movie Trent DeRosa
