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Dave Bautista
Actor, ProducerBorn January 18, 1969 (56 years)
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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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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Dave Bautista Filmography
| 2025 | The Naked Gun · as Dave Bautista |
| 2025 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2024 | Jack in Time for Christmas · as Self |
| 2023 | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 · as Self - 'drax' |
| 2022 | The Jennifer Hudson Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2021 | Being James Bond: The Daniel Craig Story · as Self |
| 2021 | Creating an Army of the Dead · as Self |
| 2021 | Marvel Studios: Assembled (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | I Can See Your Voice (US) (TV Series) · as Self - Golden Mic Celeb |
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| 2020 | Undertaker: The Last Ride (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2020 | 51st NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2019 | The Imagineering Story (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | The Kelly Clarkson Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2019 | 2019 MTV Movie & TV Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2019 | All That (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2019 | 2019 Billboard Music Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2018 | Lie Detector (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | The IMDb Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2017 | Steve (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2017 | Hollywood First Look Features (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2016 | Spectre: Bond's Biggest Opening Sequence · as Self - Actor |
| 2016 | Spectre: Video Blogs · as Self |
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| 2015 | The Late Late Show with James Corden (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2014 | WWE Rivalries (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Running Wild with Bear Grylls (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Good Morning Britain (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Noite with Danilo Gentili (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | Late Night with Seth Meyers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2012 | Comic Con 2012 Live · as Self |
| 2012 | MrBeast (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2011 | The Jonathan Ross Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2011 | Dish Nation (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | The Talk (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2009 | Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2007 | Head Case (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2006 | El Hormiguero 3.0 (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2005 | Made In Hollywood (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2005 | Entertainment Tonight Canada (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2004 | Iron Chef America (TV Series) · as Self - Judge |
| 2003 | Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | The Ellen DeGeneres Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2001 | Football Focus (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1999 | Family Feud (1999) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | Movie Surfers (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | The View (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | WGN Morning News (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1994 | FOX NFL Sunday (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1993 | Those Who ... Football (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1982 | Today (Australia) (TV Series) · as Self - 'jj' |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
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| 2024 | The Killer's Game · as Executive Producer |
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