Acting credits
197
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Dave Bautista
Acting
Career Snapshot
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TMDB popularity
5.6
Moderate attention
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Movies: 158Series: 39Crew credits: 11
TMDB ID: 543530
IMDb ID: nm1176985
Known for: Acting
Born: January 18, 1969
Age: 57
Place of birth: Washington, D.C., USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1953 - 2026
Years active: 74
Average TMDB rating: 6.68
Wikidata: Q44158
Also known as
Batista • Dave Batista • Deacon Batista • David Bautista • Leviathan • The Animal • David Micheal Bautista Jr. • The Animal Unleashed • The Evolution Animal • Demon of the Deep
Other jobs
Producer (8)Stunts (2)Executive Producer (1)
Biography
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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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Dave Bautista.
Alpha Gang
as Alpha Two
2026 Movie
Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender
as Tagah (voice)
2026 Movie
The Wrecking Crew
as James Hale
2026 Movie
Trap House
as Ray Seale
2025 Movie
Afterburn
as Jake
2025 Movie
The Naked Gun
as Dave Bautista
2025 Movie
In the Lost Lands
as Boyce
2025 Movie
The Last Showgirl
as Eddie
2024 Movie
Jack in Time for Christmas
as Self
2024 Movie
The Killer's Game
as Joe Flood
2024 Movie
My Spy The Eternal City
as J.J.
2024 Movie
Parachute
as Bryce
2024 Movie
Dune: Part Two
as Beast Rabban
2024 Movie
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Self - 'Drax'
2023 Movie
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
as Drax
2023 Movie
Knock at the Cabin
as Leonard
2023 Movie
The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
as Drax
2022 Movie
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
as Duke Cody
2022 Movie
Thor: Love and Thunder
as Drax
2022 Movie
John Cena's Greatest Rivalries
as Batista
2022 Movie
Mek Raya
2022 Movie
Army of Thieves
as Scott Ward (uncredited)
2021 Movie
Dune
as Beast Rabban Harkonnen
2021 Movie
Creating an Army of the Dead
as Self
2021 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Dave Bautista.
WWE Raw Classics
as Batista • 1 eps
2025 Series
The Jennifer Hudson Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2022 Series
WWE This Is Awesome
as Batista • 1 eps
2022 Series
WWE Rivals
as Batista • 2 eps
2022 Series
Marvel Studios Legends
as Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited) • 8 eps
2021 Series
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Fezzik • 1 eps
2020 Series
Undertaker: The Last Ride
as Self • 5 eps
2020 Series
The Best of WWE
as Batista • 2 eps
2020 Series
Ruthless Aggression
as Batista • 1 eps
2020 Series
See
as Edo Voss • 8 eps
2019 Series
All That
as Self • 1 eps
2019 Series
Dark Side of the Ring
as Batista (archive footage) • 1 eps
2019 Series
What We Do in the Shadows
as Garrett the Vampire • 1 eps
2019 Series
WWE Untold
1 eps
2018 Series
Steve
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
Room 104
as Raw Dog Avalanche • 1 eps
2017 Series
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2015 Series
WWE 24
as Batista • 2 eps
2015 Series
WWE Rivalries
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Running Wild with Bear Grylls
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2014 Series
Wrestlemania Rewind
as Batista • 1 eps
2014 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self - Guest • 3 eps
2014 Series
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2009 Series