Dave Bautista
- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 18, 1969 in Washington, D.C., USA
- Active Years
- 1953–2026 (74 Years)
- Total Credits
- 230 credits in database
Acting Born Jan 18, 1969 Washington, D.C., USA 230 credits
Biography
David Michael Bautista Jr. is an American actor and retired professional wrestler born on January 18, 1969, in Washington, D.C. Known professionally by several names, including Batista, Dave Batista, and Deacon Batista, he is recognized for his extensive career in both entertainment and sports. According to his professional records, he has accumulated 209 known credits in the film and television industry. As a public figure, he is identified by his transition from the wrestling ring to acting, establishing himself as a prolific performer. His background includes a significant tenure in professional wrestling that spanned two decades, providing the foundation for his subsequent work in media and performance arts.
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Career overview
Bautista began his professional wrestling career in 1999 and signed with the organization then known as the WWF in 2000. Between 2002 and 2010, he gained widespread fame under the ring name Batista, notably as a member of the group Evolution. During his wrestling career, which included multiple stints in the WWE between 2002 and 2019, he achieved significant success in the sport. His accomplishments included winning the WWE Championship twice and the World Heavyweight Championship four times. His first reign as World Heavyweight Champion remains the longest in history at 282 days. Additionally, he held the World Tag Team Championship three times, winning the title twice alongside Ric Flair and once with John Cena.
Following his time in professional wrestling, Bautista transitioned into a career as an actor. He is regarded as one of the most prolific professional wrestlers of his generation. His work in the entertainment industry is documented through 209 known credits, reflecting his shift from the athletic arena to film and television roles. He continues to be recognized for his contributions to both professional wrestling and his ongoing acting career.
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Career timeline
Avatar Aang: The Last AirbenderThe Wrecking CrewThe Wrecking Crew · Producer
The Naked GunIn the Lost LandsIn the Lost Lands · ProducerTrap HouseTrap House · Producer
Dune: Part TwoThe Killer's GameThe Killer's Game · Executive ProducerMy Spy The Eternal CityMy Spy The Eternal City · Producer
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3Knock at the CabinMarvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
The Jennifer Hudson ShowWWE RivalsThor: Love and ThunderGlass Onion: A Knives Out MysteryThe Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special
DuneMarvel Studios LegendsArmy of the DeadCreating an Army of the Dead
The Best of WWEHome Movie: The Princess BrideMy SpyMy Spy · ProducerRuthless Aggression
SeeAvengers: EndgameWhat We Do in the ShadowsDark Side of the RingAll That
Avengers: Infinity WarEscape Plan 2: HadesFinal ScoreFinal Score · ProducerWWE Untold
SteveBlade Runner 2049Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2Room 104Bushwick
The Warriors GateKickboxer: VengeanceMaraudersRandy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere
The Late Late Show with James CordenSpectreWWE 24HeistL.A. Slasher
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonLate Night with Seth MeyersGuardians of the GalaxyRunning Wild with Bear GryllsWrestlemania Rewind
Riddick
The Man with the Iron FistsThe Scorpion King 3: Battle for RedemptionThe Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a LifetimeWWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
House of the Rising SunRandy Orton: The Evolution of a PredatorWWE: The Big Show - A Giant's WorldThe John Cena ExperienceThe Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century
WWE Royal Rumble 2010Wrong Side of TownWrong Side of Town · StuntsWWE Wrestlemania XXVIMy Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done
Watch What Happens Live with Andy CohenWWE SuperstarsBatista - I Walk AloneWWE Survivor Series 2009WWE Judgment Day 2009
WWE WrestleMania XXIVWWE Royal Rumble 2008WWE SummerSlam 2008WWE No Mercy 2008WWE Armageddon 2008
ChuckHead CaseWWE Royal Rumble 2007WWE SummerSlam 2007WWE WrestleMania 23
WWE ECWWWE ECWRelative StrangersWWE Survivor Series 2006WWE No Mercy 2006
Iron Chef AmericaWWE WrestleMania 21WWE Royal Rumble 2005WWE Survivor Series 2005WWE No Way Out 2005
WWE WrestleMania XXWWE Royal Rumble 2004WWE Survivor Series 200410 Things Every Guy Should ExperienceWWE SummerSlam 2004
Jimmy Kimmel Live!Jimmy Kimmel Live!WWE Royal Rumble 2003WWE No Way Out 2003WWE Armageddon 2003
WWE VelocityWWE Judgment Day 2002WWE Global WarningWWE Armageddon 2002
SmallvilleOVW Christmas Chaos
WWE Friday Night SmackDownWWE Friday Night SmackDownWWE Friday Night SmackDown
The View
WXW Rage TV
RawRawRawRaw
Full Filmography
230 titles- Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026) as Tagah (voice)
- The Wrecking Crew (2026) as James Hale
- The Wrecking Crew (2026) Producer
- The Naked Gun (2025) as Dave Bautista
- In the Lost Lands (2025) as Boyce
- In the Lost Lands (2025) Producer
- Trap House (2025) as Ray Seale
- Trap House (2025) Producer
- Afterburn (2025) as Jake
- Afterburn (2025) Producer
- WWE Raw Classics (2025) as Batista
- Dune: Part Two (2024) as Beast Rabban
- The Killer's Game (2024) as Joe Flood
- The Killer's Game (2024) Executive Producer
- My Spy The Eternal City (2024) as J.J.
- My Spy The Eternal City (2024) Producer
- The Last Showgirl (2024) as Eddie
- Parachute (2024) as Bryce
- Jack in Time for Christmas (2024) as Self
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) as Drax
- Knock at the Cabin (2023) as Leonard
- Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of the Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) as Self - 'Drax'
- The Jennifer Hudson Show (2022) as Self - Guest
- WWE Rivals (2022) as Batista
- Thor: Love and Thunder (2022) as Drax
- Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) as Duke Cody
- The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022) as Drax
- WWE This Is Awesome (2022) as Batista
- Mek Raya (2022)
- John Cena's Greatest Rivalries (2022) as Batista
- Dune (2021) as Beast Rabban Harkonnen
- Marvel Studios Legends (2021) as Drax the Destroyer (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Army of the Dead (2021) as Scott Ward
- Creating an Army of the Dead (2021) as Self
- The Best of WWE (2020) as Batista
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride (2020) as Fezzik
- My Spy (2020) as J.J.
- My Spy (2020) Producer
- Ruthless Aggression (2020) as Batista
- Undertaker: The Last Ride (2020) as Self
- Meeting the Undertaker (2020)
- The Firefly Funhouse Match (2020) as Batista (archive footage)
- See (2019) as Edo Voss
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) as Drax
- What We Do in the Shadows (2019) as Garrett the Vampire
- Dark Side of the Ring (2019) as Batista (archive footage)
- All That (2019) as Self
- Escape Plan: The Extractors (2019) as Trent DeRosa
- Stuber (2019) as Vic Manning
- WWE WrestleMania 35 (2019) as Batista
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) as Drax
- Escape Plan 2: Hades (2018) as Trent DeRosa
- Final Score (2018) as Michael Knox
- Final Score (2018) Producer
- WWE Untold (2018)
- Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018) as Davidson
- Master Z: Ip Man Legacy (2018) Producer
- Hotel Artemis (2018) as Everest
- Steve (2017) as Self
- Blade Runner 2049 (2017) as Sapper Morton
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) as Drax
- Room 104 (2017) as Raw Dog Avalanche
- Bushwick (2017) as Stupe
- 2048: Nowhere to Run (2017) as Sapper Morton
- WWE: Best of the 2000's (2017) as Batista
- The Warriors Gate (2016) as Arun
- Kickboxer: Vengeance (2016) as Tong Po
- Marauders (2016) as Stockwell
- Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere (2016) as Batista
- The Late Late Show with James Corden (2015) as Self - Guest
- Spectre (2015) as Hinx
- WWE 24 (2015) as Batista
- Heist (2015) as Cox
- L.A. Slasher (2015) as The Drug Dealer #1
- The Destruction of The Shield (2015) as Batista
- Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes! (2015) as Batista
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) as Self - Guest
- Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) as Self - Guest
- Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) as Drax
- Running Wild with Bear Grylls (2014) as Self
- Wrestlemania Rewind (2014) as Batista
- WWE Rivalries (2014) as Self
- WWE WrestleMania XXX (2014) as Batista
- Batista: The Animal Unleashed (2014) as Himself / Batista
- WWE Royal Rumble 2014 (2014) as Batista
- WWE Extreme Rules 2014 (2014) as Batista
- Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 (2014) as Batista
- WWE Payback 2014 (2014) as Batista
- WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 (2014) as Batista
- Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30 (2014) as Batista
- WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 (2014) as Batista
- Riddick (2013) as Diaz
- The Man with the Iron Fists (2012) as Brass Body
- The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption (2012) as Argomael
- The Rock vs. John Cena: Once in a Lifetime (2012) as Batista
- WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 (2012) as Batista (archive footage)
- WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak (2012) as Batista
- WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man (2012) as Batista
- House of the Rising Sun (2011) as Ray
- Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator (2011) as Batista (archive footage)
- WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World (2011) as Batista
- The John Cena Experience (2011) as Batista (archive footage)
- The Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century (2011) as Batista
- WWE Royal Rumble 2010 (2010) as Batista
- Wrong Side of Town (2010) as Big Ronnie 'B.R.'
- Wrong Side of Town (2010) Stunts
- WWE Wrestlemania XXVI (2010) as Batista
- My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done (2010) as Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team
- WWE Over the Limit 2010 (2010) as Batista
- WWE Extreme Rules 2010 (2010) as Batista
- WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time (2010) as Batista
- WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber (2010) as Batista
- WWE Elimination Chamber 2010 (2010) as Batista
- WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches (2010) as Batista
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen (2009) as Self - Guest
- WWE Superstars (2009)
- Batista - I Walk Alone (2009) as Batista
- WWE Survivor Series 2009 (2009) as Batista
- WWE Judgment Day 2009 (2009) as Batista
- WWE Hell in a Cell 2009 (2009) as Batista
- WWE Backlash 2009 (2009) as Batista
- WWE Extreme Rules 2009 (2009) as Batista
- The History of the World Heavyweight Championship (2009) as Batista
- WWE Bragging Rights 2009 (2009) as Batista
- Batista - I Walk Alone (2009) as Batista
- WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009 (2009) as Batista
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event XXXVI (2009) as Batista
- WWE WrestleMania XXIV (2008) as Batista
- WWE Royal Rumble 2008 (2008) as Batista
- WWE SummerSlam 2008 (2008) as Batista
- WWE No Mercy 2008 (2008) as Batista
- WWE Armageddon 2008 (2008) as Batista
- The Undertaker: 15-0 (2008)
- WWE No Way Out 2008 (2008) as Batista
- WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 (2008) as Batista
- WWE One Night Stand 2008 (2008) as Batista
- WWE Unforgiven 2008 (2008) as Batista
- WWE Backlash 2008 (2008) as Batista
- WWE Survivor Series 2008 (2008) as Batista
- WWE Night of Champions 2008 (2008) as Batista
- WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time (2008) as Batista
- WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008 (2008) as Batista
- WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero (2008) as Batista
- WWE The Great American Bash 2008 (2008) as Batista
- WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One (2008) as Batista
- Chuck (2007) as T.I.
- Head Case (2007) as Self
- WWE Royal Rumble 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE SummerSlam 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE WrestleMania 23 (2007) as Batista
- WWE Judgment Day 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE No Way Out 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE No Way Out 2007 (2007) Stunts
- WWE Unforgiven 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE Armageddon 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE Cyber Sunday 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE Backlash 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE No Mercy 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE One Night Stand 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE The Great American Bash 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE Survivor Series 2007 (2007) as Batista
- WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary (2007) as Batista
- WWE RAW 15th Anniversary (2007)
- WWE ECW (2006) as Batista (archive footage)
- WWE ECW (2006) as Batista
- Relative Strangers (2006) as Wrestler (uncredited)
- WWE Survivor Series 2006 (2006) as Batista
- WWE No Mercy 2006 (2006) as Batista
- WWE SummerSlam 2006 (2006) as Batista
- WWE Armageddon 2006 (2006) as Batista
- WWE The Great American Bash 2006 (2006) as Batista
- Iron Chef America (2005) as Self - Judge (as Batista)
- WWE WrestleMania 21 (2005) as Batista
- WWE Royal Rumble 2005 (2005) as Batista
- WWE Survivor Series 2005 (2005) as Batista
- WWE No Way Out 2005 (2005) as Batista
- WWE Backlash 2005 (2005) as Batista
- WWE SummerSlam 2005 (2005) as Batista
- WWE Armageddon 2005 (2005) as Batista
- WWE Vengeance 2005 (2005) as Batista
- WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005 (2005) as Batista
- WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 (2005) as Batista
- WWE No Mercy 2005 (2005) as Batista
- WWE The Great American Bash 2005 (2005) as Batista
- WWE WrestleMania XX (2004) as Batista
- WWE Royal Rumble 2004 (2004) as Batista
- WWE Survivor Series 2004 (2004) as Batista
- 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience (2004) as Self
- WWE SummerSlam 2004 (2004) as Batista
- WWE Unforgiven 2004 (2004) as Batista
- WWE Vengeance 2004 (2004) as Batista
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self - Guest
- Jimmy Kimmel Live! (2003) as Self
- WWE Royal Rumble 2003 (2003) as Batista
- WWE No Way Out 2003 (2003) as Batista (Appearance)
- WWE Armageddon 2003 (2003) as Batista
- WWE Velocity (2002) as Deacon Batista
- WWE Judgment Day 2002 (2002) as Deacon Batista
- WWE Global Warning (2002) as Deacon Batista
- WWE Armageddon 2002 (2002) as Batista
- Smallville (2001) as Aldar
- OVW Christmas Chaos (2001) as Leviathan
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999) as Deacon Batista
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999) as Batista
- WWE Friday Night SmackDown (1999)
- The View (1997) as Self
- WXW Rage TV (1996)
- Raw (1993) as Dave Bautista
- Raw (1993) as Batista
- Raw (1993) as Dave Batista
- Raw (1993)
- MTV Movie & TV Awards (1992) as Self - Presenter
- WWE Pay Per View (1985)
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) as Batista
- The Oscars (1953) as Self - Presenter
- Highlander as Kurgan
- Alpha Gang
- Grendel as Beowulf
- The Romantic
- Road House 2
- Dreadnought
- Dreadnought Producer
- Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film
- Untitled FBI Wedding Sting Film Producer
- Ally as (voice)
- Dogtown
- Universe's Most Wanted
- Unleashed
- Unleashed Producer
Frequently Asked Questions
What movies or TV shows is Dave Bautista best known for?
Dave Bautista is widely recognized for notable roles and projects including Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender (2026), The Wrecking Crew (2026), The Wrecking Crew (2026), The Naked Gun (2025).
When and where was Dave Bautista born?
Dave Bautista was born on January 18, 1969 in Washington, D.C., USA.
How many credits does Dave Bautista have?
Dave Bautista has accumulated over 230 film and television credits across a career spanning from 1953 to 2026.
What is Dave Bautista's background in cinema and television?
David Michael Bautista Jr. is an American actor and retired professional wrestler born on January 18, 1969, in Washington, D.C. Known professionally by several names, including Batista, Dave Batista, and Deacon Batista, he is recognized for his extensive career in both entertainment and sports. According to his profess...
Dave Bautista by the numbers
230credits
182films
48TV series
1953–2026active years
Age in their best-rated roles
- The Best of WWE (2020) as Batista — aged about 51
- WWE SummerSlam 2004 (2004) as Batista — aged about 35
- Dark Side of the Ring (2019) as Batista (archive footage) — aged about 50
- WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985) as Batista — aged about 16
- Avengers: Endgame (2019) as Drax — aged about 50
- Avengers: Infinity War (2018) as Drax — aged about 49
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