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Dave Bautista

Dave Bautista

Birthday: 1969-01-18 | Place of Birth: Washington, DC, USA

An American actor and former professional wrestler, mixed martial artist, and bodybuilder. From 2000–2010 and 2013–2014, he was signed to WWE under the ring name Batista, where he became a six-time world champion, winning WWE's World Heavyweight Championship four times and the WWE Championship twice. He holds the record for the longest reign as World Heavyweight Champion at 282 days, and has also won 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 was the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble match and went on to headline WrestleMania 21, one of the top five highest-grossing pay-per-view events in professional wrestling history. When Bautista returned to WWE in 2014, he won the 2014 Royal Rumble match, after which he headlined WrestleMania XXX. In August 2012, Bautista signed a contract with Classic Entertainment & Sports to fight in mixed martial arts. He won his MMA debut on October 6, 2012, defeating Vince Lucero via TKO in the first round. He was representing the Philippines during the fight. Bautista first entered the world of acting in 2006. As an actor, Bautista has starred in The Man with the Iron Fists (2012), Riddick (2013), Guardians of the Galaxy (2014), the 24th James Bond film, Spectre (2015), L.A. Slasher (2015), and in the 2016 Kickboxer reboot, Kickboxer: Vengeance. Bautista reprised his role as Drax in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) Avengers: Infinity War (2018), and Avengers: Endgame (2019). He has also appeared in several direct-to-video films since 2009.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2022
Thor: Love and Thunder

as    Drax

2021
Army of the Dead

as    Scott Ward

2021
2020
My Spy

as    J.J.

2019
WWE WrestleMania 35

as    Batista

2019
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy

as    Owen Davidson

2019
Escape Plan: The Extractors

as    Trent DeRosa

2019
Stuber

as    Vic

2018
Hotel Artemis

as    Everest

2018
Final Score

as    Michael Knox

2018
Escape Plan 2: Hades

as    Trent DeRosa

2017
The Warriors Gate

as    Arun

2017
2017
2017
Blade Runner 2049

as    Sapper Morton

2017
2048: Nowhere to Run

as    Sapper Morton

2017
Bushwick

as    Stupe

2016
Marauders

as    Stockwell

2016
Kickboxer: Vengeance

as    Tong Po

2015
Heist

as    Cox

2015
Spectre

as    Hinx

2015
L.A. Slasher

as    The Drug Dealer #1

2014
WWE Elimination Chamber 2014

as    Batista

2014
WWE WrestleMania XXX

as    Batista

2014
Guardians of the Galaxy

as    Drax