David Michael "Dave" Bautista, Jr. is an American mixed martial artist, bodybuilder, actor, and former professional wrestler best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment competing under the ring name Batista. In WWE, he became a six-time world champion, winning the World Heavyweight Championship four times, and the WWE Championship two times. He is the longest-reigning World Heavyweight Champion in WWE history. In addition to these championships, Batista has 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). Batista was also 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 pro wrestling history. After trying out at World Championship Wrestling's Power Plant, Batista signed a contract with the WWF in 2000 and was sent to its developmental territory, Ohio Valley Wrestling (OVW), where he won the OVW Heavyweight Championship. 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. As an actor, Bautista made his feature film debut in The Man with the Iron Fists in 2012, after starring in various directs-to-video since 2009. He is set to star in two upcoming films: David Twohy's Riddick, the third installment of The Chronicles of Riddick franchise, and James Gunn's Guardians of the Galaxy, a part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Movie | The Wrecking Crew | 2025 | |
Movie | Afterburn | 2025 | |
Movie | My Spy: The Eternal City | J.J. | 2025 |
Movie | Highlander | The Kurgan (rumored) | 2025 |
Movie | Parachute | 2024-04-05 | |
Movie | In the Lost Lands | Boyce | 2024-09-26 |
Movie | Dune: Part Two | Beast Rabban Harkonnen | 2024-02-27 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 | Drax the Destroyer | 2023-05-03 |
Movie | The Boy and the Heron | Parakeet King (voice) | 2023-07-14 |
Movie | Knock at the Cabin | Leonard | 2023-02-01 |
Movie | Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery | Duke Cody | 2022-11-12 |
Movie | The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special | Drax | 2022-11-25 |
Movie | Thor: Love and Thunder | Drax | 2022-07-06 |
Movie | Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Thor: Love and Thunder | Self - Drax (archive footage) | 2022-09-08 |
Movie | Biography: Edge | Self - Batista | 2022-08-21 |
Movie | Army of the Dead | Scott Ward | 2021-05-14 |
Movie | Dune | Beast Rabban Harkonnen | 2021-09-15 |
Movie | The Suicide Squad | Christopher Smith / Peacemaker | 2021-07-28 |
Movie | Being James Bond | Self (archive footage) | 2021-08-29 |
Movie | Army of Thieves | Scott Ward (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-10-27 |
Movie | Creating an Army of the Dead | Self | 2021-05-21 |
Movie | My Spy | JJ | 2020-01-09 |
Series | Undertaker: The Last Ride | Batista | 2020-05-10 |
Movie | The Firefly Funhouse Match | Batista (archive footage) | 2020-04-05 |
Series | Home Movie: The Princess Bride | Fezzik | 2020-06-29 |
Movie | Stuber | Vic | 2019-07-11 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 35 | Batista | 2019-04-07 |
Movie | Escape Plan: The Extractors | Trent DeRosa | 2019-06-20 |
Movie | Avengers: Endgame | Drax | 2019-04-24 |
Series | See | Edo Voss | 2019-11-01 |
Movie | Master Z: Ip Man Legacy | Owen Davidson | 2018-12-20 |
Movie | Escape Plan 2: Hades | Trent DeRosa | 2018-06-05 |
Movie | Shawn Michaels - The Showstopper Unreleased | Batista | 2018-10-02 |
Movie | Final Score | Michael Knox | 2018-09-07 |
Movie | Hotel Artemis | Everest | 2018-06-07 |
Movie | Avengers: Infinity War | Drax | 2018-04-25 |
Movie | WWE: Best of the 2000's | Batista | 2017-04-25 |
Movie | 2048: Nowhere to Run | Sapper Morton | 2017-09-14 |
Movie | Blade Runner 2049 | Sapper Morton | 2017-10-04 |
Movie | Bushwick | Stupe | 2017-08-25 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 | Drax the Destroyer | 2017-04-19 |
Movie | Randy Orton: RKO Outta Nowhere | Batista | 2016-11-15 |
Movie | The Warriors Gate | Arun | 2016-11-18 |
Movie | Kickboxer: Vengeance | Tong Po | 2016-07-14 |
Movie | Marauders | Stockwell | 2016-07-01 |
Series | WWE 24 | Batista | 2015-01-30 |
Movie | L.A. Slasher | The Drug Dealer #1 | 2015-06-12 |
Movie | The Destruction of The Shield | Batista | 2015-02-17 |
Movie | Spectre | Mr. Hinx | 2015-10-26 |
Movie | Heist | Cox | 2015-11-13 |
Movie | Daniel Bryan: Just Say Yes! Yes! Yes! | Batista | 2015-06-05 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania XXX | Batista | 2014-04-06 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2014 | Batista | 2014-01-26 |
Movie | WWE: 150 Best Pay-Per-View Matches, Vol 3 | Batista | 2014-12-31 |
Movie | Daniel Bryan: Journey to WrestleMania 30 | Batista | 2014-04-09 |
Movie | WWE Elimination Chamber 2014 | Batista | 2014-02-23 |
Movie | Guardians of the Galaxy | Drax the Destroyer | 2014-07-30 |
Movie | WWE: John Cena's Greatest Rivalries | Himself | 2014-10-14 |
Movie | WWE Extreme Rules 2014 | Batista | 2014-05-04 |
Movie | WWE Money in the Bank 2014 | (archive footage) | 2014-06-29 |
Movie | WWE Payback 2014 | Batista | 2014-06-01 |
Movie | Undertaker: The Streak 21-1 | Batista | 2014-05-09 |
Movie | WWE: Batista – The Animal Unleashed | 2014-06-01 | |
Series | The Monday Night War: WWE vs. WCW | Self | 2014-08-22 |
Movie | WWE: Triple H: Thy Kingdom Come | 2013-09-24 | |
Movie | Riddick | Diaz | 2013-09-02 |
Movie | WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak | Batista | 2012-07-23 |
Movie | The Man with the Iron Fists | Brass Body | 2012-11-02 |
Movie | WWE: Rey Mysterio - The Life of a Masked Man | Batista | 2012-02-24 |
Movie | The Scorpion King 3: Battle for Redemption | Argomael | 2012-01-17 |
Movie | WWE: The Best of SmackDown - 10th Anniversary, 1999-2009 | Batista (archive footage) | 2012-01-03 |
Movie | WWE: The Big Show - A Giant's World | Batista | 2011-09-23 |
Movie | The John Cena Experience | Batista (archive footage) | 2011-06-04 |
Movie | WWE: Greatest Superstars of the 21st Century | Batista | 2011-07-12 |
Movie | House of the Rising Sun | Ray | 2011-07-19 |
Movie | Randy Orton: The Evolution of a Predator | Batista (archive footage) | 2011-09-06 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2010 | Batista | 2010-01-31 |
Movie | WWE: Top 50 Superstars of All Time | Batista | 2010-12-07 |
Movie | WWE Elimination Chamber 2010 | Batista | 2010-02-21 |
Movie | WWE: The Undertaker's Deadliest Matches | Batista | 2010-06-08 |
Movie | WWE: Satan's Prison - The Anthology of the Elimination Chamber | Batista | 2010-07-13 |
Movie | Wrong Side of Town | Big Ronnie 'B.R.' | 2010-02-23 |
Movie | WWE Over the Limit 2010 | Batista | 2010-05-23 |
Movie | WWE Wrestlemania XXVI | Batista | 2010-03-28 |
Movie | WWE Extreme Rules 2010 | Batista | 2010-04-25 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2009 | Batista | 2009-04-26 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2009 | Batista | 2009-05-17 |
Series | WWE Superstars | 2009-04-16 | |
Movie | My Son, My Son, What Have Ye Done | Officer, San Diego Police Department S.W.A.T Team | 2009-12-11 |
Movie | WWE Extreme Rules 2009 | Batista | 2009-06-07 |
Movie | WWE Bragging Rights 2009 | Batista | 2009-10-25 |
Movie | WWE TLC: Tables Ladders & Chairs 2009 | Batista | 2009-12-13 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2009 | Batista | 2009-11-22 |
Movie | WWE Hell in a Cell 2009 | Batista | 2009-10-04 |
Movie | Batista - I Walk Alone | Batista | 2009-10-19 |
Movie | WWE: The History Of The World Heavyweight Championship | Batista | 2009-12-15 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2008 | Batista | 2008-04-27 |
Movie | WWE One Night Stand 2008 | Batista | 2008-06-01 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania XXIV | Batista | 2008-03-30 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2008 | Batista | 2008-01-27 |
Movie | WWE Night of Champions 2008 | Batista | 2008-06-29 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2008 | Batista | 2008-02-18 |
Movie | WWE: Triple H: The King of Kings - There is Only One | Batista | 2008-06-10 |
Movie | WWE Cyber Sunday 2008 | Batista | 2008-10-26 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2008 | Batista | 2008-11-23 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2008 | Batista | 2008-12-14 |
Movie | WWE Tribute to the Troops 2008 | Batista | 2008-12-20 |
Movie | WWE: Hell in a Cell - The Greatest Hell in a Cell Matches of All Time | Batista | 2008-10-14 |
Movie | WWE: Viva La Raza - The Legacy of Eddie Guerrero | Batista | 2008-11-11 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2008 | Batista | 2008-10-05 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2008 | Batista | 2008-08-17 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2008 | Batista | 2008-07-20 |
Movie | WWE Unforgiven 2008 | Batista | 2008-09-07 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2007 | Batista | 2007-04-29 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2007 | Batista | 2007-05-27 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 23 | Batista | 2007-04-01 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2007 | Batista | 2007-02-18 |
Movie | WWE One Night Stand 2007 | Batista | 2007-06-03 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2007 | Bautista | 2007-01-28 |
Movie | WWE: The Best of Raw 15th Anniversary | Batista | 2007-12-26 |
Movie | WWE Cyber Sunday 2007 | Batista | 2007-10-28 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2007 | Batista | 2007-11-18 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2007 | Batista | 2007-12-16 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2007 | Batista | 2007-10-07 |
Series | Chuck | T.I. | 2007-09-24 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2007 | Batista | 2007-07-22 |
Movie | WWE Vengeance: Night of Champions 2007 | Batista | 2007-06-24 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2007 | Batista | 2007-08-26 |
Movie | WWE Unforgiven 2007 | Batista | 2007-09-16 |
Movie | Relative Strangers | Wrestler (uncredited) | 2006-05-01 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2006 | Batista | 2006-10-09 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2006 | Batista | 2006-12-17 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2006 | Batista | 2006-08-20 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2006 | Batista | 2006-11-26 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2006 | Batista | 2006-07-23 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2005 | Batista | 2005-02-20 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2005 | Batista | 2005-01-30 |
Movie | WWE New Year's Revolution 2005 | Batista | 2005-01-09 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2005 | Batista | 2005-12-08 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania 21 | Batista | 2005-04-03 |
Movie | WWE Taboo Tuesday 2005 | Batista | 2005-11-01 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2005 | Batista | 2005-11-27 |
Movie | WWE No Mercy 2005 | Batista | 2005-10-09 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2005 | Batista | 2005-08-21 |
Movie | WWE Vengeance 2005 | Batista | 2005-06-26 |
Movie | WWE The Great American Bash 2005 | Batista | 2005-07-24 |
Movie | WWE Backlash 2005 | Batista | 2005-05-01 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2004 | Batista | 2004-01-25 |
Series | 10 Things Every Guy Should Experience | Unknown | 2004-02-02 |
Movie | WWE Survivor Series 2004 | Batista | 2004-11-14 |
Movie | WWE SummerSlam 2004 | Batista | 2004-08-15 |
Movie | WWE Unforgiven 2004 | Batista | 2004-09-12 |
Movie | WWE WrestleMania XX | Batista | 2004-03-14 |
Movie | WWE Vengeance 2004 | Batista | 2004-07-11 |
Movie | WWE Royal Rumble 2003 | Batista | 2003-01-19 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2003 | Batista | 2003-12-14 |
Movie | WWE Insurrextion 2003 | Batista | 2003-06-07 |
Movie | WWE No Way Out 2003 | Batista (Appearance) | 2003-02-23 |
Movie | WWE Armageddon 2002 | Batista | 2002-12-15 |
Movie | WWE Global Warning | Deacon Batista | 2002-08-10 |
Movie | WWE Judgment Day 2002 | Deacon Batista | 2002-05-19 |
Series | Smallville | Unknown | 2001-10-16 |
Movie | Pitch Black | Diaz | 2000-02-18 |
Series | WWE SmackDown | Batista | 1999-04-29 |
Series | WXW Rage TV | 1996-10-01 | |
Series | WWE Raw | Batista | 1993-01-11 |
Series | Saturday Night's Main Event | 1985-05-11 |